Considering the Kyoto Hotel Okura in Kyoto?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Kyoto:
Go on a geisha or maiko hunt. ... by asantetravel
Go on a geisha or maiko hunt. Gion is the place to be at around sunset for geisha watching. Geisha tend to wear less make-up and simple kimonos, maiko on the other hand wear the white painted faces and colorful kimono.