Pictures!! :-)

Maikosan Mamehana, and Minaraisan Tsukihana

I posted some of the pictures I have taken. I cant remember the dates, but I hope that you'll enjoy them anyway! If you want to read  about the Ozashiki, I have posted something about them, so just keep reading!

Maikosan Tomohana

Maikosan Hanaka dancing and Tomohana-san playing shamisen.

This Ozashiki was one of the best one I've ever been. I have only been once in this new Mitsuhana
Ochaya, but it is really nice. Here you can see Hanaka-san, Sayohana-san and Tomohana-san performing Gion Kouta, ballad for Gion.

This is the Azuchi Ochaya. Here you can see Mamehana-san dancing, and Tsukihana-san as Minarai playing shamisen. 

Here are (from left to the right) Yurika-san, Tomohana-san and Chisaki-san. I had never actually seen Gion Kouta with three dancers in Second Life! Okaasan of the Okiya was playing the Shamisen. Unfortunately she is not in the picture, but if you read my post about this Ozasshiki, you should find a picture of her there. :)

The same dance, and same Maikos. Here you can see well the beautiful long obi, or kimono belt of a maiko. 

Okay, now here you can see the Okaasan too! And the stage of Ochaya. In the right side of the stage you can see also a Koto instrument. 

This is Yurika-san, the new minarai. She is really skilled dancer! 

Here you can see me, and Chisaki-san. Other dancer are preparing for another dance. You can find me in world by the name Ken Hinata.

And then I have the last pictures and they are about the beautiful kasa dance. This is Tomohana-san.

And the last one! :)

Ozashiki in Mitsuhana

I would like to tell about one Mitsuhana Ozashiki.

Today at 2:45 pm I went to Gion Higashi hanamachi. There I met Aisha-san, Mitsuhana Shikomi again. She was standing on the bridge, wearing a pretty komon. She told me that there was Ozashiki in Azuchi sim, and I decided to attend.
I went in and the Ochaya was full of happy people again. I was glad, because last time it was quite empty.
I met many new nice people. There were 2 Shikomi I had never seen.

Mitsuhana Ochaya in Azuchi.

Ueta-san, Okaasan of Mitsuhana Okiya was helping a very new Shikomi.
I sat down and there was maikosan Tomohana! I met her in my first Ozashiki in Mitsuhana.

There were Akahana Ueta (Okaasan),
Tomohana-san, Yurika-san and Chisaki-san. And of course the two Shikomi and all the other patrons.

Akahana Ueta, Mitsuhana Okaasan, playing shamisen.

Yurika-san moved from another Okiya to Mitsuhana, and now she is a Mitsuhana Minarai (in real life it is the watch and learn period before becoming a Maiko). She was really nice and beautiful.

I got some delicious green tea, or Ocha. We talked and laughed a good while.
Soon after serving the tea, Okaasan played her Shamisen, while the Maiko were getting ready to perform.

Minaraisan Yurika, Maikosan Tomohana, Maikosan Chisaki and Okaasan.

They performed Gion Kouta, or ballad for Gion. Just in case you didn't know, Gion Kouta is the most popular Geisha dance, and probably the best known one too! It tells about the fours seasons in Gion and about a Maiko.

Minaraisan Yurika, Maikosan Tomohana, Maikosan Chisaki.

Gion Kouta is also one of my favorite dances, so I always enjoy watching it. I just secretly hope that next time they will play Kyo no Shiki! It is my another favorite, right after Harusame. 

Picture from dancers view. Chisaki-san, Tomohana-san and Yurika-san.

I also enjoy taking all these pictures from Ozashiki. It feels like you were in real Ochaya taking photos form maiko and minarai!

I took one picture from up, so you could see the beautiful hair of maiko! 

Tomohana-san (sorry this pic is on a wrong place)

Here is the new Shikomi

And as you can see, I have watched the dances from every view. :) Look at the kanzashi (hair decorations). Aren't they beautiful?

Here you can see the performers and also the patrons.

After Gion Kouta, Tomohana-san danced one dance alone. The kouta was Harusame, which is absolutely my FAVORITE! They had forgotten I am a shamisen player. ;) The dance was with
a beautiful pink paper umbrella called kasa.
This was another really happy Ozashiki in Mitsuhana!

Congratulations!!

This time I would like to congratulate the new maiko and geiko.  I haven't been in their Misedashi or Erikae, and I am really sorry about that.

So, congratulations: 

Tsukihana-san (Mitsuhana), who is now a Maiko

               and

Sayu-san (Little Yoshiwara), who is now a Geisha

I am sure they will both have a glorious career. ^^