KYOTO--A geisha community here will put on its annual “Gion Odori” dance performance ... head of the Fujima school of traditional Japanese dance who serves as director and choreographer.

Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto ... its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving visitors. Tourists crowd the narrow, quaint streets of the area called Gion, often ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...

The pretty painted face of Japanese patriarchy' The Japanese word "geisha" literally means ... them with cigarette butts. Although Gion, the area of Kyoto where most geishas live and work ...

Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices ... Many of them work and reside in Gion, an elegant and historic quarter of Kyoto, one of Japan’s most popular tourist cities. When these women travel ...

Visitors will be banned from entering private alleys in Kyoto's famous geisha district, a local representative said on Thursday, as the ancient city tackles overtourism after the pandemic.

Kyoto authorities announced ... Tensions are highest in the Gion district, home to teahouses where "geiko" -- the local name for geisha -- and their "maiko" apprentices perform traditional dances ...

The Japan Foundation, Manila brought in geiko from the Tomikiku okiya (a geisha house) from the prestigious Gion Higashi hanamachi (or “flower town”) in Kyoto for the Nihongo Fiesta 2025, which ran ...