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Maiko by ~ball-jointed-Alice:iconball-jointed-Alice:

Categories Photography > Photojournalism > People

©2006-2009 ~ball-jointed-Alice
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Artist's Comments

I just love this photo, even if it was taken by my really crappy digital camera.
it's Maiko ( a to-be Geisha). saw her on one of the streets of Gion - Kyoto. I really love the expression on people's faces when they are able to see one of those artist's heading for work. they are so friendly, so happy and so ful of emotions. when I saw her my hands was really shaking. it was the Japan I was searching for and believe me, it's really hard to find in today's Japan.

you can see many girls dressed up as Maiko in Kyoto. there are just turists, who have fun with wearing all those clothes and make-up and then riding riksha and sightseeing. but to see the reall ones you should go to Gion at about 5.30 pm and... wait. they are coming from tea houses and running really fast for their work, so to take a good photo is a really complicaded thing... I have a whole rol of film with maiko, so soon there will be more :)

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~haitsu Aug 7, 2006, 2:47:12 PM
wow~ i to właśnie takich widoków i wspomnień Ci zazdroszczę ;) pal pic całą resztę, ale to jest prawdziwa Japonia ;D
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~Bees-In-The-Caramel Aug 7, 2006, 2:48:43 PM
I love it!!

Its really cool.
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~Neko-Erure-chan Aug 7, 2006, 3:40:39 PM
^ ^ Gion is the main setting for the book "Memoirs of a Geisha"...This photo gives me a slight reminder of it

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~xpsuedoxangelx Aug 7, 2006, 3:45:07 PM
so is gion still a big geisha district?
omg i wanna go soooooo badly!

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=ArashiAi Aug 7, 2006, 3:57:59 PM
i went to a tea house there dressed up in my yukata and some miko's that were walking by freaked out. probly because i wasnt japanese but still. kyoto is beautiful

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~JC277 Aug 7, 2006, 6:43:44 PM
cooooooooooooooooool

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~Niichagon Aug 7, 2006, 8:05:02 PM
They all look so happy, almost suprized, to see her. :+favlove:
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Mood: Sentimental ~renllig Aug 7, 2006, 11:44:02 PM
faktycznie.. bardzo ciekawe zdjecie :)
twarze ludzi.. zadowolone.. zarazem zdziwione...od tak: ulotna chwila tradycji :)
:+fav:

Ren

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~Duplica Aug 8, 2006, 12:00:28 AM
wow she has similar shoes like me *rofl*
no really I think she is fascinating!

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~idemo Aug 8, 2006, 3:28:53 AM
sliczna :)
BTW: na takich platformach bym sie zabiła ^^;

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That 's why
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In order to leave
The 'TRACES' of me
In this World ...
... just for a while ...
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