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Geiko ritual at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan, July 7 Kyodo - Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko apprentices visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 6, 2026, to pray for health and the improvement of their performances in the traditional Osendo ritual. (Kyodo)

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Geiko ritual at Kyoto shrine

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko apprentices visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 6, 2026, to pray for health and the improvement of their performances in the traditional Osendo ritual.

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Geiko ritual at Kyoto shrine

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko apprentices visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 6, 2026, to pray for health and the improvement of their performances in the traditional Osendo ritual.

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Geiko ritual at Kyoto shrine

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko apprentices visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 6, 2026, to pray for health and the improvement of their performances in the traditional Osendo ritual.

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Geiko ritual at Kyoto shrine

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko apprentices visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 6, 2026, to pray for health and the improvement of their performances in the traditional Osendo ritual.

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[Breaking News]Geiko pray for health

Kyoto, Japan, July 5 Kyodo -Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, pray for health and improvement in their performances at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2024, to pray for health and improvement in their performances, as the sweltering hot weather continues in Japan.

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2024, to pray for health and improvement in their performances, as the sweltering hot weather continues in Japan.

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, pray for health and improvement in their performances at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2024.

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2024, to pray for health and improvement in their performances.

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko (apprentice Geiko) visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2023, to pray for health and improvement in their performances.

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko (apprentice Geiko) visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2023, to pray for health and improvement in their performances.

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Geiko pray for health

Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko (apprentice Geiko) pray at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 5, 2023, for health and improvement in their performances.

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Hot weather in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Women in casual summer kimonos called yukata walk along the Kamo River in Kyoto on July 11, 2013. Hot weather continues in many areas of Japan.

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Hot weather in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Women in casual summer kimonos called yukata walk along the Kamo River in Kyoto on July 11, 2013. Hot weather continues in many areas of Japan.

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Japan's civilian exchanges with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Participants in a Japan-South Korea exchange festival in Seoul on Oct. 3, 2012, take commemorative pictures, with a woman (2nd from L) wearing "Chimageogori" traditional Korean dress while a man (C) and a woman (R) wear "yukata" Japanese summer kimonos.

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Kyoto's Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Young women wearing ''yukata'' traditional summer kimonos take to the streets of Kyoto during the annual Gion Festival on July 16, 2010.

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Geisha women pray at Kyoto summer event

KYOTO, Japan - A group of women including geisha performers and junior geisha girls called ''maiko,'' all clad in ''yukata'' summer kimonos, gather to pray for the improvement of their skills and health during the annual ''Osendo'' summer event at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on July 7.

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Art Aquarium exhibition to open in Tokyo

Visitors wearing "yukata" summer kimonos view goldfish as the Art Aquarium exhibition is opened to the press at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo on July 7, 2016. The exhibition, featuring around 8,000 goldfish in tanks themed on Japan's Edo Period, will run from July 8 through Sept. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Art Aquarium exhibition to open in Tokyo

Visitors wearing "yukata" summer kimonos view goldfish as the Art Aquarium exhibition is opened to the press at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo on July 7, 2016. The exhibition, featuring around 8,000 goldfish in tanks themed on Japan's Edo Period, will run from July 8 through Sept. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Geisha women pray at Kyoto summer event

KYOTO, Japan - A group of women including geisha performers and junior geisha girls called ''maiko,'' all clad in ''yukata'' summer kimonos, gather to pray for the improvement of their skills and health during the annual ''Osendo'' summer event at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on July 7. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto's Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Young women wearing ''yukata'' traditional summer kimonos take to the streets of Kyoto during the annual Gion Festival on July 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Traditional dyeing in Tokyo

Textiles around 13 meters long, dyed using a method dating back to the late Edo period, are hung up in Iseyasu dye house in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on May 22, 2019. The fabrics, dyed by artisans in their 20s to 70s at the business that has continued for four generations, are used for yukata summer kimonos and washcloths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo