Just seen a real Maiko in Gion

mellowsun

Late at night in Ponto cho, floating down the street and into an exclusive little club.

its another world

snakemanStoo

Cool.

Seen/read lots about them, seems like you said, another world.

CabbageCat

If you want to see girls in too much makeup mincing into clubs then I can recommend West Street in Brighton.

There's a good jazz bar just over the river from Gion with a painfully cool old, ponytailed Japanese guy running it. No cover charge. I can't remember what it's called though.