US EditionCentury-old Tokyo geisha festival revives dying art
- The 100th Azuma Odori festival will start this Wednesday in Tokyo, featuring around 180 geishas performing for seven days at Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre.
- This event continues a tradition rooted in Japan's 1868-1912 Meiji era when geishas began focusing more on dance and entertaining elite clients at government banquets.
- Geishas from 19 regions will participate in small groups, performing two shows daily, with strict practice schedules even for experienced performers despite the profession's challenges.
- Writer Hisafumi Iwashita said geishas' role goes beyond dancing and singing as they are trained masters of traditional arts, and Koiku, a Shinbashi geisha, noted it takes 10 years to become competent.
- The future of geishas is uncertain due to fewer clients and changing social customs, causing concern that the tradition may fade if conditions do not improve.
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