Takeuchi Mariko, the photography critic ... since that stereotype only exists abroad; in Japan, geisha are entertainers, not sex workers. The present brings us, for example, the painterly Rinko ...

This comes after officials in Japan’s popular Geisha district in Kyoto announced ... after facing years of complaints over the growing buzz of photography. A growing influx of foreign tourists ...

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.