KANAZAWA--Discount geisha shows, held in the daytime, no less, unthinkable in pre-pandemic days, are catching on here, with both the performers and their fans welcoming the unusual format of the ...

It’s not just nature, good food and hot springs that attract visitors to the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. The popular resort area is also known for a culture and traditions that have been ...

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 ...

The producers of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe show have defended their decision to cast a white male actor in the role of a geisha, explaining geishas are "not exclusively ethnically Japanese or ...

Novelist Arthur Golden never thought that his international best-seller, “Memoirs of a Geisha,” would be made into a movie. Even after producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher bought the movie rights, ...

It wasn’t so long ago that coffee received very little scrutiny from imbibers in the United States. A metal can of pre-ground beans was standard in most homes until the transition of coffee from ...

In Kyoto, authentic geisha are not nearly as prevalent as faux geisha — young women who dress in traditional Japanese kimono complete with obi, white tabi socks and wooden geta sandals. While they ...