Best Geisha Shows in Japan

2. Azuma Odori

Geisha shows by Tokyo Shinbashi geisha women.
Date: May 29 - June 1, 2009
Place: Shinbashi Enbujo
Address: 6-18-2 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Access: Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line or Toei Asakusa Line Higashi Ginza Station
Toei Oedo Line Tsukijishijo Station
Tickets: 7,500yen / 6,000yen / 5,500yen / 2,500yen
Information: 03-5565-6000 (ticket reservations) / 03-3541-7206 (Shinbashi Kumiai)

3. Atami Odori

Geisha shows by Atami geisha women.
Date: April 28 and 29 every year
Place: Atami Geiko Kenban Kaburenjou
Address: 17-13 Chuo Atami-city, Shizuoka
Access: 20 minutes by walk from JR Atami Station.
or, take a NO.2 bus to Shimizu-cho Stop from JR Atami Station.
Information: Atami Geiko Kenban 0557-81-3575
Tickets: 3,500 yen (advanved ticket) / 4,000 yen (on the day of the show)

Yumemachi Odori Hananomai
Dates: 11 am on Sundays and Saturdays
Tickets: 1,300 yen

4. Furumachi Niigata Odori

A geisha show by Niigata Furumachi geisha women.
Date: June 21, 2009
Place: Ryutopia Niigata Shimin Geijuku Bunkakaikan
Address: 3-2 Ichibanbori-dori-cho Chuo-ku Niigata-city
Access: Hakusan-koen-mae Bus Stop or Rikujokyogijo-mae Stop
Tickets: 4,000yen / 2,500yen
Information: Ryuto Shinko 025-222-7080

5. Kyo Odori

Geisha shows by Kyoto Miyagawacho geisha women.
Date: April 4-19, 2009 (*from the first Saturday to the third Sunday in April)
Place: Miyagawacho Kaburenjo
Address: 306 Miyagawasuji 4-chome Higashiyama-ku Kyoto-city
Access: Keihan Dentetsu Line Shijo Station
Hankyu Dentetsu Line Kawaramachi Station
Kyoto City Bus Shijo-Keihan-mae Stop
Information: 075-561-1151 Miyagawa-cho Ochaya Kumiai

6. Kamogawa Odori

Geisha shows by Kyoto Pontocho geisha women.
Date: May 1 - 24, 2009
Place: Pontocho Kaburenjo
Address: Sanjo-sagaru Pontocho Nakagyo-ku Kyoto-city
Access: Keihan Line Sanjo Station
Kyoto City Bus Kawaramachi Sanjo
Tickets: 4,500 yen / 4,000yen / 2,000yen
Information: 075-221-2025

7. Kitano Odori

Geisha shows by Kyoto Kamishichiken geisha women.
Date: March 25 - April 7, 2010
Place: Kamishichiken Kaburen-jo
Address: Kitano Kamishichiken Kamigyo-ku Kyoto-city
Tickets: 4,500 yen / 4,000 yen
Access: Kyoto City Bus Kamishichiken Stop
Information: Phone 075-461-0148 / FAX 075-461-0149
Show Time: 1:30 p.m. - & 4 p.m. -

8. Kagurazaka Odori

A geisha show by Tokyo Kagurazaka geisha.
Date: April 4, 2009
Show Time: noon - / 2 p.m.- / 4 p.m.-
Place: Kagurazaka Gekijo Theater
Address: 15 Tansu-machi Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Access: JR Sobu Line Iidabashi Station / Tokyo Subway Iidabashi Station / Ushigome Kagurazaka Station
Tickets: 4,000 yen
Information: Tokyo Kagurazaka Kenban 03-3260-3291

9. Kyoto Gokagai Godo Dento Geino Tokubetsu Koen (Kyoto Gokagai Joint Performance)

It's an annual special event by geisha from five hanamachi in Kyoto: Kamishichiken, Pontocho, Gionkobu, Miyagawasho, and Gion-higashi.
Date: June 20 and 21, 2009
Time: 2 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Place: Kyoto Kaikan Daiichi Hall
Address: 13 Okazaki Saishoji-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-city
Access: Subway Tozai Line Higashiyama Station
Kyoto City Bus Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae Stop or Higashiyama Nijo Stop
Tickets: 9,000yen / 5,000yen
Information: Ookini Zaidan 075-561-3901 (Phone) 075-561-3860 (Fax)
Kyoto City Tourist Association 075-752-0227

10. Onshukai

Onshukai are traditional Japanese dance shows by geisha women of Kyoto Gion Kobu.
Date: October 1 - 6, 2009
Time: 4 p.m. - Place: Gion Kobu Kaburenjo
Address: 570-2 Gionmachi Minamigawa Higashiyama-ku Kyoto-city
Tickets: 8,000yen (reserved seat tickets) / 4,000yen (non-reserved seat tickets)
Information: 075-561-1115

11. Asakusa Geisha Kumi-Odori

It's a special show held by Asakusa geisha during Asakusa Sanja Matsuri in May.
Place: Asakusa Kenban Second floor
Address: 3-33-5 Asakusa Taito-ku, Tokyo

Information: Tokyo Asakusa Kumiai 03-3874-3131