By SATOKO ONUKI/ Staff Writer
December 15, 2021 at 06:30 JST
Satsuki, far left, joins a chorus of the “pledge of Gion’s geiko and maiko” during a ceremony welcoming the new year held in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward on Jan. 7, 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KYOTO--A star geisha from Gion-Kobu, one of the five major “kagai” traditional entertainment districts of this ancient capital, left her job in November when she married. [Read More]
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