Sunday, 26 October 2008

Geisha Hunting

One of the dreams Nic has is to spot a live Geisha in Japan. This is partly the reason we are going via the Asia route back to NZ.

We got to Kyoto, dropped our bags off at the Ryokan and headed off in search of Geisha. It would have been just as appropriate to don a deer stalker hat and a couple of scope rifles with the way we tracked down our prey.

The poor geishas didn't have a chance. After combing the streets for a couple of hours, I spotted some Geishas having tea through a window. I had to boost Nic up to peek through the bamboo windows.

The trap set, we sat and waited; they had to come out sometime! Finally with a flash of white painted skin three geisha made a run for it. Too late, Nic had her finger on the trigger and bagged herself a live geisha snap.

Not content with one, we followed the frightened things down the street taking our tourist's worth.



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