Kyoto "maiko" girls pay courtesy call in traditional midsummer practice

Two "maiko" girls, or apprentices of "geisha" entertainers, clad in black formal kimono pay a courtesy call at a tea house in Kyoto's Gion district as part of a traditional midsummer practice on Aug. 1, 2015. It is customary for these entertainment girls in Japan's most renowned geisha district to make the rounds on the first day of the eighth month of the ancient Japanese calendar to express their gratitude to tea house owners and other supporters of the traditional dancers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000074744

Registered date
2015/8/01 11:32:58

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
2000 × 1331 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
468.16(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Cold beer with "geisha" girls marks start of hot Kyoto summer

"Geisha" female entertainers and their "maiko" apprentices serve guests at a beer garden on its opening day on July 1, 2015, at the Kamishichiken Kaburenjo theater in Kyoto, western Japan. The annual beer garden opens in the evenings through Sept. 5, except for the midsummer Buddhist "bon" holiday period of Aug. 14-16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

'Maiko' entertainment girls scatter beans at Kyoto shrine festival

"Maiko" or traditional female apprentice entertainers clad in kimono scatter beans during an annual "Setsubun" (seasonal division) festival at the Yasaka-jinja Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 2, 2015. On the eve of the day that ushers in the advent of spring under the Japanese lunar calendar, beans are scattered in various parts of Japan to drive away evil spirits for the year to come in a traditional ritual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo