#fukuyo

Maiko (apprentice geisha) Fukuyo, wearing a hikizuri (trailing kimono) with a beautiful suzume (sparrow) and yuki-mochi-zasa (snow-covered bamboo) pattern, which is a metaphor for a strong-willed spirit withstanding adversity.

Gion Matsuri float procession and evening performance by Miyajimacho hanamachi, July 2023

hihi! i really like this song !! ♡♡ ♡ ( clicky the hearts! ) i’m always in the mood for crystal castles ~ ! i hope you like it (੭ु ›ω‹ )੭ु⁾⁾♡

Maiko Fukuyo and Terutsuyo enjoying summer festivities before their Gion Matsuri appearance - Saturday 22nd of July, Gion Matsuri room

Maiko Fukuyo and freshly debuted maiko Terutsuyo appearing in ozashiki together during June

This weekend we held our annual Baikasai - plum blossom viewing and tea ceremony event, seen here performed by geiko Umeyakko and maiko Fukuyo

We celebrated Setsubun in Miyajimacho: the beginning of spring - at Hoto Tenman-gu shrine, maiko Fukuyo performed Hime sanja for the audience, and geiko got dressed up in costumes and threw lucky beans from the stage! Geiko Umeyakko and Ayatsuki dressed in schoolgirl costumes and geiko Umeyuki dressed in a pikachu costume. Bad luck out, good luck in!

Miyajimacho hanamachi Shigyoshiki ceremony 2023: we met to celebrate the opening of a new year, give thanks to those who helped us in the past year and commemorated our work with geiko, maiko and shikomi of the district