The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is ...

Geishas, masters of refined old art forms, are in decline – but their talents are highlighted every year in Japan’s Azuma ...

but in fact their work -- as trained masters of refined old art forms -- does not involve selling sex. "Japanese people themselves often don't understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do," ...

"Japanese people themselves often don't understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do," Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialised in geisha culture, told AFP. In Japanese, the word geisha ...