KYOTO, Japan — On the quiet streets of Kyoto you will get a glimpse of them. Dressed in Kimono. The familiar white makeup. Walking quickly. That is the extent of what most people see of a geisha.

When Claire Griffin couldn't get the story of George Denison Morgan and Yuki Kato out of her head, she knew she had to write ...

Gaining access into the enigmatic world of Japan’s modern-day geishas is no easy task, but award-winning French photographer Philippe Marinig has managed to pull off just that. His new book, “Secret ...

Katy Perry decided to go geisha while in Japan as part of her 'Prism' promo tour. The singer posed with three geishas, wearing the garb, looking lovely and bashful. While Perry was dressed similarly, ...

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

Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession. Detail of a Katsura, a geisha wig. Before ...

Ayaka (not her real name) is a thoroughly modern Japanese woman. On her days off from work, she zips around Tokyo in jeans and a sweater. Stepping out: Geisha apprentices take a stroll through Kyoto ...

Foreign readers may not be very familiar with the professional traditional entertainers called geisha, but nowadays it’s not unusual even for older Japanese to be unaware of what geisha actually do.

Ikuko, the “big sister” of Tokyo's Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics. But the coronavirus pandemic has made her fear ...