Geisha

A private banquet in the company of geisha is considered the ultimate in elegant hospitality. A common misconception is that geisha are courtesans - in reality, they are skilled practitioners of traditional performing arts.

At one time, there were 80,000 of them working in Japan, but only about 1,000 remain today.

Our expert guest Kenji Watanabe, a scholar of early modern Japanese literature, will guide us into the real world of geisha.

And in Plus One, playing party games with geisha!

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