"Lady KAGA" landladies stage publicity blitz in Kanazawa

"Lady KAGA" landladies stage publicity blitz in Kanazawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - Members of "Lady KAGA," a team of landladies promoting the Kaga hot spa resort in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, gather for a publicity event in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on Jan. 14, 2015. The resort and other parts of the prefecture expect visitors to increase following the launch of services on the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line in March.

"Lady Kaga" in Japan hot spring resort

"Lady Kaga" in Japan hot spring resort

KANAZAWA, Japan - Geisha girls and women working at Japanese-style inns and souvenir shops in Kaga hot spring resorts in Ishikawa Prefecture, who call themselves Lady Kaga as part of efforts to attract tourists, line up at JR Kaga Onsen rail station and bow to a passenger on June 1, 2012. A total of 180 women working in four hot spring resorts in the Kaga district are taking part in a new tourism promotion campaign that started the same day.

"Lady KAGA" landladies stage publicity blitz in Kanazawa

"Lady KAGA" landladies stage publicity blitz in Kanazawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - Members of "Lady KAGA," a team of landladies promoting the Kaga hot spa resort in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, gather for a publicity event in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on Jan. 14, 2015. The resort and other parts of the prefecture expect visitors to increase following the launch of services on the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line in March. (Kyodo)

Trump in Japan

Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) poses during his inspection of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF's base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. To his left is first lady Melania Trump. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo