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Jun 2025
3h 1m

A Peaceful Day in the Life of a Maiko

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Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧Writer: Lottie Finklaire ✍️Sound effects: Japanese park ambience, shamisen music 🌸🎶  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in Kyoto, Japan, we will follow a day in the life of a trainee Geisha, otherwise known as a Maiko. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Beverages, Geisha, Dancing, Music, Travel. Watch, listen and comment o ... Show More
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