We looked on with fascination as we enjoyed the rare opportunity of learning about the life, skills, and challenges of the modern-day geisha. This iconic symbol that represents Japanese culture ...

Since 2021, Japan has been grappling with how to ... of centuries of Western sexualization and erasure of geisha’s historic and cultural context. Thanks to centuries of sexualization in Western ...

Hollywood's latest release is a cultural dud. The Hollywood movie Memoirs of a Geisha, which had its world premiere in Tokyo Tuesday, has triggered consternation in Japan because none of the three ...

The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is becoming a rare sight in Japan. Shinbashi geishas rehearsing at the ...

Geishas, masters of refined old art forms, are in decline – but their talents are highlighted every year in Japan’s Azuma ...

Victoria Tsai sat nestled on a couch, looking red carpet-worthy in a pastel blue bustier dress, near a stack of copies of hernew book, Pure Skin: Discover the Japanese Ritual of Glowing.

Nara’s geisha are as much a part of the fabric of this historic town as its temples and wooden houses. And now Kikuno-san is the custodian of that living culture — until she finds the next ...

"Japanese people themselves often don't understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do," Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialised in geisha culture, told AFP. In Japanese, the word geisha ...