Maiko greet Kyoto dancing group head

Maiko greet Kyoto dancing group head

KYOTO, Japan - Yachiyo Inoue (L, middle), who represents a Kyoto dancing school, provides a folding fan to an apprentice geisha, or maiko, visiting her house in Kyoto on Dec. 13, the beginning of the preparation for the new year for people working in the leisure business in the ancient capital of Japan. Young maiko women thanked Inoue for her help in the past year and asked for continued help in the new year.

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