Foreign tourists come to Hanamikoji just to see the rare Pokemon characters of geiko and maiko, so it's already become like a theme park. I think the number will increase if we leave it alone, but there may be no effective and permanent measures. However, I hope that security issues won't occur. When I was a maiko, there were foreigners who would call out to me and try to pick me up when I was walking between the barrel shop and the tea house at night, and it was annoying.
Yeah as a non japanese I see on videos how tourist think they are in Disney land and too many times treat maiko/geiko as dolls, a couple such tourists make a bad impression for all. May I ask why did you decide to leave this profession?
My parents own a kimono shop, so I want to take over the business in the future. I now use my experiences as a maiko and geiko to teach Japanese dance.
