For years, marketers have struggled to translate the fantasy power of their films into sales at fashionable boutiques and department stores. They’ve sanctioned vivid yellow overcoats from “Dick Tracy, ...

TOKYO — Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some private-property alleys in its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving ...

Westerners think they know all about geishas, those delicate Japanese women with their virgin milky white faces accented by a jarring pop of red lipstick, their feet sitting in clacking wooden sandals ...

There were a lot of Japanese tourists in San Francisco on Wednesday, but it's probably a safe bet that Umeha and Umechika were the only two authentic geisha, in traditional kimono and white makeup, ...

A lack of cultural awareness and subsequently bad behavior by tourists is leading local officials in Kyoto’s popular geisha district, Gion, to ban them from the alleys and streets of the area.

Feb. 15, 1965, was the first day of Mineko Iwasaki’s life as a geisha. Wrapped in a turquoise-and-orange satin kimono, hair piled atop her head and secured with red silk bands, face covered in a wash ...

1933. 20 years before, Katsuzo was in love with a geisha who gave him a daughter. They tried to run away together but they were caught and she was killed right before his eyes. Now he is a zegen, aka ...

Toei's film series about Hot Springs Geisha. Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is the Japanese term geisha working in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns, known for their traditions of performance and entertainment ...