A 32-year-old woman who used to serve in the Air Self-Defense Force debuted last month as a geiko ¡ª another term used to refer to geisha ¡ª in Gifu, a city known for having a unique tradition of entertaining guests on riverboats with geisha performances and ukai cormorant fishing.
¡°I hope more people will become interested in me and also in °ì²¹°ù²â¨±°ì²¹¾± (the world of geisha),¡± said Miho Koketsu, a native of Mino, Gifu Prefecture, who goes by the name Kikumatsu.
On Dec. 2, Kikumatsu made her debut performance at a hotel in Gifu. As she danced to shamisen music wearing a black kimono and holding a fan in her hand, she received a warm round of applause from the audience.
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