With Memoirs of a Geisha coming to the cinema soon, Japan's geisha talk to David McNeill about heavy drinking, male egos and … With Memoirs of a Geisha coming to the cinema soon, Japan's geisha talk ...

The posters of geishas -- everywhere -- were driving Scott Tadashi Tsuchitani bonkers. "When I first saw those images throughout the city, it annoyed me," says the Bay Area native of the omnipresent ...

KYOTO, Japan » Like ghosts from another time, the real geishas seem to float silently along the streets at twilight, making their way to teahouses and restaurants where they will entertain elite, ...

Geisha have been the subject of Westerners’ fascination and fertile imaginings for well over a century, but Lesley Downer’s “Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha” is one of ...

From 1603 to 1867, Japanese culture flourished and featured a unique and highly controlled system of gender dynamics. Japanese Traditional Theater, or Kabuki (歌舞伎), often exaggerated these dynamics ...

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The art of the geisha dates back seventh century Japan in which women served as both entertainers and attendants to men in small private performances While the geisha is often thought of as a romantic ...

Catching a glimpse of a geisha, with her white face and brilliant kimono, scurrying to an appointment in the narrow streets of Kyoto’s Gion district is a moment of pure magic. Catching a glimpse of a ...

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There is no shortage of Japanese restaurants in the Philippines. Nowadays, all-you-can-eat yakiniku smokehouses and places that serve raw food on a hot plate are especially popular with the sushi and ...