Gaining access into the enigmatic world of Japan’s modern-day geishas is no easy task, but award-winning French photographer Philippe Marinig has managed to pull off just that. His new book, “Secret ...

Set in the rarefied world of the Japanese geisha, the show marks the Palme d'Or winner's first series project for a global streaming platform. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Internationally ...

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House is a new series Oscar-winning filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda as showrunner, producer Genki Kawamura and a star-studded cast including Nana Mori and Natsuki ...

Cannes Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first series for Netflix, The Makanai: Cooking For The Maiko House, is based on a best-selling manga about two young girls who move to Kyoto to ...

Koen-san is an 18-year-old maiko living in Kyoto, Japan. For the last three years, she has been training intensely to become a geiko (commonly known as a geisha outside of Kyoto), learning the ritual ...

Kimihiko (Sadao Abe) has a dream. That, one day, he will play yakyuken (strip poker) with a geisha. The noodle company employee dumps his girlfriend, Fujiko (Kou Shibasaki), and transfers to the Kyoto ...