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2.
The second Monday of January is
the Coming-of-Age Day, and one
of the national holidays

3.
Every city or village holds a
ceremony for 20-year-old people

4.
Young people are regarded as
“adults” after celebrating this day.
They are given the right to vote as
citizens for the first time

5.
The ceremonies are generally held in the
morning at local city offices throughout Japan

6.
Many women celebrate this day by wearing
Furisode, a style of Kimono with long sleeves that
hang down, and Zori sandals

7.
Men sometimes also
wear traditional dress
(e.g. dark kimono with
Hakama), but nowadays
many men wear formal
Western clothes such as
a suit and tie more often
than the traditional
hakama

8.
A furisode ( lit. swinging sleeves) is a style of kimono distinguishable by its long sleeves

9.
Traditional hakama

10.
Tsumami kanzashi are a traditional Japanese form of hair
decoration made from folding squares of fabric, similar to origami

11.
Tsumami kanzashi are most often seen
adorning the hairstyles of geisha

12.
This style of hair ornament
features red shidare, or
chains of silk flowers, and
silver and gold metallic
accents

13.
This kanzashi is mounted on a metal hair prong for wear in
updos and ponytails.

14.
A maiko off-duty, dressed in kimono at Gion, Kyoto

15.
Cattleya, graceful lady

16.
The earliest visual depiction of fans in Japan
dates back to the 6th century CE, with burial
tomb paintings showed drawings of fans

17.
The scarlet-fringed
collar of the kimono
hangs very loosely in
the back to accentuate
the nape of the neck,
which is considered a
primary erotic area in
Japanese sexuality

18.
Maiko

19.
Apprentice geisha are called
maiko, (literally "dance child")
orhangyoku, "half-jewel"
(meaning that they are paid
half of the wage of a full
geisha), or by the more
generic term o-shaku, literally
"one who pours (alcohol)"

20.
The only modern
maiko that can
apprentice
before the age of
eighteen are in
Kyoto

21.
Maiko

22.
It is still said that geisha
inhabit a separate reality
which they call the karyūkai
or “the flower and willow
world.” Before they
disappeared the courtesans
were the colorful “flowers”
and the geisha the “willows”
because of their subtlety,
strength, and grace

23.
Geta are a form of
traditional Japanese
footwear that
resemble both clogs
and flip-flop. The
bottom view, show
the “teeth”

24.
Geta clogs mizutori white on black side

25.
Traditional Japanese Footwear

26.
Geiko
Literally
translating to ‘arts
person’, geisha
are highly trained
in Japanese
traditional arts,
including music,
singing and
dancing. By
contrast, geiko is
primarily used to
refer to geisha
from Kyoto.
Although geisha
formerly referred
to only those from
Tokyo and its
surrounding
areas, it has now
become the
general term for
all geisha

27.
Maiko
Maiko translates
to ‘dancing girl’ or
‘child’, and refers
to apprentice
geiko. They
undergo about 5
years of training in
various arts,
before graduating
to become geiko.
Outside of Kyoto,
the hangyoku in
Tokyo would be
the closest
equivalents to
maiko. Hangyoku
literally means
‘half jewel’ and
are trainee
geisha, although
little is known
about their
training process

28.
Geiko versus maiko
Kyoto

29.
So summed up, the difference between geiko and maiko can be described as
the difference between accomplished “master” of their art and an apprentice

30.
Geiko versus maiko
Kyoto

31.
Hair style Geiko versus maiko

32.
Maikos wear
several elaborate
hair ornaments,
or kanzashi, such
as fan or ball-
shaped ornaments
and combs. There
is also the hana–
kanzashi – an
ornament with silk
flowers dangling
from the maiko’s
head to her chin.
While this is one of
the most
recognisable hair
ornaments, it is
only worn during
the first year
Minarai stage of a
maiko’s training

33.
In contrast,
geisha wear
simpler
ornaments or
decorative
combs in their
hair

34.
Vintage
Japanese
Hakata Doll
Geisha Maiko

35.
Maneki Neko
Fortune beckoning cat
Japanese people are
often asked about the
difference between the cat
raising a right hand and
the one with its left hand
raised.
It is said that the one with
the right hand raised
brings economic fortune
and the one with the left
hand raised brings
customers

36.
Maneki Neko
Fortune beckoning cat
Additionally, the height
of the raising hand
makes a difference. If
the hand is raised
overhead, this cat
brings big fortune from
far away. On the other
hand, if the hand is
raised lower, the cat
brings certainly small
fortune close to you

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
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Sound: Kumada Kahori - Nasuno Yoichi
2016