Presumably, what the girls want to experience most when they go to Kyoto, Japan is to wear a Japanese kimono! The gorgeous but not kitsch kimono is printed with complex and delicate patterns, and you can feel the unique charm of Japanese style.
If you want to experience Japan even further, you can also put on white face makeup, hold a small folding fan, and walk along the promenade of Kyoto's old streets like a Japanese geisha.
There may be students who don't know much about Japanese geisha, so Xiaoxin will briefly introduce it. Geisha is not our ancient Qinglou prostitute, it is a Japanese performing arts profession, not selling their bodies, mainly performing talents in brothels and entertainment venues, drinking and having fun with customers.
In the past, geisha was even a popular profession because it required a high level of literacy and was more affordable. Now that the geisha industry in Japan has declined and the number of geisha people is decreasing, Kyoto is already a great place to see geisha.
Geisha are a cultural legacy unique to Japan, so a black girl went to Kyoto to experience geisha white face makeup, and she chose a maiko look. Maiko are geisha who have not yet graduated, and they use dance to receive customers, and their costumes are more colorful than those of geisha.
The black girl herself looks like this, let's take a look at what she will look like after she disguises herself as a Japanese maiko~
The subtitle says Maiko, and the word "" means a female performing arts worker in Japanese, so to avoid ambiguity, it should be translated into Chinese as "伎".
First of all, put on white face makeup to cover her original skin tone, so that she can get closer to the image of Maiko. About 40 minutes later, the girl came out~
After putting on white makeup, the black girl suddenly became much gentler, and her gestures became very elegant. The eyebrows are curved and slender, and the corners of the eyes are full of tenderness. It seems that makeup is really a magic technique!
The reason why geisha paint their faces very white is because in the past, there were no electric lights, and candles were used at night, and if their faces were dark, they would not look good, so they would look beautiful only if they painted their faces white. To this day, this makeup is still in place.
After that, it was time to get dressed, and the girl chose a purple kimono, which was very luxurious.
The way to wear the kimono is also very particular and very cumbersome. If there is no staff to help you put it on, you will probably be tired to death.
Asked how the black girl felt, she replied very well, and her little eyes were full of pride, and she seemed to be very satisfied with her style.
After the costumes are sorted out, it is time to take pictures, which are taken by professional photographers. It's finally beautiful, and I want to leave a commemorative photo~
Many people may wonder why the geisha's face is painted white, but their arms are not painted white, because the geisha are to accompany the guests to drink and eat, and if the hands are coated with thick powder, it is not convenient to provide food and drink, so as to show the cleanliness of the geisha.
After taking the indoors, I went to the outdoors to take pictures. Kyoto Gion (qí) is a geisha district in Kyoto, with about 120 geisha and maiko in total. So it's perfect to walk here and take pictures.
It seems that the girl is really having fun, and she secretly compares with a yes~
Compare the original appearance of the girl, it is really against the sky to make up, not just to paint the face white. The makeup artist also made the girl's eyes more slender and gentle, and the mouth was also modified as small as possible, across races.
It feels really amazing to see that black girls can be perfectly transformed, and Xiaoxin really wants to experience it!
If you don't want to wear a white face geisha makeup, you can also wear a kimono or yukata and take photos through the streets of Kyoto. This is a style that can only be experienced in Japan~