3 women certified as 'Akita Maiko'

AKITA, Japan - Three young women hold a certificate after completing a training program as "Akita Maiko" to revive the local tradition of "Kawabata geisha" on Aug. 1, 2014, at a hotel in the city of Akita in northeastern Japan. Maiko is an apprentice geisha.

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