Asian Art Museum Night of the Geisha gala dinner-dance celebrates the opening of "Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile," the Asian's exhibition about the cultural perceptions of this uniquely Japanese ...

Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices training to become geisha) are women who perform Japanese traditional arts such as singing, dancing and playing instruments to entertain customers while they dine ...

“The Geisha Next Door,” written and performed by up and coming writer/actress Miki Yamashita, premiered Sept. 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. in the Rooke Theater at Mount Holyoke College. The one-woman show, ...

Karuizawa’s Geisha Series, a collection of highly sought-after Japanese whiskies, pays homage to both the artistry of geisha and the legacy of the once-defunct but now "reopened" Karuizawa Distillery.

Few countries today are so bound in tradition as Japan. Occupied since at least the Stone Age, Japan's long isolation as an island nation spawned a unique and fascinating culture. The tea ceremony, ...

Katy Perry‘s geisha-themed opening performance at this year’s American Music Awards has been targeted as possibly racist by some, but at least one Asian American group is giving Perry’s show a thumbs ...

For years, marketers have struggled to translate the fantasy power of their films into sales at fashionable boutiques and department stores. They’ve sanctioned vivid yellow overcoats from “Dick Tracy, ...

Of all thing things the city does with your tax dollars — writing unnecessary tickets, letting workers drink and go to strip clubs, sending the mayor to Washington every other week — this has to be ...

She may have been in Belgium, but that wasn't going to stop Lady Gaga channelling whichever cultural influences suited her mood at that moment. Pulling together an impressive oriental ensemble, the ...