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MAIKO

Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 12, 2023
Hirokazu Kore-eda¡¯s ¡®The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House¡¯ is light and dusted with sugar
The Palme d¡¯Or-winning filmmaker acts as showrunner and co-writer on this Netflix series that peacefully drifts through a year in a shared residence for apprentice geisha in Kyoto.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 9, 2017
¡®Now a Geisha¡¯ follows the graduation of an apprentice maiko
Shelves of books on geisha are already overflowing, but ¡°Now A Geisha¡± still deserves a space.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Nov 25, 2017
Â鶹´«Ã½ geisha battle to protect their future
A handful of traditional female entertainers across the country are experimenting with innovative ways of preserving their culture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2014
¡®My Fair Lady¡¯ wrapped in a geisha¡¯s kimono
The musical used to be among the rarest of Japanese film genres. Plenty of films here ¡ª going back to the early talkies ¡ª featured singing and dancing, but Broadway-style musicals, which integrate the songs into the story, never really caught on.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 9, 2013
A world of flowers and willows in Kyoto¡¯s geisha districts
¡®No matter what happens / I am in love with Gion. / Even when I sleep, / Beneath my pillow / The waters ripple.¡¯
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 25, 2008
Kyoto¡¯s geisha: Behind the sliding door
A waitress took our drink orders and we waited, my anticipation building by the moment. Suddenly the door slid open and there knelt Ms. Ichimame, our maiko entertainer for the evening. She bowed deeply and introduced herself, smiling slightly.
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday
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The new world of collectible design
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Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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