Culture of Japan

Geisha

Geisha are traditional Japanese artist-entertainers. Geisha were traditionally trained from young childhood. Geisha houses often bought young girls from poor families, and took responsibility for raising and training them. The training starts from a young age and encompasses a wide variety of arts, including Japanese musical instruments and traditional forms of singing,dance, tea ceremony, poetry and literature. Modern geisha are no longer bought by or brought into geisha houses as children. Becoming a geisha is now entirely voluntary. Most geisha now begin their training in their late teens.

Samurai

Samurai is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan, which came into use during the Edo period. However, the term samurai now usually refers to warrior nobility.

Kimono

The kimono is a traditional form of clothing worn by Japanese women and men. There are many different kimono styles. There are a few types of kimono, one of them is Furisode, a type of formal kimono where young single adults will wear, and Houmongi for the married woman and also Tomesod kimono, where married woman would normally wear to a japanese wedding ceremony of a close relative.

Houmongi

Furisode

Tomesode Kimono