Miyako Odori in Kyoto
April 22nd 2007 Miyako Odori 1Miyako Odori 2 Diana and I skipped off to Kyoto last Friday to see the "Dances of Spring" in Gion. It was an amazing performance that featured about forty maiko and geiko, otherwise known as apprentice geisha. (Geiko are the same as maiko, except that they're at least 20 years old.) A couple of weeks ago we checked out a kabuki performance, which was incredible, but cameras weren't
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