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In many cases maiko and geiko will leave after odori season in May, but June and July are actually pretty common times too. This summer season will sadly see the following 3 geiko leaving the profession from Gion Kobu: Mikako (実佳子) of Nishimura (西村) - End of June Katsugiku (佳つ菊) of Odamoto (小田本) - End of June Tsuruha (つる葉) of Tama (多麻) - End of July This seems like a great loss, but all three women are leaving to get married! So, we wish them all the best in their future endeavors ^^!

Photos by Kunihiko Takenaka on Facebook.

Source: シギット (Sigit) on Instagram

April 2017: geiko Ryouka (blue) and maiko Tomitsuyu (navy) of Gion Higashi with geiko Katsugiku (green) of Gion Kobu by  meiko_chan55 on Instagram

Photo by Takeshi Kawasaki on Facebook.

Source: ona-komati - Blog

The cast changes each day of the Odori, so every geiko and maiko have equal chances to dance in famous blue kimono. You can watch the performance this year in April ^.^ 

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