[Toby Hicks/The Daily Pennsylvanian] A 'maiko,' or geisha in training, bows before the beginning of her dance. Geishas were the subject of a talk on Japanese culture held to commemorate the appearance ...

Novelist Arthur Golden never planned to write a book, especially one about a World War II-era geisha. on the weekends or being a scholar of Japan," Golden said. "It comes from making the material ...

Wearing tall platform sandals and a long kimono, Ikuko glides across the room as if she were balancing a glass of water on her head. She gazes at a wall of old photos in Tokyo’s Akasaka geisha house.

The team that adapted the book "Memoirs of a Geisha" have drained the life from that story, resulting in a very pretty but very boring movie -- that's also very long. The PG-13 rating is a symptom of ...