This channel is for documentaries on Geiko & Maiko, etc.
Please stop posting comments like "needs subs", etc. I don't speak Japanese well enough to write them and most of my videos are in Japanese. So I'll most likely just ignore them. Sorry.
Could you maybe post the lyrics in romaji? I’ve found the lyrics for the whole song (this is just the second verse followed by the final line) and tried using a translator but it’s not translating some of the kanji correctly.
Katsumi Aimi Hi, can you tell me why you wanted to become one? Did you prefere the United states mind or do you still think of becoming one if you go back to Japan? I'm sorry if my questions seem impretinent, i'm just very interested about that subject.
Katsumi Aimi Why did you move to the U.S? How old were you when you moved? Why didn't you pursue this goal? It's a very HONORABLE & NOBLE trade. You would be responsible for protecting & continuing this aspect of your culture. What stopped you?
She is aewsome to do hard work to dance performance and keep busy.. and plus she learn a lots so far on her life continue to wear maiko everyday.. I really love that part of it amazing. But i hope she will make it at all of through this and study hard work! I bow u.. smile. I believe to her cuz she can do it as well!!! =^.^=
@saphiredewdrop She got a vacation for to go home, and went back to her hometown of Okinawa, but she would be missed the plane to return to Gion. Apparently, in her feeling that "do not want to go back to Gion" There was a little. Although she was looking for a plane of the waiting list, in the uneasy feeling that "What if not go back to Gion", tears has been overflowing in her eyes.
Enough to indescribable in words it will have empathy. OHKINI. "OHKINI" means like that "Thank you very much" at Kansai in Japan. 言葉に言い表せないほど感情移入してしまいます。おおきに。
For her as a young person, life and practice in the OKIYA of MAIKO is a very painful I guess. However, I hope to spend the day-to-day she is to be blessed with kindness of the people who visit the Gion and Kyoto. She will take over the traditional culture of Japan. I'm sure she will be a beautiful geisha. By her to our strong will. 彼女たちのような若い方々にとって、置屋での生活や稽古は辛いものであろうと私は察しますが、 彼女たちが祇園や京都の人々のあたたかさを日々感じながら、日本の文化を引き継いでゆくことを願います。 彼女たちのその強い意志と私たちの願いが続く限り、彼女たちは美しい芸者になることでしょう。
The Australian one is Fiona Graham, who exerced as a geisha in Asakusa, Tokyo. She was never a maiko (or hangyoku, as the apprentices are known in Tokyo). It is unclear if the Asakusa Geisha Association ever meant her to be a permanent member. She left in December 2010 (informations from wikipedia). The wikipedia article says that "The Association acknowledged that Japanese citizenship was one requirement for working as a geisha.".
