I’ve lived in Kyoto for over a decade and worked in the tourism industry since 2017. But there was one time I was scolded pretty badly when I had a job at a Maiko house. Guess what I did? I accidentally called a Geiko a Geisha. …What does that even mean? Maiko are undertraining entertainers from the age of 15~20, and Geiko are fully trained adult entertainers. But did you know that Maiko and Geiko are originally an expression used exclusively in Kyoto? Outside Kyoto, women entertainers were called Hangyoku (understrained) or Geisha (fully trained). So, the people of the entertainment districts in Kyoto still have pride in their unique names and doesn’t like being called Geisha. If you ever have a chance to meet them in Kyoto, they would be very happy if you could correctly call them a Geiko.

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