Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - A ''maiko'' apprentice geisha (L front), receives a lei from a member of the Hula Girls dance group at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. A group of geisha and maiko from Kyoto visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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