A Las Vegas jury convicted a 29-year-old man this week in the shooting death of a woman outside the Geisha House Steak & Sushi restaurant. The same panel handed down a sentence of 20 years to life in ...

AT first blush Azuha and Seiko, two geishas in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighbourhood, are paragons of Japanese decorum. With white-painted faces and silky black hair, they dance elegantly in silk kimonos for ...

“Memoirs of a Geisha” is an enchanting, yet somewhat disturbing, story of a 9-year-old girl, Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), who develops into a highly desirable geisha.The story begins with stormy emotion, as ...

Gion, a historic district in Kyoto, Japan, is set to bar tourists from entering its private streets from April. Residents have complained about tourists misbehaving. Gion is famed for its traditional ...