Tourist Maiko Makeover 2

[carolina4489]

Leave it to americans to completely fuck up and give bad reputations to beautiful cultures

[JABBERWACKIN]

What is the white paint?

[Lilnaomi3]

@JABBERWACKIN most likely it is rice that has been pressed and processed but traditionally it was nightinggale droppings.

[plasticmodels]

@Lilnaomi3 : You got your facts mixed up. It's regular make-up ingredients, in the old times they used rice, millet, lead or mercury. Nightinggale droppings were (and are) used for skin care. You apply it to your face and wash it off after a while, but it has nothing to do with the face paint.

[Lilnaomi3]

@plasticmodels No, I didn't. The stuff I use is made of rice. You can purchase it on basic online stores and even on taobao(if you want a less pure version). I have actually found it at a couple of Ultas and some goth boutiques. This is new product with expiration dates on it and they are imported from Japan.

[plasticmodels]

@Lilnaomi3 : I was more referring to the Nightinggale droppings (with the mixed up comment).

[RinnyRin69]

love the video, but this music is terrible.

[namiexamuroxnobody]

To the trained eye, I can tell this maiko is a henshin. Maiko are always busy and they won't be walking around leisurely like the tourists do, and they won't have professional photographers following them because they also know how to spot them.

But henshin can go where the maiko can't because since they are busy. So I see it as a sort of advertisement.

If I ever dressed up as a maiko, I would get every last detail correct before walking around Kyoto. That's how much respect I hold for them.

[nicholem97]

That music!? LMAO

[zcbcccscbw]

This is beautiful. But what is it for? A wedding?

[namiexamuroxnobody]

@zcbcccscbw It's a maiko's everyday wear.

[s7559]

maybe tourist aren't allowed to wear it as a costume cause a geisha and a maiko trained more than 5 years to be where they are now, plus there is like less than 200 or 100 geisha or maikos in Kyoto so if theres a fake walking around like a real geisha and she makes a fool out herself she brings shame to geisha world but thats just my theory :]

[WolframlovesAlford]

:O I so wanna try this. <3

[stringycow]

I think even Japanese tourists go and get made up as maiko/geisha too don't they? It's not like the tourist is going around like "Hey I'm a Maiko!". Plus the people doing the dress and makeup and entire style do it just as a real Maiko. If someone confuses them for a real Maiko-san, esp. someone who doesn't know much about Maiko, can you really blame them? I saw a video of someone who got made up as an Oiran even, and they let her walk down the road just as Oiran would have done.

[Kkyyrruu]

I don't think the person above understands. Yeah it's ok to do that at halloween cause everyone knows it's halloween and everyone is dressed up. Besides Geisha's go through years of training and is a serious dedication. If a Geisha fails, family can even shun and diss own them. I just don't like tourist Maiko cause than other tourist don't knwo a REAL one from a FAKE one and THAT is what is not ok. Halloween-ok. Any other day-not ok

[digitalmckracken]

@Kkyyrruu are there "real" MAIKO left?

[KimonoHire]

@digitalmckracken Absolutely!

[chocolate0monster1]

@digitalmckracken yes but not that many. there are even some tayuu left.

[MsMegaCake]

Can you keep the kimono and everything? o_o I mean,she just walks off..

[dank1280]

@MsMegaCake In some of these places, particularly in Kyoto, they have little old-fashioned villages set up so that you can walk through them in costume for various photo opportunities. You do return the kimono before you leave the studio park.

[Yuri92001]

@dank1280 Hehe I wonder if they have ever done someone who is black....wonder what a black Geisha would look like lol

[12northstar13]

It is my understanding that most of the people that under go this is to better understand the culture behind it. It is and will soon be a dying/dead art in Japan. Many feel it brings them closer to their national heritage. It is also my understanding that some Maiko and Geisha find this as a form of Flattery because "Imitation is the best form of Flattery." When you sit through an our long make over, you learn to respect those who do it for a living. Same with the Kabuki Actors.

[12northstar13]

@12northstar13 To continue cause of post limit :3 anyway kabuki players often mimic Geisha looks in plays. If you notice though they are not using the same make up preparation, or the same styles as what the Geisha or Maiko will use. Their make up is drastically different and has to be done with certain care. Though the style make look alike or Akin to them, the make up compounds are different and they do not leave the same markings that a Geisha uses to show what she is. AKA the Neck lines.

[DraculasHotBride]

Argh, I'd love to have this make-over done in Japan. I love geiko and maiko, their devotion to the lifestyle and being of a geisha is beautiful. I also think that people wanting to dress as them is admiring and not tainting their image. Yes, if they were going out pretending to be geisha or even fulfilling the stereotype of having sex whilst pretending or dressing as a geisha, then of course I do. But for a bit of fun, tourist attraction and admiration then go for it. :-)

[werewolfy77746]

@DraculasHotBride I totally agree to this.

[boiper]

I want a Juni hitoe though!!

[tangos]

haha @ crazy westerners flipping out because anyone can go dress up as a geisha-in-training for under a hundred bucks. OH NO YOU MEAN THEY AREN'T ALL GENUINE DANCING PRANCING MAIKO?? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[ladyhendrix]

Which particular studio is this? The half-wigs are great! They make it look like it's a real wareshinobu they're wearing. I'd probably ask them to paint only my lower lip when wearing dangling kanzashi though.

[MsDeathrattle]

the geisha art is not what it used to be it has changed over the years

[aintyobabydaddy984]

and we all thought stillettos were hard to walk in.

[darknepthys]

Does anyone know what studio this was done at? It looks fantastic compared with some henshin I've seen. She's even got a han-katsura!

[Nickadinoable]

thats no geisha, thats a maiko. so you might want to change it to maiko make over. ;)

[CarefreeGirlie]

80's music....gotta love it.

[semco72057]

There is more to being a geisha than dressing in traditional clothing and makeup. You have to know how to serve food, and when to and how to greet visitors. I enjoy their tradition, and devotion to duty. I spent much time in Japan, and respected much of their tradition and social rules. There are Geisha's in Korea as well and was waited on by them while out at restaurants and they served the liquor, dried fish, shrimp, and other items.

[gotyami]

@semco72057 they are not claiming to be geisha, plus it doesn't say geisha it says maiko. its only a makeover, get over it

[narutocat100]

do they really need the hair like that it`s ugly

[WillyyyV]

@narutocat100, are you serious...really? Ugly? Really? Its beautiful!

[buckwhile]

omg! those shoes in 0:57 id fall face foward!! lmao!

[DarkOnyx98]

@buckwhile just imagine how the real maikos feel when training in those. I can already hardly walk in heels. If I was able to walk in those shoes that they wore in video, that be all screwed up. lol

[ANKRALyGAARA]

She is the most beautiful creature I 've seen in months only because I saw an amagazin Geisha yime ago, and she still beeing a Maiko.

they are a living teasure

[AuRoRaLiCiOuS]

What is the white paint they use called? Is it just a cream white make up?

[kelseycalifornia]

its bird poop

[akissy]

@kelseycalifornia Why did people thumb this down? Bird dropping WERE actually used in the past for the white make up, to achieve a whiter color. Please people, research instead of taking things so offensively.

[ducktailmassacre]

her face is so cute at 0:33

[MikeMiller]

cool video, horrible music.

[mk2u73]

YEs because they recreate the native american costumes so authentically during halloween, thanksgiving, etc., roflmao. This halloween I think I'll paint my neck red and walk around with a can of beer and a wife beater on and fuck my sister, lmao. You think thats offensive?????? OR make a basketball team and name them the "CRACKERS"

[janabean09]

totemo kerei desu ne!

[DzsikPa]

0:34 huh, she so pretty :)

[samito098]

wow xD

[pukerainbows]

I would like to have a makeover as well, it would amazing.

[pinkdiamonde]

Argh I wanna makeover... maybe someday I'll go to Japan and get one lol

[GameKepper]

AAhhh I want to try too!! Where is it?!

[icefoxphantom]

the girls in the video were Japanese i think they wanted to experience a part of their culture just like us going to a place that reenacts battles or what it was like before we have the technology we have now. so it's not about tainting a culture it's about looking through the eyes of the past. ok?

[icefoxphantom]

second i don't think they are trying to step on the culture. i think they just want to experience what it feels like to do something people of the past did. granted they won't get the full experience because they did not have to work at it but it means something special to them. well most of them.

[icefoxphantom]

ok first of all i think everyone needs to calm down.

[jazzymassacre]

0:32 i think she is SO pretty! she looks like a cartoon!

[6mali]

bloody tourists. curse you. you all look like uncertain idiots.

[kittenbut1]

the tourists in the video are japanese >.>

[6mali]

soooo? they are not real geisha. they didnt go through all the hard work,years of training to get to wear that make up. they dont deserve it! they are tainting the culture!

[kittenbut1]

They may not but they are not tainting the culture. They are just dressing up like it. They aren't pretending to be in attempts to fool anyone. How are they tainting it?

[6mali]

First, you are overreacting. Chill. In my OPINION (in case you havent ever heard that before) They are tainting the culture because the make up and the Kimono are a privelgae. The Geisha and Maiko that get to wear it have worked hard for years to put it on. It is a symbol. And for these Tourists to put it on is tainting all the years or work and the art of a Geisha.

[kittenbut1]

Okay, then if that is true...that is saying putting on a kimono and walking around Japan is tainting the japanese culture because you aren't japanese, weren't born there, don't go through the same hardships and struggles they do. You are not privilaged to wear that they wear.

[ThankYouF0rTheVenom]

Why should the costume be off limits? It is only silk, make-up, and a wig. It is not a person claiming to be something they aren't.

You must find Halloween a particularly offensive holiday. All those fake doctors and astronauts and fashion models... how dare they taint the profession so many other people legitimately worked at! Am I right? ;)

Seriously, it is silly to say a certain make-up or clothing style is limited to one type of person and forbidden to all others.

[ThankYouF0rTheVenom]

Are you against historical flims too? Theatre?

I just do not see how wearing a costume takes away from anyone's glory. It does not magically imbue them with the skill or laudation of the profession.

As for Geisha/ko, most of them debut within the first 2 years of training. Unless they start young, they usually bypass Maiko training. They evolved from high class Japanese courtesans and wore a less ornamented costume of the oiran. So they pretty much borrowed it from them. That's history.

[coygina]

*facepalm* some people I swear!!!

[SilverGunZoO]

@ThankYouF0rTheVenom I agree with you to some extent, if you dress up as a zombie people know you're not zombie, but if you dress as a geiko and say you are a real gaiko, then yes I find that offensive, because you will ruin the reputation of real gaiko, you understand what I'm saying ?

it's not like doctors or lawyers, they don't follow a strict guide of behavior, geiko does, that's the big difference, you understand?

[xroflknifex]

@SilverGunZoO i agree with you, but doctors do follow a strict guide of behavior so they dont offend patients, protect privacy, and avoid legal trouble

[SilverGunZoO]

@xroflknifex actually you are right, real doctors have a reputation too

[WillyyyV]

@ThankYouF0rTheVenom, well its kind of like the equivalent of a play doctor walking around in a hospital. Being that they are dressing up in Kyoto...

[chocolate0monster1]

@ThankYouF0rTheVenom maybe thats because geishas represent japans ancient culture ?! ever thought about it ?? JAPANESE people represent japan. i mean there already was a lot of complaining when a chinese chic played a japanese geisha in "The Geisha" after Arthur Goldens "Memoirs of a Geisha". (btw she was HORRIBLE and the movie was COMPLETELY WRONG)

[0Funkyfied0]

@chocolate0monster1 Many people are inspired by the Greek culture too, and dress up as the ancient Gods Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite etc. These figures represent Greece, but you don't see the Greek people complaining when tourists dress as them.

[Burikami]

@0Funkyfied0 chocolate0monster1 is probably a japanophile . :P

[Vanelsia]

@0Funkyfied0 yes,they are not complaining,but they sure make fun of them.in my town there are not a lot of tourists,so i had not noticed that,but in the islands it's common.and hilarious!

[coygina]

it isn't a "privilege" to wear a kimono, kimonos are worn by all females in Japan, my best friend and her family wear theirs at weddings, and other such special occasions, so if you are going to argue about something, do not argue with some falsities included!

[kittenbut1]

Honestly you don't know anything. Your just a wapanese fucken retard who thinks they know everything about the japanese culture. you're fucken stupid and pathetic.

[ArmyOfDemons]

wath the movie: memoirs of a geisha and you will understand what 6 mali says.

[kittenbut1]

I have watched it, but that was made by Americans with chinese actors. of course they don't know what the hell they were doing. These tourist are not tainting the culture. They are walking around in kimono and make-up, that is it. So what if they want to dress up like it? It's like white people dressing up as geisha for a costume party. Same difference. They aren't pretending to be it, they are just wearing it.

[LenaKemp]

i always thought that only a funny, creative and well-spoken girl could be a geisha in the future. I know they learn the whole entertainment skills but ... they dont take everyone girl, right?

[Mafiadaughter]

Memoirs of a geisha the movie is nothing compared to the book and also the book does not say everything correct.

[dertbox]

So if I dress up like an american cop I'm tainting the culture? Do me a favour.

Hold your own culture to a lofty ideal instead of telling people how they are wrong about theirs.

[6mali]

yes you would be tainting the culture. First of all, it's illegal to dress up as a cop and pretend to be one. BEING a GEISHA is a privelage. by wearing the clothes and make up is symbolizes years of devotion and work.

[fudge307]

it's true that a lot of work goes into being a geisha, that maikos and geishas wear their kimonos and make up with pride but it is absolutely incorrect and quite unfair of you to say that a regular person wearing the clothes and make up is synonymous to tainting the art of being a geisha.

if anything, the local (or non local) tourists who go through the make over are celebrating the culture by expressing interest in it and by experiencing it no matter how far removed.

[akissy]

@6mali Being a Geisha isn't seen as a privilege by most Japanese people. mothers get shocked because many Japanese people don't even know what a geisha does. they are a VERY rare sight, even in Kyoto and Tokyo, and many think they engage in sexual activities with their clients. These girls and the foreginers that do this are trying to experience what a maiko has to go through in the apperance department, cause that's about the only thing they can experience.

[alestane]

You're entitled to your opinion, but this is a fairly common attraction for tourists (mostly japanese tourists, but foreigners can do that too). There are a number of studios doing that in Kyoto. It's all in good fun, and nobody minds it here (that I heard of). It gives tourists something to take pictures at, too, and make great souvenirs.

[JonChacawPurPur]

I like to think they respect our interest in their culture, some at least.

[JonChacawPurPur]

I think it's their way of connecting with their culture, they respect it. It's not tainting it at all.

[tangos]

it's actually more like every Japanese girl's dream. Kinda like how some American girls want to grow up to become a princess. Well, some Japanese girls want to dress up as a geisha one day.

[JonChacawPurPur]

@tangos  That's nice. It makes sense too.

[kmah88]

looks so funny with her brown hair coming out over thw black wig!!

[kittenbut1]

where?

[jade4444jade]

WHOAAA hooo

[oceanblu85]

So beautiful, but how they walk in those shoes I'll never know 0-0

[minnachin]

i wanna get that done to me too...100-500? dang i knew it!! gotta save up then? ^-^

[minnesotagirl]

I think this studio makes quite good maiko-henshin :)

[Oshidorinohina]

no, no, its a tourist thing anyways u can tell shes never walked in okobo before and her kimono is to ornate and by then they know how to do their own makeup and they NEVER wear wigs, the makeup is made from nightingales droppings but purified.the only time sum1 else does their makeup is during their mishidashi (debut as a maiko), and this sure isnt the mishidashi. and it costs about 100-500$ i think, thats not even how they do their makeup,not in that order anyways.

[bluecheerstar510]

I KNEW IT WAS POOP! though the poo on my moms car doesnt look so nice...

[honeyandcherry]

It is tourist, but maiko kimono is very colorfull. They do there own make up but maiko do their own hair, when they become geiko they use wigs all the time. Nightingale droppings where used as lotion/cream. The make-up is made of rice powder with water and somethin els. bwuahahah XD

[plasticmodels]

It's still used! (At least you can buy it)

Just imagine those poor girls had to run around with nightingale droppings on their face! Ugh, the smell! I doubt they'd be a very pleasuring company.

[sarahissoawesome]

Many geisha do use hair pieces (wigs), & nightingale droppings are used, but as a cream, not the actual face powder. Mishidashi ceremony is extremely ornate, I must agree. These kimono look something like would be used, these women are very decorated. As a maiko becomes a geisha she becomes much more simplistic/sophisticated.

[loser1hate]

I wonder where i could get the geisha shoes?

[Biscuitpyon]

ebay

[startledbyhishuge]

Wow

Can't wait to go to Kyoto XD

[velvetyblackroses]

i want to know whats that white paste they are using!

[Sukisha76]

Rice powder mixed with water to make a paste.

[seika0hime]

i did that " rice powder with water " but it didnt works :S why?

[ladyinuchan]

I wish I could go there and get dressed like a geisha!! ^_^ But when they put the wig on me they couldn't leave my hair out since it's not black!.....though I might look wierd because my eye's are blue....>_> still think it would be way fun though

[bloodyaiko]

just to let u know this is a Maiko a girl under the age of 20 training to b a geisha... ive done this befroe and it is a great!!!! but i am black and japanese so my hands were my skin color but the welcomed me very warmly to the studio!!!!

[Pillowchii]

I wonder if they even accept caucasians at this studio. :/ I'd imagine I'd look pretty weird as a geisha. ^^() Then again, I'm also horribly curious to know what I'd look like...

[Hayate392]

omg she came out gorgeous....O_O

they sell that as complete pkg photos in a teahouse included~

I bet an american could barely fit the any of the kimono in stock...and i'm 5'7"......without the shoes....<__<;;;;

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[asininityy]

you will, kimonos come very long, and they just fold it up according to the wearer's height (:

[xxxHolic]

If you go to Japan, can you actually get this done?

[morningstarscrew]

yes there some studios in Kyoto.

[xxxHolic]

even if you are a westener?

How much does it cost approximately?

[alestane]

No problem with westerners.

Costs depends on the options (free time to take pictures by yourself in addition to the ones taken by a pro, CD with the digitalized pictures on it in addtion to prints, how much time going around dressed-up like that - if any -, pro photographer going with you to take pictures on-site in temples around, etc...)

Basic option should be around 100$, maybe a little less.

[NanaNarcotic]

Wow I would do the whole treatment and get my money's worth by getting my photo's taken everywhere all day rofl XD

<3

[ayyed]

that is so cool. i wish i could get a geisha makeover, too. (and take home all the stuff)

[CandyLove4]

This looks like alot of fun. i went to Seoul, Korea in July this year, and I got to walk around the palace in a hambok (traditional korean dress). It was alot of fun!

[Cervallon]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

Oh, very well done!

Who'd have imagined...

[omgnobrain]

DO WANT

[jennyhofmandselv]

u get that kimono geta obi shoes m.m.?:O

[creepymike]

SOO beautiful.

[shineashi]

Oh man I so want to get that done D':

[Lukthien]

ñam... bno eso de las pelucas si es vdd... Las Geishas usan pelucas siempre, ya ke sus peinados son muy elaborados y rekieren de mucho pero mucho cabello. En cambio las maikos (Jovencitas menores de 18 años ke entrenan para ser geishas) usan su cabello real para los peinados. Tambien son elaborados y llevan muchos kanzashi O.o... Esta ke vimos en el video es una "maiko", pero me imagino ke les ponen pelucas pk el peinado es muy tardado, ne? -.-

[MyCatIsSimon]

Que falsas, cojones xP

[berrybeca]

Nice!

[kittynred]

HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST!!?!? =O.O=

[cherrykittles]

About $100/ 10k yen. You can get it done in Japan.

[purplebubbleprincess]

thats all???? wow i plan on visiting japan A LOT *best start studying that japanese* and i cant wait to get this done hehe

[marybel0414]

dan miedo :S

[MyCatIsSimon]

Pelucas?? Venga ya...Eso no vale..

Esta bien de todos modos

[NishiLain]

Imaginate lo largo que tendrias que tener el cabello y las horas que tomaria el peinarlo! Tal vez hasta las geishas reales usan pelucas de vez en cuando.

[mayelaine2]

Quien sabe O_O... Pero si que se lo tendrian muy calladito entonces xD

[makeuppoint]

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