This year for the first time ever, geishas from 19 Japanese regions are participating in the annual Azuma Odori ...

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

"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 ...

In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection ...

The launch of Japan as Revigorate’s first Asia destination reflects growing client demand for luxury travel experiences that ...

and the history of Japanese fashion. He is also an expert on Kyoto geisha culture, not only as an historian, but also as a patron of the geisha world. His most recent publication is “Modern Kyoto, ...

As you enter the heart of Kyoto’s geisha culture, you hear laughter spilling from hidden ... the monk who introduced Zen to Japan. Can you feel the weight of history as you walk in the footsteps of ...