November 19th, 2020: Congratulations to Kyoto’s newest geiko! Fukutama (ふく珠) of Shigemori (しげ森) in Miyagawa Cho has finally turned her collar! She had been the most senior maiko in her district for over a year and the most senior maiko in all of Kyoto for almost as long! Her apprenticeship lasted just over 6 years, so she has definitely done her time to ensure that she was the best maiko that she could be. Now that she’s a geiko she’ll continue to shine and hopefully be as popular, if not more, than she was as a maiko ^^! おめでとうさんどすふく珠さん ^o^! Images are courtesy of My Kyoto Photo.
















