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On November 27th we held our autumn dance recital - Koyo kai. This year’s recital consisted of 3 performances: - Hagi Kikyo (Bush clover and bellflower); danced by maiko Mitsuyo -Kasane Ougi (Overlapping fans); danced by geiko Ayatsuki -Gion Kouta (Ballad of Gion); danced by geiko Ayatsuki and maiko  Mameshino

After the performance, maiko Mitsuyo and geiko Umeyakko held a Q&A session with our guests, which was really fun! We look forward to seeing you again!

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Maiko Mitsuyo

February in Miyajima-chō ✿

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On behalf of IMVU Hanamachi Miyajimacho, I am happy to announce we have a new maiko joining our ranks: currently in minarai stage, please meet minarai Mitsuyo! Her misedashi will take place soon.

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Strange, isn’t it? How our dreams can take flight in an instant? For Mitsuyo it all began on a warm spring day in a park in Kyoto. It was meant to be a afternoon, where she would see a dance performance by the geiko of Kyoto’s Miyajima-chou hanamachi. Mesmerized by the grace of the women on the stage, it was not enough to admire them, the young Mitsuyo felt the need to become one of them. It was in that moment that she decided it would be her destiny to become a geiko. Luckily, Mitsuyo’s grandmother had a friend who was once a geiko in Miyajima-cho herself. It was this family friend who put in a word for Miyo at the Hanai okiya. Not long after, Miyo left her family home in Ōtsu to start her journey as an apprentice in one of Kyoto’s six geisha districts.