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$Tokyo, Japan-April 13, 2019:\nOirans' stage performance, entertaining their guest (a man on the left-hand corner), on one of the streets in Asakusa, Tokyo. The woman with very elaborate kimono is Tayu, the highest-ranked Oiran.\nOiran was a profession which flourished during Edo period (1600-1868) of Japan and was one of the popular figures in the woodblock prints. Although it has since died out, the Oiran tradition has survived even up to today in the form of parade and local entertainment in some parts of Japan. Oiran was, if I put in a nutshell, high class Geisha girls of those days. Yoshiwara near Asakusa was one of such most famous places and the parade and stage performance have been taking place on the second Saturday of April each year, attracting a huge crowd.\nThe highest-ranked Oiran was called Tayu, who wear very elaborate silk kimono weighing about 20 kilograms. She wears about 15 cm high Geta (clogs) and walks in a special style called Soto-Hachi-Monji (outside 8 letter), as if she is drawing letter “8” by her feet, placing her hand on the shoulder of an accompanying man to keep her balance.$

$Kōtō (江東区, Kōtō-ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 488,632, and a population density of 12,170 persons per km². The total area is approximately 40.16 km².\n\nKōtō City is located east of the Tokyo metropolitan center, bounded by the Sumida River to the west and the Arakawa River to the east. Its major districts include Kameido, Kiba, Kiyosumi, Monzen-nakachō, Shirakawa, and Toyosu. The waterfront area of Ariake is in Kōtō, as is part of Odaiba.\n\nTokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī, stylized TOKYO SKYTREE) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and has a height 634 meters (2,080 ft) , making it one of the tallest towers in the world.$

May 5th Children's Day: cool May dolls for end of day festivities

Kawaguchiko Station is a railway station on the Fujikyuko Line in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan.

Osaka, Japan - April 13, 2023: restaurants in the Dotonbori area of Osaka. Dotonbori is known as one of Osakas principal tourist and nightlife areas,

People at motion on crossing not far from Shibuya train station in Tokyo. In background there are surrounding buildings, same trees, commercials and blue, cloudy sky. Shibuya is shopping part of Tokyo and is known for the most crowded crossing in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known for in front of dog (Inu) meeting place.

Images of Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Gion, Kiyomizudera, and more in Kyoto, Japan.

The head of Godzilla on top of a large hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - Japan

Tokyo - May 19 2024: thousands of tourist visit tokyo for Sanja Festival . foreign tourists increase since 2022 has stemmed mainly from the gap between domestic and foreign interest rates

$People walking on the street in Akihabara, a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan.\nAkihabara is considered to be the centre of Japanese otaku culture, and is a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.$

Ise, Japan - October 10, 2023 : People at the Oharai-machi near Ise Jingu Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is a street lined with historical buildings, souvenir shops and restaurants that leads to Ise Jingu shrine.

Osaka, Japan - October 27 2014: The puppet that used in Bunraku (Japanese puppet play), it was developed over 12 centuries as a Japanese poppular entertainment

Osaka, Japan - May 26, 2016: Dotonbori buildings along the Dotonbori River on a cloudy afternoon.

KAWAGOE, JAPAN - April 11, 2019: Starbucks Coffee shop at Kawagoe old city of Saitama prefecture in Japan.

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan: the korai style Inner Sakurada Tatsumi Turret, one of the few gates left of the Ninomaru on Edo Castle - equipped with arrow loops and stone drops, it was built as a practical turret - with modern towers on Uchibori-dori Street reflected on Kikyo-bori moat, Chiyoda ward. Photographed from outside the imperial palace.

Head of Godzilla Doll at Shinjuku District in Tokyo in Japan

Street by a corner residential building in Shibuya City by night, Tokyo, Japan.

Osaka, Japan – March 27, 2023: A vibrant shot of the bustling Dotonbori street in Osaka, Japan, featuring an array of restaurants and shops

Japanese mid adult female friends visiting Kyoto and experiencing Geiko (Geisha) makeover. Wearing gorgeous kimono for Geisha with 'Oshiroi' special white face makeup.

Kyoto, Japan- February 10th, 2023: Chohoji (Rokkakudo) Temple, a Historic hexagonal Buddhist temple at Donomaecho, Nakagyo, Kyoto, Japan

Japan - July 15, 2019 : Tourist sightseeing boat in Dotonbori canal with Colorful Advertising signs of Shopping and Restaurants, Osaka, Kansai

A Japanese woman in Maiko’s costume and hairstyle is standing/posing in the courtyard of Geisha House in Miyakawa-cho, Gion, Kyoto. She wears traditional long-sleeved kimono with long dangling sash and her hair is elaborately decorated with seasonal flower-featured hairpins.

OSAKA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 17, 2017: Night life in in Shinsekai district landmark of Osaka.

One of the famous Marionette clocks in Ningyocho, part of Nihonbashi, a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Osaka, Japan - November 22 2015: Japanese traditional puppet used in Bunraku (Japanese puppet play) displayed at Shin Osaka station

Tokyo, Japan - June 1st, 2016: Modern buildings of Aoyama at sunset.

Tokyo, Japan - November 13, 2019: Shibuya crossing is the world most busiest pedestrian crossing and it is famous for the number of people crossing it everyday and also is a famous shopping district in Tokyo.

Kobe, Japan - August 18, 2022 : Sannomiya in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It is the biggest downtown area in Kobe City.

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