Ah yes, the fourth Japanese figure of culture: the Shogo
@gcanaday14 ай бұрын
Japanese doesn't have a definite article, so you pretty much have to say, "Shogo desu."
@elliotc883 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation. I came here after watching to Kimono Mom.
@fionchee48113 жыл бұрын
Me too
@LuciaSoedirga3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@yasminsyamini30733 жыл бұрын
Me too
@semhyolmo3 жыл бұрын
Same here🥰we love kimino mom ,i muchmore after listening ur lifestory
@AngelaMerici123 жыл бұрын
I love Kimono Mom!
@xfilercuba3 жыл бұрын
Sooo the robots in the movie "Ghost in the shell" represented Maikos!! Theres a scene where you can hear the bell sound as she is walking...nice!!
@user-nm7ju5ph6u3 жыл бұрын
Might be worth to compare them to Oiran, a lot of people mixes up Geiko and Oiran.
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, that’s exactly what I thought too! This is why I made this video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bau5l4Ofm5KIkNE
@Aki-wq6xh Жыл бұрын
I am here in Jan 2023 after Netflix aired a beautiful show on Maiko. Thank you so much, I love the integrity you bring to your work. ❤
@JosephRocco-mi4cm4 ай бұрын
Same! Very nice show
@Fuzz823 жыл бұрын
I heard that a young woman dressed as a Maiko or Geisha who walks in public as discrete as possible would be a real Maiko/Geisha. A woman dressed as one who doesn't mind having her picture taken or maybe even poses for a tourist. Well those are Japanese girls who like attention..
@jakiulalamkhan7272 жыл бұрын
oh btw, the fourth one, that's a single class for a single man only, assigned by his own name. that's Shogo! our beloved friend from kyoto. he's here mainly to teach us about Japan. much love
@p.2104 Жыл бұрын
Although as a Niigata resident for six years, I learned that Geisha/Geiko are called “Geigi” in Niigata. So I guess there is another term for them in Japanese dialects..
@natsukitatsumakiniji Жыл бұрын
Doesn't surprise me. I think Nagasaki is similar. Teaching students in Nagasaki for five years, no one knows what a 'geisha' is, sometimes they know 'geiko.' They know what a 'maiko' is, but everyone knows the managing company for the prefecture called the Nagasaki Kenban.
@BundtLust3 жыл бұрын
おはようございます!! I am a Michigander living in beautiful Japan and just discovered your channel, thank you for your awesome videos!
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for leaving a comment! I'm so glad you say so, please give me any advices or requests anytime!
@GataKwe3 жыл бұрын
How she goin fellow Michigander!
@nikonikobbs3 жыл бұрын
I stumbled upon your channel and I'm loving it! I binge-watched some of your videos about Kyoto. I'm really interested in Kyoto, particularly in the Kansai Region. Would you mind sharing us a video about Kansai Region and how is it different from the other regions? I look forward to it, thank you very much! I'll definitely watch your videos always btw
@wearelivingart9922 жыл бұрын
I needed information to write my book and came across this man. I really liked that he added his own subtitles and chose cute photos. especially the lesson bell he added before explaining everything me to write my book is asome. Arigato Shogo! (I should mention you in the acknowledgments when my book is finished)
@Alinor24 Жыл бұрын
May I ask what your book is about?
@Dragon-Slay3r7 ай бұрын
@@Alinor24it's about nipple sizes I guess 😭
@thatrandomgirl4574 Жыл бұрын
I wondered what the diffrence was. I assumed the maiko's were in training to become gaiko but I wasn't sure. This video explained it very well. I have ADHD so keeping my focus on a explaining video can be difficult, but your explaination was so calm and simple it made me concentrate the whole video! Thank you.
@pqzmfj3 жыл бұрын
so basically japanese people invented platform shoes.
@Eric-em9kp2 жыл бұрын
Your absolutely amazing and doing a great service to share the knowledge of Japanese Culture as well as everything surrounding it! I found you randomly 3 days ago and have started watching every episode you have put out to learn so much of what I love....Japanese Culture! So thank you!
@PerfectPride2 жыл бұрын
I love how many videos you have on geisha. I’m learning so much! I always thought the bell sound came from the hair ornaments, not the shoes- that’s SO COOL. I’m curious. If a maiko is a young person training to become a geisha, what happens if an adult wants to become a geisha? Can an adult begin geisha training? Do they have a certain names? Do they skip over all the visual differences that maiko have? Can’t wait for more videos on this topic!
@moushimou31702 жыл бұрын
Hi there! I hope I can help~ If a person is too old to have an apprentice stage, they would start their journey as a shikomi (Just like the maiko) and debut straight out as a geisha/geiko (Called a Misedashi, she would never experience an erikae because there is no "Collar to turn") . Generally speaking in Kyoto they will work as Jikata, musicians, as they're in high need and the dancing repertoire a maiko would have at her erikae would be hard to catch up with. In Kyoto's Gokagai there are generally two or three women who debut straight out as geiko every year, in Tokyo it's more common for women to debut straight out as Geisha compared to the few that might debut as hangyouku. One of the most famous geiko who debuted straight out as Geiko was Geiko Umeha-san who performs both as a musician and dancer.
@jamiehuff61643 жыл бұрын
an exquisite and beautiful art form 💕
@godslionesswarrior19823 ай бұрын
Absolutely love your channel!! I first watched, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA a few years back and loved the culture representing these amazing women
@vandanakumari44593 жыл бұрын
Here after watching memoirs of a geisha wat a magnificent movie
@vandanakumari44593 жыл бұрын
Ok but in the movie they tried to show her character according to dat ww scenario cs after ww she n other geisha seems unstable
@MsAlison7424 күн бұрын
This is so cool! Thank You for making this video❤
@hankypanky93803 жыл бұрын
love this channel .....Thank you Shogo for explaining it was very clear! very interesting
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
I am so so happy you say so😍
@faris45372 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for taking your time making all this videos about your beautiful culture! I always wanted to know more about it ❤️😍
@izzyink_k2 ай бұрын
This actually help me a lot in learning the difference ❤
@MegChan5552 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your informative videos, i really like your channel
@tongxinworld3 жыл бұрын
Amazing sharing, now I can understand more about them.
@lavayuki3 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s so interesting! I never knew about all the appearance differences
@SalviAlmighty4 ай бұрын
I didn't know about the bells in Maiko's Okobo! That's so cute and clever
@alfoncesmithe3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant thank you so much for this video, I have been fascinated by Geisha & I collect vintage? Kimono I have some knowledge & understanding what I'm buying & what looks Beautiful. Great video thank you so much take care be safe👍⛩🎎💐⛩😊✌🌞
@user-ve5oq7vy5i3 жыл бұрын
ありがとうございました🙇♂️🙏 I'd like your calm attitude, smile and explanation. 👌
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
I’m very happy you say so😊
@bakmiiioo79193 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for explaining it very clear!
@trkimura3 жыл бұрын
It would be great to see a follow up video with kimono mom to get her perspective!
@user-ci7dy1qk6z3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining. Great videos.
@nftaddictor3 жыл бұрын
thx u for helpful videos. i want to know more about Kimono types. Hope you make it 🥺🙏🏻
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJalhoNjh7qoqpI This is a different video that I made, do you think this would help??
@shouqabdulrahim1100 Жыл бұрын
finally i understood the differences ! thank you ! ありがとうございます!!
@gateauxq46043 жыл бұрын
I was wondering what geiko were. Thanks for the great video!
@destineloathe29994 ай бұрын
Thank you for your explanation! I love so much Japanese people having their high tradition,culture and beautiful costumes. I really love them and their disciplines natured❤❤
@wkuntjoro61302 жыл бұрын
Great explanation on Geiko and Maiko ... learn a lot from you.
@annakasyanova95734 жыл бұрын
thank you)) great video, all clear now)) How does it work now - should Maikos do both their training and regular school?
@LetsaskShogo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for leaving a comment! Compulsory education is until middle school in Japan, that's why Maikos start their training when they are 15 years old. However once they start their trainings, they will not be able to go to high school nor college. The way they are trained, is quite traditional.
@Athlynne2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Shogo-sensei!
@MrVimalin3 жыл бұрын
Too good...and you accent is soothing...
@silvanalima86213 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I didn't know about that! How different cultures we have around the world? Thanks.🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
@SL-ed4vg3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video. Very informational.
@luigiballon3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on Surpassing your goal early. Ur doing a good job BTW.. Gambatte
@sleeplikesushi93084 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, keep up the good work!
@LetsaskShogo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for leaving a nice comment! I’m very glad you say so!
@kdefensemartialarts80972 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos.
@LuisBerardi Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video 🙌🏻
@wizerdjuice95893 жыл бұрын
I met two Maiko when they where visiting HI,USA. Your Engrish is very good.
@army4chair3453 жыл бұрын
Are you a second gen kpop fan?
@markusyuwonoherbayu4873 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this information
@smile4u4823 жыл бұрын
Im learning frm ur videos and u have a calm voice keep it up shogo ❤
@baihe50392 жыл бұрын
thanks for your explanations ! i know little things about kyoto bcuz of you.. If i can get your sns,i'll be happy
@cbbeach86283 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. It was very informative. Did you enjoy your time in Michigan?
@fific37stream732 жыл бұрын
Wow this channel blew up then! from a goal of 10k subs to over a mil! congrats 👏 😁
@lievanathor3 жыл бұрын
Geisha, Geiko, Maiko, Shogo xD
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
😎😎😎
@inanahmedan65503 жыл бұрын
so helpful !!!
@anaideviveiros65973 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Many of these details were not so clear in Memories of a Geisha. You should have been a consultant for that movie 👍
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
Is that true?! I didn’t know about that!
@victorwelkin91363 жыл бұрын
So most outsiders probably would confuse the two, assuming the prettily dressed ones were geisha/geiko.
@amirulkhalit66843 жыл бұрын
Shogo : Geisha ,geiko,maiko,shogo. Can you explain what the diferent is? Me :one of them is a persons name while the other is a type of "worker" EasyXD
@gk69932 жыл бұрын
I didn't know there was a difference or distinction. Thank you
@alwaysapirateroninace443 Жыл бұрын
Excellent primer!
@zakariataibi40824 жыл бұрын
Amazing video can you explained About Oiran tayu and Kagema
@LetsaskShogo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for leaving a comment! I am actually planning on making a video very soon, I hope you can look forward to it!
@OldSniperGold3 жыл бұрын
Super too good👍👍👍👍👍
@pavdimi39004 жыл бұрын
Great video Shogo!! Learnt a lot! Why is it that some Geisha blacken their teeth for events?
@LetsaskShogo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for writing a comment! The reason is actually very simple... Black teeth were thought to be beautiful in Japan! It is a tradition that may have started around the 4th century, a very long time ago. In 1870, once Japan westernized though, dying teeth black was once for bidden by law, because foreign countries thought it was not beautiful. But now the traditions have revived, and geishas and maikos in Kyoto sometimes dye their teeth black.
@SuperShinkazu4 жыл бұрын
If Shogo allows me, I'd like to add that nowadays no geisha paint their teeth black, only the maiko do this for like 1 to 2 weeks right before becoming a geiko in a ceremony called erikae. It's like a rite of passage to symbolize adulthood.
@Persona3Yukari3 жыл бұрын
Love it~
@bashirmuhammad81812 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Arigato!
@1Skorpia2 жыл бұрын
Great video😁 i cant get enough. Is it possible to interview them? I wiuld live to hear their stories🙏
@aytacuzun7019 Жыл бұрын
Arigatou gozaimashita Shogo san.
@FrankCosbyNo-Relation3 ай бұрын
_Geiko saved me 15% on my car insurance_ 😃👍
@vincentbarraza11152 ай бұрын
another identification i've read is that if the collar is red then it's a maiko. If the collar is white then it's a geiko.
@gift2say3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much ✨🙏✨
@9usuck02 жыл бұрын
I just saw your short and it made me want to know what it was. Bam. Explained, I'm less uncultured.
@SupiSuki11 ай бұрын
The shogo: a practicioner in the arts of Iaido, Sado and Noh, they are also your best friends in kyoto
@joannbenbow27093 жыл бұрын
Great explanation for understanding culture, what I wish was available in all my Japanese hobbies., instead of usual videos with no commentary and stupid music
@sudutkota35363 жыл бұрын
Neptune : "Thank You Zori !!"
@abmong2 жыл бұрын
Shogo is the prettiest one of them all
@Donkey_Swong642 жыл бұрын
This Helps when reading one piece wano arc
@mokko7592 жыл бұрын
And most importantly of all since there is still this ridiculous misconception floating around: Geisha and Maiko are NOT prostitutes! Do not hire a geisha with the expectation of having adult fun times with them. It's insulting and will get you blacklisted.
@arinrumi3 жыл бұрын
Hi Shogo, question. Do all Maiko has a same hairstyle all over Japan or do they have different hairstyle in each area in Japan? (Planning to make a fanfic that has Maiko in it. But I'm not interested in trying to make an accurate to IRL. So I was thinking of a Maiko with different hairstyle just to make it clear that it was set in fictional setting that is not Kyoto.). (I try to be accurate to IRL so many time and always fail. So I'll just go with the fantasy route.). Sorry for the sudden ranting.
@moushimou31703 жыл бұрын
I hope I can help~ You might want to know that the term Maiko is only used in the Kansai region, so you might want to think about where your story is set so you use the correct terms. Apprentices in the Kanto region are called Hangyouku. Maiko wear a lot of different hairstyles through their careers for special events and to show seniority. The every day hairstyle of a junior maiko is the Wareshinobu and the every day hairstyle for a senior maiko is the Ofuku, but again, maiko in Kyoto will go through about a dozen or more hairstyles. For Hangyouku these days both senior and junior will wear the Momoware hairstyle as a wig, except for the few kagai in the Kanto region that allow their girls to choose to have their natural hair styled ^^
@arinrumi3 жыл бұрын
If they start training since after middle school, do they still go to high school or do they quit school by then?
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
They would have to stop going to school at middle school! So most of the trainees would not go to high school or university!
@angelicearth783 жыл бұрын
♥️♥️♥️
@JosephRocco-mi4cm4 ай бұрын
Came here from watching The Makanai on Netflix
@chriseven46172 жыл бұрын
🇯🇵💖🇧🇩
@tazee71842 жыл бұрын
If Maiko start training at 15, takes 5 years to train, and the limit is 20 years old, are they not 20 by the time training ends already? Or do they work while also training?
@igorcalvo3 жыл бұрын
3:45 you're welcome
@yeaupchyju40472 жыл бұрын
Hi, I just wanna ask a question. why does maiko don't wear wigs while geisha wears them?
@helleswahn Жыл бұрын
Are maiko called the same in Kyoto?
@trkimura3 жыл бұрын
U2 should do a collaboration on KZbin
@grimreaper33893 жыл бұрын
Why you put shogo in the last 😂
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know either😂
@siewheilou3993 жыл бұрын
芸妓、芸伎、芸者、which kanji is more commonly used in Japan?
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
The first one and the third one I believe! The first one is geiko, and the third one is geisha!
@jooppoojk23563 жыл бұрын
Maiko then
@hawkfeather68022 жыл бұрын
I was wondering what they were. I didn't know geisha's were still around.
@abellopez15863 жыл бұрын
新幹線 新幹線 新幹線 ありがとうございます。
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
Shinkansen??
@arinrumi3 жыл бұрын
So, does Maiko go to high school? Or is the Geisha training is their high school?
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
Most people who become Maikos, don’t go to high school! They need to live together with their superiors to train under them, and they are not even allowed to hold cell phones!
@Chrisjbennett897 ай бұрын
I am scared i am a 34 year that dress ki da like a teenager but not on purpose i just be myself but i have tried to mature myself a bit more in comapared to hight school so i don't actauly dress like i did in hight school but still love to wear stuff that is seen not mature. Example love lotita goth.
@kinofire21584 ай бұрын
Do all geisha wear wigs or do some use their own hair like maikos
@hezekiahthompson68173 жыл бұрын
I'm a man, but I SO want to be a geisha for a day!
@nofanfelani69243 жыл бұрын
Wtf. Real man wants to be a shogun
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
Regardless of your gender, being a geisha I think it’s a lot of hard work!😊 They are really amazing!
@chuuliporbit3 жыл бұрын
prep photos
@chuuliporbit3 жыл бұрын
ong why did you like this i was just reminding myself to bring them in for my graduation 😂
@Hmsfnd-Mark Жыл бұрын
😆😆👍👍🙏🙏🙏
@blushblossom2 жыл бұрын
Wait so are both Geiko and Maiko Geisha and do they both have the same job technically
@mk098a2 жыл бұрын
Geiko is the Kyoto term for Geisha, a Maiko is an apprentice in Kyoto, in other areas an apprentice Geisha is called a Hangyoku
@walt0784 Жыл бұрын
One thing you didn't mention is that Maiko only using lipstick on their lower lip where as Geko or Geisha use lipstick on both upper and lower lips.😀
@clarafaria6613 Жыл бұрын
Actually, I’m not a expert, but for what I read Maiko only have lipstick in the lower lips in her first years. When she start to getting more mature and close to become a geisha she can wear in both sides.
@moushimou31708 ай бұрын
Maiko paint both their lips after they finish their first year of training. The exception to this is Pontocho where girls start to paint both lips as soon as they start practicing. The minarai in Pontocho have their top lip just barely painted but after they debut both lips are painted equally ^^
@samonocs27563 жыл бұрын
Falto al ultimo IDOL
@cookie.yology3 жыл бұрын
Can geisha/geiko get married ?
@LetsaskShogo3 жыл бұрын
There are some special examples, but basically you are not allowed to get married while you are still working as a Maiko or geisha! You will need to retire first if you want to actually get married! I’ve heard from a real geisha, that it is because if an entertainer gets married, her atmosphere tends to change... it’s a very strict world isn’t it?😅
@cookie.yology3 жыл бұрын
wow honestly I see why but it’s also really sad. Say that the girl working wants to get married but really loves her job as a geisha but I think most women would choose to get married instead
@mk098a2 жыл бұрын
@@cookie.yology they can have boyfriends but they can’t get married as they are considered to be married to the arts