My Memory of Would-Be Geishas

My Memory of Would-Be Geishas

Heian Jingu (Imperial Palace), Kyoto, Japan

It's been a year after I took the snap of these "maikos" (apprentice "geishas") during our Kyoto tour with exchange program students from the Philippines. I only had this time to publish the photos. How lucky I was, I had a chance to see "real" ones I only saw in encyclopedia and TV and read from Arthur Golden's "Memoirs". I remember blurting "pig" audible Japanese phrase, trying the get the attention of the "maikos" and the "maiko" in yellow kimono smiled back at me. :-)