#hinayu

September 7th, 2023: Another young minarai has made her debut in Gion Higashi! Hinaho (雛帆) of Sakaemasa (栄政) is the imōto of Hinayū (雛佑) of Tanakanami (田中菜美) and will be making her debut on October 12th! Here you can see her with her onesan after performing their osakazuki ceremony ^^! Image is courtesy of the Gion Higashi Kabukai.

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June 2017: maiko Umechie rehearsing for the Miyako no Nigiwai (source). With are maiko Kimitoyo of Miyagawacho and maiko Hinayu, Kanohiro and Tomitsuyu of Gion Higashi.

November 22nd, 2018: Hinayū (雛祐) of Okatome (岡とめ) in Gion Higashi has switched to the sakkō hairstyle ahead of her December 7th erikae! In Gion Higashi maiko do not wear yakko shimada first, but instead go right to sakkō. It is also customary to wear a purple kimono and each okiya has their own that they proudly display for this occasion ^^ Images are courtesy of Okiram_3604.

Scene 2: Masaki (満彩希), Tomitae (富多愛), and Tsuneyū (つね有). Scene 3: Hinayū (雛祐), Kanohiro (叶紘), Tomitsuyu (富津愈), and Tsunekazu (つね和). Scene 4: Masami (満彩美) and Mariko (まりこ). Scene 5: Ryōka (涼香), Tsunemomo (つね桃),  Hinagiku (雛菊), and Miharu (美晴). Scene 6: Kanotomo (叶朋), Hinayū (雛祐), Masano (満彩野), Tomitsuyu (富津愈), and Kanohiro (叶紘). I do find it odd that Ryōma, Fumine, and Tomichie aren’t in any of the images, although they may have been included just for a group shot. It’s also odd that Ryoka, Tsunemomo, Minarhu, and Hinagiku get two scenes, but it’s likely because one of them is very short. If I made any mistakes then I apologize in advance as the image is quite small. The Gion Odori runs from November 1st to 10th at the Gion Kaikan. Image courtesy of The Official Gion Higashi Instagram.

October 9th, 2017: The first image of the Gion Higashi maiko who will be participating in the Gion Odori (祇園をどり) has been released! It was very hard to spot them all in the video that was published last month, but now we can see that Gion Higashi will have eight maiko for the odori, a number they haven’t seen in over a decade! In the picture from L to R: Back Row: Tomichie (富千英) of Tomikiku (富菊), Fumine (文音) of Okatome (岡とめ), Ryōka (涼香) of Sakaemasa (栄政), Tsunemomo (つね桃) of Shigenoya (繁の家), Miharu (美晴) of Okatome (岡とめ), Hinagiku (雛菊) of Okatome (岡とめ), and Ryōma (涼真) of Sakaemasa (栄政). From Row: Kanotomo 叶朋) of Kanoya (叶家), Hinayū (雛祐) of Okatome (岡とめ), Tomitsuyu (富津愈) of Tomikiku (富菊), Kanohiro (叶紘) of Kanoya (叶家), and Masano (満彩野) of Man (まん). As to why Hinayū, Tomitsuyu, and Kanohiro are wearing August kanzashi, Tomichie is wearing October kanzashi, and Fumine, Ryōma, Kanotomo, and Masano are wearing November kanzashi, I really can’t say ^^; The Gion Odori runs from November 1st to 10th at the Gion Kaikan. Image courtesy of The Official Gion Higashi Instagram.

This week is going to be busy as Anime North is coming up, so there likely won’t be too many updates. But, the news continues to come! -Katsuna (勝奈) of Daimonji (大文字) in Kamishichiken had her erikae on Thursday (May 18th). She has affirmed that she will continue as a jikata geiko and will not dance in public anymore. -Katsue (佳つ江) of Odamoto (小田本) in Gion Kobu is wearing sakkō! Everyone seems to have been so pre-occupied with Katsuna that no one noticed Katsue wearing yakko shimada. Regardless, her erikae will be on May 29th! -The Kamogawa Odori continues until Wednesday (May 24th). Blog News -Not too much has been done due to being busy with convention work (sorry!). -The Random Fact of The Week looked at another manga involving maiko. -Mylo’s Pick of The Week went to Fukuna (ふく那) of Kawayoshi (河よ志) in Miyagawa Cho. -Your questions this week were quite in-depth! I’m really happy that you all feel comfortable enough to ask me some tough questions as they’re excellent teaching opportunities ^^