--Kyoto started a campaign to attract tourists with a special rate to take a picture with a geisha and have a tea ceremony with an apprentice.--
The Christian Science Monitor 2010jan12
...at a tea house, where the average customer spends around $500. First-timers are usually turned away as an introduction is needed to get in.
Kyoto, however, started a campaign last month in which tourists pay 500 yen ($5.50) for a tea ceremony with maiko and geisha and a chance to pose for pictures with them...more...
