KYOTO—A group of geisha and their “maiko” apprentices gathered at Yasakajinja shrine here on July 3 for a traditional ritual to pray for good health and improvement in their performing arts. About 70 ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: In a new Netflix scripted series from Japan, viewers get an inside look at the geisha culture that’s been present in Kyoto for hundreds of years. Namely, we see what ...

San Francisco’s first matcha café, Matcha Café Maiko, is set to open next month in Japantown following a year of construction. It will be the cafe’s third location, including its first in Honolulu and ...

When you think of geisha, “cute” and “homey” probably aren’t the first words that come to mind. But they’re the defining traits of “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House,” a Netflix drama set in a ...

Sexual assault, depression and attempted suicide might not be what tourists to Japan and even locals themselves associate with the world-famous geishas, traditional entertainers in kimonos with ...