The life of a geisha in Japan is often perceived as being shrouded in mystery, the exact opposite of what you’d imagine life is like for a YouTuber. It’s a contradiction that “Kimono Mom” knows well. For years, Moe, the 30-year-old creator of the Kimono Mom YouTube channel, trained as a maiko (apprentice geisha) in her hometown of Kyoto, eventually debuting as a geisha. Everything changed at the start of last year, when Moe began uploading videos of herself at home cooking traditional Japanese food and taking trips to the market, eventually securing hundreds of thousands of followers online. Read the full interview with the link in our bio. 📸 Courtesy of @kimono_mom . . . . . . #Japan #geisha #culture #news #youtube #youtuber #japantimes #日本 #芸者 #まいこ #舞妓 #文化 #ニュース #ユーチューブ #ユーチューバ #ジャパンタイムズ #👘

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