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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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Geiko, maiko entertainers photo shoot

Japanese traditional female entertainers geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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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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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, in brightly colored kimonos pose for photos for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performance at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, in brightly colored kimonos pose for photos for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performance at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2023.

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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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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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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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Women in bridal kimonos perform Shintoist ritual

MINAMIAIZU, Japan - About 30 women in traditional Japanese bridal attire march in the Shintoist Gion festival of Tajima, Fukushima Prefecture, July 23. According to a legend of Japan's indigenous religion, women in pure kimonos can conjure up gods from a local shrine and convince them to keep epidemics at bay.

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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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'Fox' couple toss beans in shrine festival

YOKKAICHI, Japan - A high school girl (R) and a male office worker wearing fox masks and kimonos throw packets of beans from a stage during a traditional ''setsubun'' festival at Miyamado Shrine in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Feb. 3. The couple, wearing the masks as foxes are believed to be messengers from God, also participated in a mock wedding ceremony. The bean-tossing and fox wedding ceremonies are aimed at expelling evil spirits.

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Jordan's Queen Rania, Princess Iman enjoy wearing kimono

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe (L), the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Jordan's Princess Iman (C) and Queen Rania, dressed in Japanese kimonos, pose for photos during their visit to Sodo Kimono Academy in Tokyo on Dec. 22. (Pool photo)

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Kimono show attracts Shanghai people

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese models show off kimonos at a show in Shanghai on Sept. 9. Wearing kimonos has become fashionable in the city, particularly at wedding ceremonies. Supported by the Japan foundation, the show is visiting nine Chinese cities, including Beijing. It is the first kimono fashion show in China.

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Koto music and cherry blossom viewing at Himeji Castle

Koto music is played at a cherry blossom viewing ceremony at the Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture on April 4. Wearing kimonos, some 100 players staged a performance of the 13-stringed zither-like music instrument to complement the annual event.

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30-plus Diet members wear kimonos to Diet session

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda arrives Jan. 19 at the Diet building in a bright green kimono. More than 30 Diet members responded to a call from a parliamentary group promoting the usage of traditional Japanese clothing by donning kimonos at an opening ceremony of the 150-day regular Diet session.

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JAL stewardesses to wear kimonos on New Year flights

Japan Airlines (JAL) stewardesses prepare small traditional gifts of money at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 16 to give passengers on New Year's Day, when they will wear kimonos on limited flights. JAL, whose stewardesses wore kimonos on New Year's Day in the past, had quit the custom in 1990 due to its review of in-flight services.

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Koto music and cherry blossom viewing at Himeji Castle

Koto music is played at a cherry blossom viewing ceremony at the Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture on April 4. Wearing kimonos, some 100 players staged a performance of the 13-stringed zither-like music instrument to complement the annual event.

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JAL stewardesses to wear kimonos on New Year flights

Japan Airlines (JAL) stewardesses prepare small traditional gifts of money at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 16 to give passengers on New Year's Day, when they will wear kimonos on limited flights. JAL, whose stewardesses wore kimonos on New Year's Day in the past, had quit the custom in 1990 due to its review of in-flight services.

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A Japanese actor plays a female role.

A Japanese male actor plays a remale role. It is common in long plays for men to play a variety of different roles. Date: 1932

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A Japanese lady dances

A Japanese lady dances with a scarf. Date: 1932

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Three young Japanese people play billiards

A group of Japaenese young people play the american/french style billards or snooker at a table. The two men are dressed smartly in three piece suits and the lady is dressed in a Kimono. Date: 1932

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