KYOTO (Reuters) - "It's a bit like a war," says Komomo, a geisha in Japan's ancient capital, describing how she dresses for work. Sign up here. That's the last word that comes to mind when watching ...

Transforming into geisha for a photoshoot, the Nomadic Boys’ makeover at Tokyo’s Studio Geisha Cafe was one of tradition, style and reverence ‘Half of our customers are Japanese men, mainly ...

IN period films, costume designers wrestle with the sticky problem of making historical accuracy and theatricality compatible. To create the costumes for “Memoirs of a Geisha,” Academy Award-winning ...

Well into the new movie “Memoirs of a Geisha,” after the beautiful young Sayuri has captivated the denizens of the Gion pleasure district, the powerful Baron Matsunaga Tsuneyoshi decides he must ...

Fashion Nova has received a barrage of criticism for selling a geisha costume, with some describing the outfit as “racially insensitive”. For many people, Halloween is a fantastic opportunity to go ...

She enters in a plain white kimono, trailing a respectful entourage who seat her at a private table in the restaurant next door, separated from us by a lattice screen. She looks to be in her 60s, and ...

A 70-year-old former Ministry of Defence manager today claimed to be the first transsexual to be allowed to dress as a geisha in Japan's historical city of Kyoto. Tourists travelling to the ...