Prasso, a former Business Week Asia editor, asks if Westerners can look objectively at the Eastern region, blinded as they are by ""issues of race and sex, fantasy and power."" It's this worldview-one ...

The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is becoming a rare sight in Japan. Dancing with paper fans and dressed in kimonos ...

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 ...

For most people, the word "geisha" conjures visions of Kyoto's Gion district. But there is another major geisha centre, one that even many Japanese don't know. The dancer glides noiselessly across the ...

The powerful image of the geisha - scarlet lips across an alabaster-white painted face, a glossy black wig and ornate kimono - has been associated with Japanese culture since the 17th century. Yet, ...

Tourists will be banned from entering certain streets in Kyoto's famous geisha district after a surge in street performers being harassed and assaulted. Residents of the Japanese city have long ...