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Glimpses of Geishas

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A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.

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Glimpses of Geishas

October 30, 2009

Walking towards the train station through the back streets of Gion i hoped to catch a glimpse of the elusive geisha, these days they do not get out and parade around to much as tourists turn into full blown paparazzi when they are spotted, so i heard i should stick to some back streets and see if i get lucky. Making sure i got nice and lost, with a few dead ends and little old japanese ladies giggling at me for walking up the wrong alleys, i eventually saw a taxi drive past with some geisha in it. As alot of japanese tourists dress up as giesha for somethjing to do, i was a little bit sceptical but i saw they had full blown make up on and they glid out of the car and into a building so quickly it had to be them. Stoked with what i had just seen i kept on my mission towards home still through backalleys, only to turn a corner and walk a full length of the street with a geisha walking the oppisite direction, i had her all to myself no paparazzi. Was dark so i couldn't get into paparazzi mode either so i just tried not to stare and kept on keepin on.