#pontocho

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Pontocho - Kyoto, Japan

[missmyloko]

May 17th, 2026: Pontocho's sakkō outfits are always very bright and, this time, it's a woman from Masamiya (雅美家) who is shining brightly as she makes the journey from maiko to geiko. Hidesaki (秀咲季) is now in her final hairstyle and outfit as a maiko, and the look is stunning! Each okiya in Pontocho has a special iromontsuki for sakkō, and Masamiya's is purple with the Onoe school's chrysanthemum kamon and leaves. It's paired beautifully with a golden shōchikubai obi and topped off with a silver wire crane over pine kanzashi; simple yet elegant. Pontocho tends to have a longer sakkō period than the other kagai, especially during odori season, and Hidesaki has been no exception. Her erikae will take place next month on June 15th ^^ Image courtesy of Tantsuru Ochaya/Katsumi Okiya.

[thewholeuniverseisinus]

In Pontocho with my cousin🩷

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Ponto-chō, Kyoto, Japan (courtesy of Google Maps)

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Pontocho - Kyoto

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Via japanko_official

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Ramen, Pontocho 先斗町

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Refined summer outfit, featuring a very unusual kimono depicting a nôryôyuka* (terrace on river bank) under fluttering yanagi (willow), paired with a lovely kani (crab) patterned obi.

*Nôryôyuka (also called nôryôdoko) are raised platforms built to enjoy a bit a fresh air during summer evenings while dining outside teahouses.

Those platforms are especially associated with Kyoto’s Kamo river, especially the area around Shijo bridge (where stands the hanamachi/Geisha neighboorhood of Pontocho).

This ukiyoe by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi “Cooling of at Shijo” depicts a teahouse waitress on a nôryôyuka:

Nôryô are still opened each summer nowadays (but often owned by expensive establishements ^^;):

(picture source)

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ichisayo por Watanabe san Por Flickr: geiko of ponto-cho