KYOTO--A geisha community here will put on its annual “Gion Odori” dance performance ... head of the Fujima school of traditional Japanese dance who serves as director and choreographer.

KYOTO—Residents fed up with bad-mannered tourists intruding on a small private road in the Gion geisha district ... that operates a training school for geisha and maiko. Although the fine ...

A lack of cultural awareness and subsequently bad behavior by tourists is leading local officials in Kyoto’s popular geisha district, Gion, to ban them from the alleys and streets of the area.

The pretty painted face of Japanese patriarchy' The Japanese word "geisha" literally means ... them with cigarette butts. Although Gion, the area of Kyoto where most geishas live and work ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...

By targeting students visiting Kyoto on school trips and allowing ... by providing opportunities to meet geisha and maiko, ...

Gion, Japan's popular geisha district in Kyoto, will be barring tourists from entering certain alleys, the news agency AFP reported on Friday. Isokazu Ota, an executive member of the Gion district ...