Ichiyo-zakura Oiran Dochu Procession + Show 一葉桜まつりおいらん道中

Behind the famous Sensoji temple in Asakusa (Tokyo) is a local neighborhood where they hold the annual Ichiyo Sakura Festival in April along the main street lined with Ichiyo cherry blossoms. The festival highlight is the Oiran Dochu courtesan procession and an Oiran Show. Also see her putting on and taking off those high clogs. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=559

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Travel & Events

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• oiran
• dochu
• procession
• geisha
• courtesan
• tokyo
• asakusa
• ichiyo
• sakura
• 一葉桜
• まつり
• おいらん
• 道中
• 太夫
• 花魁

[00RiN00]

what do you call those platform shoes like slippers? is it for sale? where?

[photojpn]

It's called Oiran Dochu geta. Not sure where they sell it.

[bajubner]

I love her hair. Is it all real, or is it a wig?

I want a pair of those GIANT SHOES <3

[photojpn]

It's a wig.

[FruityPara]

*Geisha (geiko) DON'T wear Okobo. Only Maiko's wear Okobo.

*Oiran wear obi in front so the customer can untie her obi quicker.

*thanks to the oiran, geisha's and maiko's got a bad name and many don't know much about their lifestyle and stuff.

Such a shame since it's a very hard job and hard work to become one too ^__^

Memoirs of a Geisha is just a movie. A novel that has real and unreal things inside. Keep that in mind. She only wore those high shoes as a show. ^__^

[Alexus1325]

Oiran WERE prostitutes who actually used the services of geisha/geiko to entertain their clients :P Prostitution is now illegal in Japan, they exist as a state-sanctioned cultural-heritage "display," kinda like a living museum.

[Caporalea1]

@Alexus1325 It's the other way around, the Oiran came first so Geisha use the Oiran's services.

[emirot]

they way the oiran walk just amuses me. 

[YukioSnowoBloom]

@FruityPara also oiran did not give maiko & geiko a bad name. The western mind just finds it naturally hard to think of a girl that entertains men without having sex, unfortonetly. It is just a way of thinking. Tayu/Oiran & geisha were of different classes [Tayu & Oiran were of a class almost equal to samuria unlike geisha back then & they kept far apart. Oiran & Tayu invented new apperances to keep their looks separate, they wanted to be different yet they often worked together in odori & party

[Akashia14Moka]

@akissy

Actually she is an Oiran not a Tayuu. Oiran was used in Tokyo and Tayuu was used in Kyoto. Indeed Tayuu had different kanzashi. This Oiran Dochu was held in Asakusa, so she is Oiran.

[HaditaBlue]

@FruityPara why is the lady in thoes shoes, with the tabi and the super hair? what is she? coz since i know the tabi is only for geishas, the shoes for the maikos and that kind of super hair is for Oiran...so in the end, she is....what??

[orgoik]

How beautiful. The Oiran with the black and gold kimono(1:28) was sooo beautiful. Her face was so elegant. I know this is almost mean, but they almost seem...inhuman. They really do seem like women turned into moving pieces of art. It's kind of amazing and sad at the same time XD

[TheRawr75]

@pincushionllama WOAH, she is not a Maiko. She's an Oiran. There's a HUGE difference.

[sunakochan69]

@FruityPara not too sure about that third part, Oiran were there before the geishas. So it's not their fault Geishas get a bad rep, more like western ignorance.

[MissTwix]

@dhoakohime this year it is April 10th

[dhoakohime]

Hi! does anyne know where i can find more info about oirans and tayuu? how can i distinguish them? and finally....in what day do they do this festival? i went to japan once and i missed it...and searching and searching i have come across different dates :(