Watch: ‘Kiyo in Kyoto’ is an anime about modern day geisha. This charming anime is all about the secret life of Kyoto’s geiko and maiko in training – and you can watch it for free.

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The 'Shoplifters' director is adapting the beloved manga series ‘Kiyo in Kyoto’ by Aiko Koyama. Written by Emma Steen Former writer, Time Out Tokyo Monday 21 November 2022. Share.

In a new Netflix scripted series from Japan, viewers get an inside look at the geisha culture that’s been present in Kyoto for hundreds of years. Namely, we see what happens at a school for ...

Set in a “kagai” traditional entertainment district in Kyoto, the story portrays the everyday life of Kiyo, who works as a “makanai” to prepare meals for “maiko” apprentice geisha.

Celebrated Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda teams up with Netflix for this nine-part adaptation of Aiko Koyama’s award-winning manga series, Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House. Set in Kyoto ...

On a particularly snowy day, Kiyo (Nana Mori) and her best friend Sumire (Natsuki Deguchi) board a bus from their small town of Aomori to go to Kyoto, where they wish to train to be a maiko.

Modern day Japan. 16-year-old besties Kiyo (Nana Mori) and Sumire (Natsuki Deguchi) leave the rural province of Aomoro for Kyoto with dreams of joining the maiko (apprentice geiko or geisha).