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Welcome to hell

This may be the last generation of true geisha.

A geisha must now compete with all that modern Japan offers. Only a dwindling number of aging men can now appreciate or afford her entertainments.

A geisha writes in her diary at the end of an evening.

A geisha never tells of what goes on in her world. Secrecy is the essential art of the geisha.

A geisha said, 'A man becomes a geisha's patron as a secondhand way of acquiring art. He just acquires the person who performs the art.'

Some parties are like fraternity parties, and strip games are played. Geisha never lose, she is still removing hair pins as his last garment is removed.

A comic dance performance at a late-night party. Many of the entertainments are based on romantic or sexy themes.

A party may cost $10,000 for 5 guests. A geisha is the ultimate status symbol and a client defines himself by his connoisseurship, just as geisha does by art.

A geisha said, 'If a client want us to dance, we dance, and if he wants us to sing, we sing. And we speak of things that have nothing to do with wives.'