Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls dance group and a party of geisha and ''maiko'' apprentice geisha from Kyoto are pictured at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. The geisha 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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