I adore this green/red combination of dress. Simply gorgeous. Even though it isn't "real," I'd be ridiculously happy if I could ever own something similar.
No problem with westerners. Costs depends on the options (free time to take pictures by yourself in addition to the ones taken by a pro, CD with the digitalized pictures on it in addtion to prints, how much time going around dressed-up like that - if any -, pro photographer going with you to take pictures on-site in temples around, etc...) Basic option should be around 100$, maybe a little less.
There is more to being a geisha than dressing in traditional clothing and makeup. You have to know how to serve food, and when to and how to greet visitors. I enjoy their tradition, and devotion to duty. I spent much time in Japan, and respected much of their tradition and social rules. There are Geisha's in Korea as well and was waited on by them while out at restaurants and they served the liquor, dried fish, shrimp, and other items.
You're entitled to your opinion, but this is a fairly common attraction for tourists (mostly japanese tourists, but foreigners can do that too). There are a number of studios doing that in Kyoto. It's all in good fun, and nobody minds it here (that I heard of). It gives tourists something to take pictures at, too, and make great souvenirs.
@MsMegaCake In some of these places, particularly in Kyoto, they have little old-fashioned villages set up so that you can walk through them in costume for various photo opportunities. You do return the kimono before you leave the studio park.
To the trained eye, I can tell this maiko is a henshin. Maiko are always busy and they won't be walking around leisurely like the tourists do, and they won't have professional photographers following them because they also know how to spot them. But henshin can go where the maiko can't because since they are busy. So I see it as a sort of advertisement. If I ever dressed up as a maiko, I would get every last detail correct before walking around Kyoto. That's how much respect I hold for them.
Imaginate lo largo que tendrias que tener el cabello y las horas que tomaria el peinarlo! Tal vez hasta las geishas reales usan pelucas de vez en cuando.
@SilverGunZoO i agree with you, but doctors do follow a strict guide of behavior so they dont offend patients, protect privacy, and avoid legal trouble
@plasticmodels No, I didn't. The stuff I use is made of rice. You can purchase it on basic online stores and even on taobao(if you want a less pure version). I have actually found it at a couple of Ultas and some goth boutiques. This is new product with expiration dates on it and they are imported from Japan.
it's actually more like every Japanese girl's dream. Kinda like how some American girls want to grow up to become a princess. Well, some Japanese girls want to dress up as a geisha one day.
it isn't a "privilege" to wear a kimono, kimonos are worn by all females in Japan, my best friend and her family wear theirs at weddings, and other such special occasions, so if you are going to argue about something, do not argue with some falsities included!
no, no, its a tourist thing anyways u can tell shes never walked in okobo before and her kimono is to ornate and by then they know how to do their own makeup and they NEVER wear wigs, the makeup is made from nightingales droppings but purified.the only time sum1 else does their makeup is during their mishidashi (debut as a maiko), and this sure isnt the mishidashi. and it costs about 100-500$ i think, thats not even how they do their makeup,not in that order anyways.
it is fun to see how much foreigners adore them. Most geisha do not make a tremendeous living. some young maiko are still very much encouraged to accept sexual demands from a customer in order to raise money but the choice is theirs, though the pressure from the okiya is huge. some geisha died from aids. Geisha hate when a client ask them to appear in the full white make up hikizuri because it takes ours to put on and remove.
@buckwhile just imagine how the real maikos feel when training in those. I can already hardly walk in heels. If I was able to walk in those shoes that they wore in video, that be all screwed up. lol
@0Funkyfied0 yes,they are not complaining,but they sure make fun of them.in my town there are not a lot of tourists,so i had not noticed that,but in the islands it's common.and hilarious!
I think even Japanese tourists go and get made up as maiko/geisha too don't they? It's not like the tourist is going around like "Hey I'm a Maiko!". Plus the people doing the dress and makeup and entire style do it just as a real Maiko. If someone confuses them for a real Maiko-san, esp. someone who doesn't know much about Maiko, can you really blame them? I saw a video of someone who got made up as an Oiran even, and they let her walk down the road just as Oiran would have done.
They may not but they are not tainting the culture. They are just dressing up like it. They aren't pretending to be in attempts to fool anyone. How are they tainting it?
Are you against historical flims too? Theatre? I just do not see how wearing a costume takes away from anyone's glory. It does not magically imbue them with the skill or laudation of the profession. As for Geisha/ko, most of them debut within the first 2 years of training. Unless they start young, they usually bypass Maiko training. They evolved from high class Japanese courtesans and wore a less ornamented costume of the oiran. So they pretty much borrowed it from them. That's history.
@ThankYouF0rTheVenom I agree with you to some extent, if you dress up as a zombie people know you're not zombie, but if you dress as a geiko and say you are a real gaiko, then yes I find that offensive, because you will ruin the reputation of real gaiko, you understand what I'm saying ? it's not like doctors or lawyers, they don't follow a strict guide of behavior, geiko does, that's the big difference, you understand?
Okay, then if that is true...that is saying putting on a kimono and walking around Japan is tainting the japanese culture because you aren't japanese, weren't born there, don't go through the same hardships and struggles they do. You are not privilaged to wear that they wear.
thank you so much for your comment. i have been trying to explain that for years. i am the son and grand son of a geisha and i can't beleive all the crap i have to put on with , on the internet every day. from whores to goddess, geisha are more alive in america's fantasy than they are in japan. Geisha are women, end of the story and in some case transgender but that's only in tokyo. in one word geisha eat sleep go to the toilets, pay bills life in appartments and are not relic of the 17th
haha @ crazy westerners flipping out because anyone can go dress up as a geisha-in-training for under a hundred bucks. OH NO YOU MEAN THEY AREN'T ALL GENUINE DANCING PRANCING MAIKO?? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
I adore this green/red combination of dress. Simply gorgeous. Even though it isn't "real," I'd be ridiculously happy if I could ever own something similar.
I think this studio makes quite good maiko-henshin :)
omg! those shoes in 0:57 id fall face foward!! lmao!
looks so funny with her brown hair coming out over thw black wig!!
No problem with westerners.
Costs depends on the options (free time to take pictures by yourself in addition to the ones taken by a pro, CD with the digitalized pictures on it in addtion to prints, how much time going around dressed-up like that - if any -, pro photographer going with you to take pictures on-site in temples around, etc...)
Basic option should be around 100$, maybe a little less.
There is more to being a geisha than dressing in traditional clothing and makeup. You have to know how to serve food, and when to and how to greet visitors. I enjoy their tradition, and devotion to duty. I spent much time in Japan, and respected much of their tradition and social rules. There are Geisha's in Korea as well and was waited on by them while out at restaurants and they served the liquor, dried fish, shrimp, and other items.
0:32 i think she is SO pretty! she looks like a cartoon!
that is so cool. i wish i could get a geisha makeover, too. (and take home all the stuff)
Wow
Can't wait to go to Kyoto XD
You're entitled to your opinion, but this is a fairly common attraction for tourists (mostly japanese tourists, but foreigners can do that too). There are a number of studios doing that in Kyoto. It's all in good fun, and nobody minds it here (that I heard of). It gives tourists something to take pictures at, too, and make great souvenirs.
Does anyone know what studio this was done at? It looks fantastic compared with some henshin I've seen. She's even got a han-katsura!
@MsMegaCake In some of these places, particularly in Kyoto, they have little old-fashioned villages set up so that you can walk through them in costume for various photo opportunities. You do return the kimono before you leave the studio park.
To the trained eye, I can tell this maiko is a henshin. Maiko are always busy and they won't be walking around leisurely like the tourists do, and they won't have professional photographers following them because they also know how to spot them.
But henshin can go where the maiko can't because since they are busy. So I see it as a sort of advertisement.
If I ever dressed up as a maiko, I would get every last detail correct before walking around Kyoto. That's how much respect I hold for them.
Imaginate lo largo que tendrias que tener el cabello y las horas que tomaria el peinarlo! Tal vez hasta las geishas reales usan pelucas de vez en cuando.
So beautiful, but how they walk in those shoes I'll never know 0-0
you will, kimonos come very long, and they just fold it up according to the wearer's height (:
AAhhh I want to try too!!
Where is it?!
her face is so cute at 0:33
:O I so wanna try this.
@SilverGunZoO i agree with you, but doctors do follow a strict guide of behavior so they dont offend patients, protect privacy, and avoid legal trouble
Oh man I so want to get that done D':
@xroflknifex actually you are right, real doctors have a reputation too
they are for sale all over the internet just type kimono and if you want a specific geisha or maiko's kimono type hikizuri
yes there some studios in Kyoto.
Nice!
@plasticmodels No, I didn't. The stuff I use is made of rice. You can purchase it on basic online stores and even on taobao(if you want a less pure version). I have actually found it at a couple of Ultas and some goth boutiques. This is new product with expiration dates on it and they are imported from Japan.
it's actually more like every Japanese girl's dream. Kinda like how some American girls want to grow up to become a princess. Well, some Japanese girls want to dress up as a geisha one day.
it isn't a "privilege" to wear a kimono, kimonos are worn by all females in Japan, my best friend and her family wear theirs at weddings, and other such special occasions, so if you are going to argue about something, do not argue with some falsities included!
I wonder where i could get the geisha shoes?
no, no, its a tourist thing anyways u can tell shes never walked in okobo before and her kimono is to ornate and by then they know how to do their own makeup and they NEVER wear wigs, the makeup is made from nightingales droppings but purified.the only time sum1 else does their makeup is during their mishidashi (debut as a maiko), and this sure isnt the mishidashi. and it costs about 100-500$ i think, thats not even how they do their makeup,not in that order anyways.
it is fun to see how much foreigners adore them. Most geisha do not make a tremendeous living. some young maiko are still very much encouraged to accept sexual demands from a customer in order to raise money but the choice is theirs, though the pressure from the okiya is huge. some geisha died from aids. Geisha hate when a client ask them to appear in the full white make up hikizuri because it takes ours to put on and remove.
@JABBERWACKIN most likely it is rice that has been pressed and processed but traditionally it was nightinggale droppings.
@digitalmckracken Absolutely!
@buckwhile just imagine how the real maikos feel when training in those. I can already hardly walk in heels. If I was able to walk in those shoes that they wore in video, that be all screwed up. lol
Quien sabe O_O... Pero si que se lo tendrian muy calladito entonces xD
@0Funkyfied0 yes,they are not complaining,but they sure make fun of them.in my town there are not a lot of tourists,so i had not noticed that,but in the islands it's common.and hilarious!
I think even Japanese tourists go and get made up as maiko/geisha too don't they? It's not like the tourist is going around like "Hey I'm a Maiko!". Plus the people doing the dress and makeup and entire style do it just as a real Maiko. If someone confuses them for a real Maiko-san, esp. someone who doesn't know much about Maiko, can you really blame them? I saw a video of someone who got made up as an Oiran even, and they let her walk down the road just as Oiran would have done.
HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST!!?!? =O.O=
They may not but they are not tainting the culture. They are just dressing up like it. They aren't pretending to be in attempts to fool anyone. How are they tainting it?
@Kkyyrruu are there "real" MAIKO left?
where?
Are you against historical flims too? Theatre?
I just do not see how wearing a costume takes away from anyone's glory. It does not magically imbue them with the skill or laudation of the profession.
As for Geisha/ko, most of them debut within the first 2 years of training. Unless they start young, they usually bypass Maiko training. They evolved from high class Japanese courtesans and wore a less ornamented costume of the oiran. So they pretty much borrowed it from them. That's history.
Can you keep the kimono and everything? o_o I mean,she just walks off..
*facepalm* some people I swear!!!
wow xD
@ThankYouF0rTheVenom I agree with you to some extent, if you dress up as a zombie people know you're not zombie, but if you dress as a geiko and say you are a real gaiko, then yes I find that offensive, because you will ruin the reputation of real gaiko, you understand what I'm saying ?
it's not like doctors or lawyers, they don't follow a strict guide of behavior, geiko does, that's the big difference, you understand?
WHOAAA hooo
@dank1280 Hehe I wonder if they have ever done someone who is black....wonder what a black Geisha would look like lol
@zcbcccscbw It's a maiko's everyday wear.
@semco72057 they are not claiming to be geisha, plus it doesn't say geisha it says maiko. its only a makeover, get over it
totemo kerei desu ne!
dan miedo :S
Okay, then if that is true...that is saying putting on a kimono and walking around Japan is tainting the japanese culture because you aren't japanese, weren't born there, don't go through the same hardships and struggles they do. You are not privilaged to wear that they wear.
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Memoirs of a geisha the movie is nothing compared to the book and also the book does not say everything correct.
thank you so much for your comment. i have been trying to explain that for years. i am the son and grand son of a geisha and i can't beleive all the crap i have to put on with , on the internet every day. from whores to goddess, geisha are more alive in america's fantasy than they are in japan. Geisha are women, end of the story and in some case transgender but that's only in tokyo. in one word geisha eat sleep go to the toilets, pay bills life in appartments and are not relic of the 17th
haha @ crazy westerners flipping out because anyone can go dress up as a geisha-in-training for under a hundred bucks. OH NO YOU MEAN THEY AREN'T ALL GENUINE DANCING PRANCING MAIKO?? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
love the video, but this music is terrible.
do they really need the hair like that it`s ugly