The Rise of the Geisha in Japanese Culture. In the Edo period, Japan’s pleasure quarters—designated areas in cities like ...

If you are visiting Kyoto, you probably want to take lots and lots of photos. But when you do, there are some things to keep in mind, especially when you see geisha. Recently, the influx of ...

For now, it's not hard to see why Geisha languishes in such obscurity, even by early Coktel Vision standards. As an erotic game, it fails miserably.

KYOTO, Japan — A rice-paper door slides open on a dark street. Two men in suits and briefcases enter. A door slides shut. All that’s left is a porch light and silence. That is all nosy ...

SALEM, Mass. — Curators at the Peabody Essex Museum hope art and artifacts from the world of geisha will refute misconceptions of them as wanton women and reveal their importance to the culture ...

Japanese geisha "Chacha" sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not in front of her but miles away, watching online. Agence ...

How to see geisha in Japan – and how to behave As Kyoto bans tourists from its geisha district, we explain where to go instead, what a geisha really does, and how tourists should behave ...

Sometime soon, she says, the world will see the results: a rare, scholarly inside look into one of the most closed societies in Japan. "It will be unique," she insists.

You may not know their names, but the ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' actresses are some of the world's most popular stars, with some great movies on their resumes ...