Welcome! Please come in. I hope you will make yourself at home here in my okiya. You will find here many of the entertainments that we geisha work so hard to perfect.

In the chashitsu (tea room), you can participate in the chaji, or full tea ceremony. This is my way of expressing and extending my hospitality to you. It is one of the skills a geisha strives to perfect, so I hope you will join me. *bows*

If I am not at home and you would like to leave a message, you can do so by using the scroll above. Or, if you would like to leave a private communication (via offline gram), you may click here and my maiko (a geisha in training) will take the message for you. She will deliver it straight to me. She knows better than to peek. *grin*

How radiant, yet how peaceful and relaxing,
The spirit of Spring is!
Surely out of this spirit
All these blossoming mountain cherries burst.

~* Kamo no Mabuchi *~
(1697-1769)

In The Music Room, you will find me working with my maiko as we train our voices and learn our instruments. We are the jikata of the performance, while the other girls are the tachikata.

To learn about the differences and their significance, please visit The Music Room. There, you will find my academic pursuits and some terminology to help you learn more about the life of a geisha.

Should you wish to email me for further discussion, our minarai (a period of training prior to maiko) is standing by to assist you.

If you are interested in the history of the geisha, please come and join us at The Floating World.

I have recently taken on the position of Shogun, or leader, there and am very excited about exploring the history of the geisha, as well as the whole Edo or Tokugawa (Shogun) period (1615–1868).

There is much to discuss and learn. So please feel free to join us today!

I am so glad you chose to visit. It has been very nice spending time with you. I sincerely hope you will stop by again soon. *bows*