KYOTO--Geisha scattered roasted soybeans to exorcise “evil spirits” and bring good fortune in the year ahead during a traditional event held at Yasakajinja shrine here. Geisha and “maiko” apprentices ...

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It wasn’t so long ago that coffee received very little scrutiny from imbibers in the United States. A metal can of pre-ground beans was standard in most homes until the transition of coffee from ...

With her perfectly lacquered hair, painted face and a submissive demeanor meant to please the men she entertains, the Japanese geisha has the reputation of being a lady of uncertain morals. Delicate, ...

Against a backdrop of blooming cherry blossoms, a group of geishas elegantly shuffle onto a stage in Japan's Kyoto city to ...

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Once part of a booming industry displaying the elegant traditions of Japan, Kyoto’s Geisha now find themselves at a crossroads with the spread of the Coronavirus and lack of visitors to the famous ...

It started as a joke over too much sake. It was 1975, in Kyoto, Japan. The American Fulbright student was dining with a motherly ex-geisha who had befriended her and with some of the other geisha, and ...

NIIGATA -- A handful of renovated heritage buildings dotting the Furumachi area of this Sea of Japan port city will open to ...

When American writer Liza Dalby first ventured to Japan in the late ’60s, misconception of Eastern culture was commonplace in the West. So when she returned in the mid ’70s as a Fulbright scholar, she ...

As early as late 600s Japan there have been 'female entertainers' hosting gatherings, pouring sake and offering company to men. Known as 'saburuko' - translated as 'serving girls' - some of these ...