the veteran geisha has three young maiko under her wing. In December, two of them took the stage at a geisha party at Kikusuiro, a traditional Japanese-style restaurant near Nara Park. Clad in ...

the old capital of Japan, and enter the world of geiko. Geiko, meaning "a girl of the arts," is how geisha are referred to in Kyoto. We meet a young apprentice, or maiko, who is learning the ...