Bonjour everyone!

My name is Delphine and I live in the south west of France.

Well I guess that just as many of you I have always been interested in maiko and geiko but this had been amplified by the reading of the too famous "MoaG"...

Japan as a whole had always fascinated me too, and at last my dream came true: i had the chance to travel around Japon last September. The whole trip was amazing but my best memory remains that of two lovely maiko on whom we stumbled on, all of a sudden, after leaving Gion. To my own surprise, I was just paralized, couldn't breathe, couldn't move, couldn't say anything. I can't even find the words. I eventually managed to take a picture (here is the link: www.flickr.com/photos/42827869@N06/3956034623/) Thanks to the help of Makoto-san ( mb of this forum who advised me to join you all!) I know now that these two maiko were: Makino-san and Marie-san.

I have now started learning japonese and can't wait to go back to this wonderful country. Then, if i ever get the chance to meet a maiko/geiko again, I hope i'll manage to say at least "hello" and won't stay paralized as i did on my first encounter with them!

Thanks to everyone for sharing all your knowledge/pictures on them.

Merci

Bonjour Nice to meet you!

You're so lucky to have seen these two beautiful maiko, and I hope you can go back again soon. Do you have a favorite maiko/geiko?

Thanks Kikuyo for your warm welcome.

My favorite geiko is Ichimame. I love her as a geiko even though i must confess i would prefer her as a maiko.
As far as maiko are concerned, my favorites are Ichiteru, Umeraku and Katsuru. They're all from Kamischicken....i'm sorry, it's not even made on purpose!!!

Actually, all maiko are very cute and special i guess

Welcome delchimame!
Nice to see another Ichimame fan here! ^_^
And Ichiteru, Katsuru.. though Naokazu's also my fave.

You're lucky that at least you've met some maiko already!

ohh bonjour Delchimame,

je suis très contente de rencontrer des francophones ici *_*, j'espère que tu te plairas dans ce forum.

back to english XD, have fun and become a happy active member!

wheeeee XD i am so sorry, i studied french for 4 years but i don't remember anything
but... i understood ichisumi (i think ^_^")

so please stay around here and yes, kamishichiken is fabulous and ichimame is just gorgeous.

MERCI A TOUS !!!
I really enjoy this website , it's full of precious information, I will certainly stay around
It's great to share one's passion with other people!