Katy Perry dressed as a sexy geisha for her AMAs performance. There was, uh, a lot going on there: there were giant fans, cherry blossoms, a Shinto shrine, a couple of stage props meant to look like ...

She thrilled her fans when she dressed in a kimono during a tour of Japan earlier this month. But Katy Perry has been accused of being racist after dressing as a Japanese geisha for the opening ...

The Melbourne Fringe Festival will no longer host the performance of a work about an "Aussie Geisha" after it was criticised for its alleged "stereotyped depiction of orientalist fantasy". Comedian ...

TOKYO, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rojicoya Co., Ltd., an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Japan's traditional culture ("Wa-bunka") in modern society, presents an authentic Edo ...

They are not courtesans or prostitutes. Before World War II, a geisha’s virginity was auctioned to the highest bidder, but sex is no longer part of the transaction. To be a geisha is to be part of a ...

EVEN within Japan, Sayuki is saying, geisha is a foreign culture. "They tell new girls coming in: 'Just imagine that you've arrived at a foreign country and you're going to have to learn a new way of ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. TOKYO, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rojicoya Co., Ltd., an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Japan's ...