A Maiko from Gion

Posted by MShades (Kyoto, Japan) on 26 March 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

I got this by sheer luck during the Gion Festival in 2006. It was a small procession the week before the main event, and I was fortunate enough to have my camera with me. My Flickr contacts tell me her name is probably Maori.

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