Tokyo geishas receive cardiac massage training

Tokyo geishas receive cardiac massage training

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo Fire Department official (L) teaches a geisha how to give a cardiac massage by using a mannequin in Tokyo's Kagurazaka district on Nov. 7, 2014. A group of five geishas in the district received anti-disaster training the same day.

Tokyo geishas learn how to use fire extinguisher

Tokyo geishas learn how to use fire extinguisher

TOKYO, Japan - A geisha tries out a fire extinguisher after receiving a lesson on how to use it in Tokyo's Kagurazaka district on Nov. 7, 2014. A group of five geishas in the district received anti-disaster training the same day from the Tokyo Fire Department.

Geisha festival, symposium to be held in western Japan

Geisha festival, symposium to be held in western Japan

Kikuno (L), a geisha in Nara, western Japan, and an apprentice geisha known as maiko, hold a poster advertising Naramachi Hana Akari, a festival gathering geishas and maikos from Tokyo, Kyoto and six other locations, on Jan. 6, 2016. Kikuno is a chief organizer of the festival to be held on Feb. 26-28 in Nara, in which various events and entertainment will be on display, including a symposium to discuss how to revive Japan's "hanamachi" (flower town) geisha districts. Kikuno said there are only five geishas, including her, in Ganriin, a local hanamachi, compared with the peak of some 200 before World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo geishas receive cardiac massage training

Tokyo geishas receive cardiac massage training

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo Fire Department official (L) teaches a geisha how to give a cardiac massage by using a mannequin in Tokyo's Kagurazaka district on Nov. 7, 2014. A group of five geishas in the district received anti-disaster training the same day. (Kyodo)