Japan, Tokyo, Meguro, beside the Meguro-gawa river, two women dressed in traditional kimonos playing Koto, traditional instrument, horizontal harp, tradditional Japanese sheet music visible.

Fushimi-Inari Taisha Fushimi-Ku Fukakusa Yabunouchi-cho. Japanese family wearing formal suits and traditional kimonos posing for photographs at the entrance of the Fushimi-Inari Taisha shrine dedica...

Gion District the neighbourhood where Geisha live study and perform. Geisha and Maiko apprentice Geisha dressed in kimonos attending a class at Mia Garatso school of Geisha.Far EastGeikotraditio...

Gion area. Three Maiko or apprentice geisha wearing kimonos talking and laughing after finishing their classes at Mia Garatso school for Geisha and Maiko.Far EastGeikotraditioncultureJapanesec...

Two young women wearing traditional kimonos whilst stood under a cherry blossom tree.Asia Asian Japanese Nihon Nippon Female Woman Girl Lady

The samurai class no longer exists but there are still samurai families who remain proud of their ancestry and who continue to live in traditional samurai houses. Women dressed in kimonos kneel on f...

Two maiko or apprentice geisha with white powdered faces and red painted lips wearing richly embroidered kimonos and decorative hair pieces.

Maiko and geisha always apply their own make-up whitening their skin and applying black liquid liner to accentuate their eyes and provide a neutral accompaniment to their colourful kimonos.

Festival procession with young girls wearing traditional kimonos during the July Gion MatsuriFestival