Japanische Frau in Maiko Kostüm üben Teezeremonie im Teehaus, Kyoto - Stock-Fotografie

A Japanese woman in Maiko's costume and hair style is practicing tea ceremony in a Japanese tea house in Kyoto. She wears traditional long-sleeved kimono with long dangling sash and her hair is elaborately decorated with seasonal flower-featured hairpins. The main jobs for maiko, an apprentice geisha, are to perform songs and dances as well as to play shamisen, three-stringed musical instruments. At night, they go out to entertain guests at traditional and exclusive Japanese restaurants (ochaya).