Drinking Games with Geisha in Kyoto

The other evening, I had the great pleasure of joining some of my guests for an evening of geisha entertainment here in Kyoto. First off, this was one fun family: in addition to enjoying the food, they were very keen to learn geisha drinking games, and the maiko and geiko on hand were more than happy to oblige. A fair bit of sake was consumed. And we all learned that it's hard to beat geisha at their own games! After dinner, we went to a larger room and the girls performed some brilliant dances for us. This is the way to enjoy geisha entertainment. It shouldn't be formal: it should be a party.

Here, the girls demonstrate one of the drinking games.



Here, one of the guests does his best to beat the geisha at her own game. Actually, he won a few rounds, which is better than I've ever done.