• Asia,  Stories

    Geishas and maikos

    The world pandemic made us stay in Japan, thus maybe it is also just a perfect time to learn a bit more of the Japanese culture. In the first weeks we are staying around the Kansai region. We arrived here a week earlier than the cherry blossom, so got plenty of time to find the cheapest food options and the nicest cherry trees. The strolls on the empty streets took us to old Kyoto where we noticed a sign in a street – no pictures? The Japanese girls whom we asked about this later didn’t know which street we are talking about, but a European guy who lives in Kyoto…