KYOTO (Reuters Life!) - Becoming a geisha is already hard enough for most modern Japanese young women, but Komomo faced more obstacles than most: she was born in Mexico and spent part of her life ...

Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession. Detail of a Katsura, a geisha wig. Before ...

I must admit I would not have gone to see this movie if I hadn't been reviewing it. I am so glad I had the opportunity. "Memoirs of a Geisha" is a true love story encompassing aspects of "Romeo and ...

To the astonishment of absolutely no one who pays attention to the things people can get infuriated about, the film adaptation of Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha ...