By TAKUMI OKADA/ Staff Writer
February 1, 2020 at 07:20 JST
Kikunami, left, Kikue, center, and Kikumame relax in the Tsuruya teahouse in Nara on Dec. 5. (Takumi Okada)
NARA--Much is riding on the training of three "maiko" apprentice geisha here. Kikuno, their teacher, is the last geisha in Nara's Ganrinin entertainment area. [Read More]
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