Thursday, September 15, 2011

Japanese city recruiting young women to become geisha...

A Japanese city has announced a scheme that pays young women to train in the traditional ways of being a geisha in a bid to revive the dying art form.

Shimoda, a small seaside city in Shizuoka prefecture, was home to as many as 200 geisha working its tea-houses as recently as 30 years ago.

However, the number of geisha currently based in Shimoda has now declined to just five, prompting the rare intervention of government officials to keep their presence alive.

As part of the plan, three prospective geisha will receive wages from central government employment subsidies for a six-month period, during which they will be trained fully in traditional singing, dancing and instrument playing. Full story...

See also: A day in the life of a Kyoto Geisha...

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