Search
Subscribe
Subscribe
Print Edition
Digital Edition
Give a Gift
Fashion
Fashion
Street Style
Red Carpet Fashion
Beauty
Beauty
Hair
Hairstyle Handbook
Hair Color Ideas
Makeup
Wedding Ideas
Health & Fitness
Culture
Culture
Charities & Volunteering
Horoscopes
Food & Cocktails
Food & Cocktails
Cocktail Recipes
Travel
Celebrity
Celebrity
Music
Project Runway
Money & Career
Love & Sex
Love & Sex
Sex Positions
Porn for Women
Sex Tips
Sex Stories
Politics
CR Fashion Book
About
Newsletter
Follow
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Youtube
Promotions
Win
Privacy Notice
Terms of Use
Editions:
US
Italia
Fashion
Beauty
Celebrity
Politics
Career
Subscribe
Give a Gift
Digital Editions
Newsletter
US
US
Type keyword(s) to search
Today's Top Stories
1
Katie Holmes Is Living Her Best Fashion Life
2
Required Reading: 'Red At The Bone'
3
How Stitch Fix Revolutionized Shopping for Me
4
Love Wine? Right This Way...
5
The Couple Using Airbnb to Cover Baby Costs
Couples + Money
Japan's First Western Geisha
Fiona Graham describes how she became the only foreign geisha in town.
By
Abigail Haworth
Nov 4, 2009
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
View Gallery
7
Photos
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Fiona Graham, who goes by her geisha name of Sayuki, on a Tokyo subway train.
1
of 7
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Sayuki at her dressing table.
2
of 7
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Sayuki primps for a banquet by applying thick white rice-powder paint and black eyeliner, a look that's reminiscent of 17th-century fashions.
3
of 7
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Sayuki applies black eyeliner.
4
of 7
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Sayuki dons several layers of lingerie that she wears beneath her kimono.
5
of 7
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Sayuki wears shoes that are too small to make her feet look more petite.
6
of 7
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Western Geisha
Sayuki and fellow geisha Azuha head home from a banquet.
7
of 7
Next
50 Reasons We Love America
Skip Ad
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
More From
Culture
Everything We Know About the Lizzie McGuire Reboot
Make Sure to Request These Songs at Your Wedding
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
Every Great TV Show of 2019
A Whole Lot Is About to Go Down On 'BiP'
Will 'Bachelorette's Pilot Peter Be the Bachelor?
Who Is 'Bachelor's Demi Burnett's GF Kristian?
Required Reading: 'Red At The Bone'
Who Will Be the Next 'Bachelor'?
9 of the Best Romantic Comedies of 2019 (So Far)
18 Times Male Genitalia Was Shown in Movies
Culture
Meet Japan's First Western Geisha
How to Dress Like a French It Girl
8 Celebrity Halloween Makeup Ideas from a Beauty Pro
The All-Time Best and Worst Celebrity Halloween Costumes
These Remarkable Women Are Fighting ISIS. It's Time You Know Who They Are
Hairstyles from Around the World
![ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" - Season Six](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/gettyimages-1160269553.jpg?crop=0.775xw:0.584xh;0.0898xw,0.106xh&resize=480:* "ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" - Season Six")
![ABC's "The Bachelorette" - Season 14](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/gettyimages-1005676732.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.752xh;0,0.0553xh&resize=480:* "ABC's "The Bachelorette" - Season 14")
