The Ochaya teahouse, a geisha party operator, and other places the girls visited have temporarily closed in response to the infections. The two maiko belong to the same “okiya,” a lodging ...

It was not like old times in the famed wooden geisha houses along the river Sumida. A geisha party before the war meant soft lights from many-colored lanterns, the tinkle of the samisen ...

In December, two of them took the stage at a geisha party at Kikusuiro, a traditional Japanese-style restaurant near Nara Park. Clad in stunning kimono, their hair adorned with floral pins ...