By KENJI SHIMIZU/ Staff Writer
February 26, 2025 at 18:44 JST
Visitors are served tea by geisha and "maiko" entertainers from the Kamishichiken kagai entertainment district in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward on Feb. 25. (Yoshiaki Arai)
KYOTO—Geisha served tea beneath a cloud of pink petals at Kitano Tenmangu shrine’s plum blossom festival, which commemorates the virtues of the shrine’s deity, on Feb. 25. [Read More]
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