Maiko (apprentice geisha) wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Maiko (apprentice geisha) walking in the streets of the Gion district wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Maiko (apprentice geisha) walking in the streets of the Gion district wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Woman wearing traditional Japanese kimono and okobo (tall wooden shoes), Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Okobo (tall wooden shoes).Detail of 'maiko' (geisha apprentice) from Ishihatsu tea house (o-chaia).Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.

Rows of traditional wooden sandals with thick soles and red straps worn by geisha, okobo or geta, Japan

A pair of traditional wooden sandals with thick soles and red straps worn by geisha, okobo or geta, Japan