- japanese / fan / dance / travel / woman / shrine : maiko (apprentice geisha) kyoto, japan
- The hair ornaments of maiko change monthly to express the season. Fukuya wears a cherry blossom ornament for April.
- 平安神宮
japanese / fan / dance / travel / woman / shrine : maiko (apprentice geisha) kyoto, japan
japanese / fan / dance / travel / woman / shrine : maiko (apprentice geisha) kyoto, japan
The maiko (apprentice geisha) Fukuya prepares to open the Reitaisai Hono Buyo Festival at the Heian Shrine.
Dances were performed by four of Kyoto's five kagai (geisha) districts in dedication to the arrival of spring.
Comments and faves
cherry.fiore, sappy ♥♫♪, bib/smr, myhappypenguin, and 467 other people added this photo to their favorites.
bib/smr (62 months ago | reply)
wow at the colours!
(what camera are you using and what lense?)
Ame Otoko (62 months ago | reply)
incredible color and composition. thank you!
Haruyuri (62 months ago | reply)
Wow! Amazing! I´m really speechless!
mambastic photography (aka mamba909) (61 months ago | reply)
I love the colors (well, mostly the blue) and composition.
occhidaorientale (61 months ago | reply)
...A living doll...
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LaJu (61 months ago | reply)
breathtaking!
Serye (60 months ago | reply)
Great colors and contrast ;)
karenpoole66 (56 months ago | reply)
fukuya has gotten very pretty
Mattjr -photo (53 months ago | reply)
Beautiful! What a colours!
pozzi_elizabeth (50 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful, I love all your geisha photos
Jetgirlcomet (40 months ago | reply)
Just Breathtaking, truely!
Japón... (40 months ago | reply)
Wow!
Silvana Canto Carlos (39 months ago | reply)
Wonderful colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adriana H.G. [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
Perfect!
°°Lelly°° (33 months ago | reply)
I love this blue..=)
Francesca Albanese (31 months ago | reply)
beautiful colors!!!
Ana Murakami (29 months ago | reply)
Beautiful pic and great composition. I love it.
upadhyay_bharat (28 months ago | reply)
Lovely... beautiful colors and contrast.
Little Shepherd (28 months ago | reply)
The colors here are spectacular and clean...I love it.
kaikala7z (27 months ago | reply)
absolutely stunning, beautiful
54StorminWillyGJ54 (27 months ago | reply)
Amazing!
CarolEssan (25 months ago | reply)
looks like a doll! very beautiful capture.
tamaleconsalsa (25 months ago | reply)
beautiful! I would like to use this photo as inspo for makeup and hair that i am doing next week. it's the most beautiful geisha apprentice pic i have seen so far!
StuartSlimp (25 months ago | reply)
She looks like a doll. Spectacular!
Ekfrasis (18 months ago | reply)
woow.
Exotic Armenia Tours (16 months ago | reply)
amazing picture
koko-penguin (16 months ago | reply)
the colours in this are amazing. i really want to go back to japan!
Angel Errante (14 months ago | reply)
Hermosa! 美しい！
pencildolls (13 months ago | reply)
Stunning
boite_a_bijoux (9 months ago | reply)
incredible shot
Morgaine_Le_Fey (7 months ago | reply)
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Andrea Rapisarda (7 months ago | reply)
beautiful portrait
Creative Bling (3 months ago | reply)
So very very beautiful !!
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