Geisha "Chacha", who asked to be identified by a pseudonym, rehearsing for an online drinking party with clients by "Meet Geisha" in Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. Photo: AFP
Japanese geisha "Chacha" sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not in front of her but miles away, watching online.
Beneath spotlights, the graceful 32-year-old geisha performs a traditional dance, moving like a butterfly and artfully unfolding and fluttering her fan.
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