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TRADITION ARTS Trad. Music Kyoto

Geisha are women who perform traditional Japanese arts on banquets. Girls who want to become geisha move into special "maiko houses" when they are about 17 years old. In those houses they learn all the different traditional Japanese arts like playing instruments, singing, dancing, etc. First, the girls become maiko. The next step in their career, becoming a geisha, is done by only the very experienced ones many years later. Geisha and maiko wear traditional kimono, and their faces are made up very pale. As a normal tourist, you may see a maiko in the streets of some areas of Kyoto if you are lucky.

GEISHA Geisha Page (Japanese Culture Club) Information and pictures. Look for maikohan (Kyoto Media Station) A map of Kyoto that shows where you can find maiko. A visit to a Geisha House (Johan Bergquist) Essay about a geisha experience. No links yet.

November 11, 1997 In Deutsch

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