COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

7/07/2014

Tokyo's oldest Geisha




A day in the life of Tokyo's oldest Geisha - video

Tokyo's oldest Geisha, 90-year-old Yuko Asakusa, says she plans to keeping working in the profession until the day she dies. Asakusa, whose real name is Fumi Kikuchi, has been a Geisha for 75 years and is one of just 216 left in the capital, and 1000 left in the whole of Japan. She says she is proud of her age and doesn't hide it.



Link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jul/06/a-day-in-the-life-of-tokyos-oldest-geisha-video

http://youtu.be/4JrowmomZxw



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