PHOTO OF THE DAY January 9, 2005  

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Where Kyoto, Japan
When
Photographer Thomas J. Abercrombie

A maiko, or geisha-in-training, strolls through the streets of Kyoto. She is a member of a famed, but dwindling sorority of entertainers.

(Text adapted from "Kansai, Japan's Historic Heartland," March 1970, National Geographic magazine)


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