“I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face.” He achieved world renown with his 1984 photograph Afghan Girl, a striking depiction of a young ...

KYOTO--Two teenage “maiko,” or ... The Ochaya teahouse, a geisha party operator, and other places the girls visited have temporarily closed in response to the infections.

Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some private-property alleys in its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving visitors.

In this episode, we visit Kyoto Prefecture, the old capital of Japan, and enter the world of geiko. Geiko, meaning "a girl of the arts," is how geisha are referred to in Kyoto.

Local officials in Japan’s popular Geisha district in Kyoto will shut off access to “paparazzi” tourists who harass and ...

Young girls who aspired to become ... geishas remain a rare but cherished part of Japanese culture, mainly found in cities ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along ... The warnings are written in three languages: Japanese, English and Chinese.

Gion, Japan's popular geisha district in Kyoto, will be barring tourists from entering certain alleys, the news agency AFP reported on Friday. Isokazu Ota, an executive member of the Gion district ...