We experienced a lot of angst in organising travel to Japan. Firstly, Covid 19 postponed the trip by several months. Secondly Covid requirements made it much more complicated to get a Visa for Japan. Thirdly we had trouble with the carpark at the Japanese Embassy. I will not detail the full story but the carpark had no employees. We got trapped in it. The nearest employee was in Brisbane.
Japan trip report: With Trip a Deal touring group. Day 1. We left home at 9.30. The carpark we had booked into was some way from the airport. They have been reduced in size by covid. For a while they had to close down. They lost their parking lot and now only have a small area to operate in. Now a one man operation. But it should all be OK. Extremely distressing time from 12pm to 3pm because of Japans requirement that their App be downloaded and filled in properly. I had in fact downloaded it earlier but had been defeated by the complexity of it when I attempted to fill it in. There was a genuine catch 22 situation in that we could not complete the app without knowing the seat number and we could not be allocated a seat without the app being completed. The app was in bright red when filling it in and on approval it would turn blue. Qantas had instructions to not issue tickets until the app was in blue. Thankfully we had a young bloke called Renato who helped us by issuing us with a seat number so we could complete the app. We finally got approval after 2 hours of genuine stress. We made it to Sydney where we had to go through the usual rigmarole of changing from domestic to International and of going through customs etc. Again. A long process. I had an anxious moment when my passport was deemed unsatisfactory and I was asked to see an official. But I tried it again and it worked. Later on we learned that some other people on the tour had simply put in any number when the app asked for flight and seat number etc and they answered yes to any other question. Even when they didnt know what they were answering. This allowed the app to turn blue and therefore they could get their boarding pass. The flight was OK. I watched most of season 11 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I didnt have a lot of sleep but I felt OK if a little tired. I am dissapointed we did not travel when I had my strength and could walk all day. Jenny insisted we wait until she was ready and by that time I was too old to really get enjoyment out of it. This time round she was not sick on the plane. She had however been sick the day before we left which was a little disturbing. Day 2. Arrived at 6am local time and after negotiating our way through customs and security etc we spotted Jason our guide holding up his flag. The Japanese had tried to honour their rule that the app had to be in blue and had young people at the airport prior to customs and security holding up blue cards and telling us we could go to the front of the queue. But there was not really any advantage and people who did not fill in the app but somehow were able to get on the flight were able to satisfy the authorities at the airport and were out through with us. We were immediately taken to our hotel where we had a good breakfast. Our room was on the 22nd floor. Good view of Tokyo in the near distance. Some skyscrapers. When they have the big one you would think some buildings will fall over. Had a shower. Did not go to sleep before we went to the Royal Shinto Park. I believe this is close to where the Emperor lives but when I asked the guide if we would be near where the Royal Family resided he answered in double speak. Maybe he didnt know Do the Japanese always answer in double negatives. Apparently they do. At night we went to a small restaurant in the hotel complex and were served by some very young people. But obviously wanting to learn the trade. I actually caused us to commit a faux pas when I thought that the cane box under every table was for putting your rubbish in. A rubbish bin for every table - or so I thought. But no - every table has a cane box where women can safely store their bags while they eat. The young waiter quickly removed the rubbish from the box before it embarrassed anyone else. The meal was not exactly 5 star but it came out at - with substantial tip - around $30 - for both of us. Not too bad. Its not to hard to convert from Aus$ to Yen. One cent = one Yen. Approx. We went back to the hotel and watched TV for a while. CNN with Japanese translations over the English dialogue. Some local shows. One western film dubbed pretty expertly into Japanese where the mouths of the caucasian actors appear to be speaking Japanese. Maybe they make 2 movies where they have a separate shot for the actors move their lips in sync with Japanese. The actors voices sound much the same as they do in real life. They must have picked actors that can imitate the characteristics of the original actors voices. We also watched a summing up of the nights Sumo wrestling. Tonight is Friday night and both Sumo and Baseball are on. We watched pretty well the whole Baseball game between the Tigers and the Giants. I think the Giants won. They appeared to have at least 3 Americans playing for them. The game ended quickly and early. Much the same Post Morton as occurs at AFL. Coaches and players stand in front of a banner showing their sponsors and are questioned at length. The news then moved to the Typhoon. We know what is forecast. By the tone of the announcer it might be disastrous. To sleep at 9.30. Slept pretty well all through the night. Day 3 Today was spent mainly on the bus. First we drove through what can only be called an intense heavy industrial area. One industrial building after another. No space in between. Narrow streets. Most 5 or 6 stories high. Where do people live? They obviously work here. No houses to be seen. This is a large area. There is a typhoon due tomorrow. Our guide spent a long time explaining that the authorities might shut down some freeways. And may shut down the bullet trains. He was on the phone for a bit but apparently nothing was resolved except we are going to a Buddhist park. The aim of today’s trip was for us to see Mt Fuji. We did not see Mt Fuji as it was covered in cloud. He had hoped the cloud would part. We stopped for lunch at a freeway service centre. I had curried rice noodles. Very good. It was interesting to look at Japanese people. A number of small children. I am a people watcher at heart. We then went to a tea plantation. I had a green tea ice cream. It was just the thing. $3 cost. We went to the park and looked at a statue of Buddha. It was cast in 1562. I asked Jenny if we could work out what he was thinking. She shushed me because she thought someone might take offence. Jenny has a friend who is a devout Buddhist. Prays sometimes. Jenny likes her. But I thought this was the essence of Buddhism. Just how did the Buddha feel when he reached enlightenment. Isn’t this Buddhism. To strive for enlightenment. Drove to our hotel. Drove along Tokyo Bay and saw a surprising number of Surfers. Black volcanic Sand. Lots of small cars on the road. Pretty well all cars are small cars - which makes sense. Lots of women drivers. All cars spick and span. Cleaned to an inch of their lives. All appear to be sparkling new. What would they make of my Touring Camry which has done over 500,000k and has some paint faded from black to white and in between. The freeway lanes seem to have different speed limits. Our bus kept to the right lane and kept passing cars in the left lane who were definitely going slower. Lots of thick vegetation on the sides of roads. Lots of mountains close together. Roads are narrow and sometimes cut into hills. It appears as if they have left vegetation to flourish. They must have lots of rain. But a surprising amount of land is unusually not being used for growing crops. It has been left to be what appears to be a type of jungle. We then saw a number of tea plantations. And we saw lots of rice paddies. Lots of Japanese looking houses. There is both a Christian New Testament and a Buddha Book in our Hotel Room. Similar in intent. I had a fair look at the Buddha Book. Easy to read. Lots of advice. A bit of history. Lots of stories. I think Mao’s little red book has elements of the book of Buddha in it. Would he agree to this assessment. Day 4 Spent most of the day on the bus. We spent some time travelling to a park that has tame deer. Has some connection with the Royal Family. There was music festival in place. New bands obviously out trying to impress the public. A semi punk band playing Nirvana type music. Some members had talent. Lead guitarist and bass guitarist. Vocalist looked good. Had some talent. Songs I guess were original. Two girl bands playing to recorded soundtrack. One two girl group. One four girl group. Both were OK if a bit amateurish. All bands were very keen. They had a semblance of followers urging them on. Older men mostly. Could have been management. Good on them I say. The deer were friendly and looking for food. Small attractive animals. Maybe the same species that now inhabit Victorian forests. They seem smaller though. Semi mountainous country. Some very Japanese looking Villages and small towns stuck on level ground in between the mountains. I have to admit they look picturesque. Some industry. Sharp International for example - a large factory - but very much out in the country. The country and the town blend together. The towns have a lego factor about them. All buildings are connected. Sometimes grey roofs similar to Clyde North. We drove through heavy forests. Steep mountains. I think the Japanese have said we will not cut down a single tree until wood becomes the most expensive building material in the world. All vegetation was planted at some time in the past and is in plantation lots. Now fully grown. Or appears to be. Cyprus Pines and Bamboo. We finally got to the Shoguns Palace at Osaka. Very well built. Pretty well impregnable I would think. Big Stones. Deep Moat. Very intimidating. Which is what it was meant to be. We drove to Kyoto attempting to catch the Bullet Train but it was overwhelmed with passengers trying to get home before the Typhoon hits. We could not get on. The Bullet Trains will not be operating tomorrow due to the Typhoon. We drove to our Hotel finally arriving 7.45. Its not as nice as the Hotel we were in yesterday. Saw a coverage of Japans notice of the death of the Queen on TV. The Emperor and his wife are attending the funeral. This hotel and yesterdays hotel provide pyjamas. I presume people use them. Day 5. Up at 7am for breakfast. I like the Japanese breakfast. Rice and curry. Some scrambled egg. Steamed vegetables if you like. I wish I could cook rice like they do in Asia. Today is spent in our Hotel battening down in expectation of the Typhoon. All normal services are closed. We went for a long walk in the morning. Hardly any traffic on quite a wide main road. Not many people about. But no wind. No rain. This typhoon is a bit of a fizzer. The TV is full of weather reports and film of it raining somewhere in Japan. Where I do not know. Not here. There has been an earthquake in Taiwan. A big freeway buckled and pulled apart. Roofs falling in. Train sitting in the station rocking from side to side. I have a cold. Runny nose. Sore throat. Losing copious amounts of liquid plasma through my nose. I cough a lot and liquid runs from my nose. My face mask has a large wet spot where my nose is. So far none of the other people on tour have commented - but I’m sure the women talk between themselves. Will test myself for covid this evening. I feel exhausted. I have slept most of the day up til 1pm. The day battened down waiting for the Typhoon is fortuitous. I have had a good look at Japanese women. I think Japanese women try and wear immaculate clothing. In that way we look at the clothes and not at their bodies. Men dress this way to a certain extant also. Women certainly wear attractive modern fashionable clothing. Their clothes all look brand new. There are no obese women. They are all are well made up and their hair is styled. The Australian soldiers when they came home from the war always claimed that Japanese women were unatractive. They were all pretty scathing to a man. This was probaby simple racism. The Japanese women have changed from unatractive to atractive. They are mostly now tall and slim. They wear flowing robes. They wear dresses. They are now quite attractive. The do not completely cover their bodies because there are sometimes bare areas between the garments. But there is a modesty - a lack of sexuality maybe - but perhaps Japanese men can distinguish the meaning. Unlike Australian women they still wear stockings. The haven’t yet come to the collective decision that stockings are a symbol of the past and represent some form of oppression. And unlike Australian women their legs do not have several layers of skin missing. They have not been shaved to an inch of their lives as happens in Australia. A number of people - more women than men - wearing tradition clothing. Apparently you can rent the costume quite easily. Women walk around alone. Schoolgirls walk alone. Even after dark women walk around alone. I haven’t been out late so I don’t know if they walk in the late evening. Its obvious however from looking at their body language they feel perfectly safe. They appear to be quite relaxed and have no sense of any danger. This is in both city centres and industrial areas. Our tour guide held a little party for our group. Finger food. Crisps etc. I spoke to the ex Chinese woman on the tour. Others still quite hesitant about talking to me. We left early and to my surprise when we came back after a latish night stroll there were still some people partying on. We walked around for a bit in the afternoon. Still no rain or wind. But people are obviously taking precautions. Bikes and signs taken from the street. Nothing left outside that can be blown away and cause damage. Even some large windows have duct tape criss crossed on them such as was in the war. In late afternoon we walked along until we found a shopfront take away street food outlet open. Most restaurants are closed by now. This one was run by young people. Look like they were in their 20’s. Probably sister and brother. Had to queue up. But the queue also had courteous Japanese people in it. The food was fantastic. Just what was needed. We stood in the street and ate. Back to our room at 7.10. The Typhoon is moving north. We may not get any rain at all. Day 6 Slept OK but like the last few nights I had disturbing dreams. Very frightening. Quite real. I am always the victim. Woke early. Tested myself for Covid. I am negative. Losing a lot of plasma liquid through the nose. I only have 3 hankies. But Jenny has brought some tissues. Once again we spent most of the day on the bus. Except we did have journey on a Bullet Train. Saw several of them in their station. They do look like Bullet Trains with their Kingfisher noses. We were only on the train for 12 minutes - if that. It was incredibly smooth. It was as if the rails were several floors below the carriage. Like we were travelling on rubber. The Bullet Train system is separate to normal trains. They have their own lines and stations. The term Bullet Train is a sore point with our Guide Jason. He claims China does not have Bullet Trains. They may have trains that go 300K but they are normal trains that have only 6 or 7 carriages. Japans are real Bullet Trains and have 23 carriages. Each carriage on the Japanese Bullet Train is twice as large as Chinese carriages. He did tell us at length how many people fit on the Japanese train compared to the Chinese. As I say he treats this matter seriously. We went to a tourist town in the morning and walked through a Bamboo forest which had signs saying it was a working plantation but no evidence of any harvesting to be seen. Lots of people in traditional costume. In the afternoon we went to a temple. I believe it was some sort of Shinto. The Worship of ancestors and other dieties. Its not easy to understand. I was tired and did not go in. I have trouble walking. In the evening at a meal stop I had a bout of heartburn. A real acid attack. I ate some chicken nuggets and my body reacted. We only had 20 minutes to eat. I took the easy option and bought crap food. I have recovered thankfully. Had a lot of pain. I think my oesophagus might not be acting properly . To the Hotel at 8.30pm. Went to bed immediately. Watched TV for a bit. The Japanese are giving a fair coverage of the Queens Funeral.. Day 7. Still worried about suffering from indigestion. I thought the breakfast of plain rice and miso might trigger a small indigestion attack. Maybe Miso is acidic. I have ant acid tablets. Today we went to two ancient towns. Built in ancient Japanese way. A dark brown black colour. Like it had been coloured by burning. Made of wood and paper. Could be considered flimsy I suppose although these houses are all at least 200 years old. These are up in the mountains. Steep valleys. Lots of rivers. Lots of white rocks. Some rice growing in the narrow valley in between the mountains. Mountains are all plantation wood. Cyprus. Bamboo. Etc. We ate at a very small take away. We had some dumplings made on the premises and the shop also sold fruit. We had a Nashi Fruit cut up and it was just the thing to calm me down. Lots of sweet liquid. The girls who ran the place could not have been more helpful. Its hard to see how they make a living out of their shop. The apples are much larger here than in Australia. Same with Nashi Fruit. To the Hotel at 5.30 which is better than 8.30 as it has been the past few nights. We did a bit of a walk around Mitsumaso. It looks sophisticated. Lots of people in the street. Attractive shopping mall. Lots of young people walking. Lots of single young girls. We ate at a restaurant attached to the train station. We were the only people there although by the time we left there were two other young people in the shop The staff had absolutely no English. But we got by. The food was what we expected. Good. Day 8 Woke around 6am. Slept well. My cold has almost gone. The tissues in Japan are better than in Australia. They do not scrape the skin off your nose. They do seem more softer and more absorbent. This sounds like an ad. I don’t normally use tissues for the reason I dont like losing sensitive skin from inside my nose. I prefer to use old fashioned hankies made of cotton. I didnt expect to get a cold so I didnt pack an excessive supply of hankies. We went to a sushi bar for lunch where Jenny and I had an unfortunate falling out. Problem with ordering the food and Jenny eating sushi. She had never done this before and made a mistake with the soup I ordered. Then she rejected the sushi. I was nasty to her. She did not like what it looked like. Uncooked fish. Ughh...No thanks. I think I’m going to be sick. On our first trip to China we had a group that refused to eat Asian Food and I was quite critical. It reminded me of this. Of course I over reacted with Jenny. I should stop this behaviour. We went someway up Mt Fuji which I will now call Fujisan. I think to Base Camp level 5. We did not get above the cloud cover. Saw about 100 metres of the volcanic ash that was below the cloud line. The mountain above a certain height appears to be all volcanic ash. Apart from that no sightings at all. Still I think I get the significance of the mountain. It does appear inspirational. Lots of Japanese tourists. A car came into a parking area with a disabled sticker on it and a Japanese women in a Kimono came running out of the nearest building to open the car door and help the disabled women out of the car. The Japanese are considerate of the disabled and older people. Drivers are much more considerate than Australians. No road rage here. There are 2500 people killed on Japanese Roads each year. Not bad for 126 million people. However 25000 people commit suicide - vast majority are men. Our guide Jason spoke several times about the social problems in Japan and attempted to explain why the suicide rate is so high. Day 9 A lot was crammed into today. We had to pay extra. We first went to a Japanese Garden. A well manicured garden surrounding a lake with some islands. Some grass. Some moss. None of it could not be walked on. Fish and turtles in the water. The garden looked very Asian - more Chinese if I am honest. But the Japanese give special powers to natural vegetation. I think they are saying gods live in all things - vegetation - trees - rivers - mountains - ponds - gardens etc. The gardens in Japan are impressive but of course they are all over 100 years old and have been manicured daily. They sweep the moss clean. We drove past the Emperors residence. We viewed some of it as the bus went slow passing it. A heritage Japanese building several stories high. Attractive looking. The Emperor is coming home from the Queens Funeral early because he has to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Abbe who was recently assassinated. The State Funeral will be held in a few days time. Lots of Police in the streets. A demonstration was being organised because a significant proportion of the population did not agree with Abbe being given a State Funeral. As he was an ex Prime Minister the government has ordered a Public Holliday also. Jason wasn’t a fan. He claims Abbe was tricky and was held in higher regard abroad than at home. Although most small shops appeared to be open the public did not come onto the street until 11am or so. We then went to the Tokyo Fish Market. They no longer sell fish at this location. Its now a tourist spot. This part is much like Queen Vic but much more compact and has lots of eating places. All types of seafood. We got into conversation with an Israeli woman who had lived in Japan for 17 years. She has a Japanese husband and they lived in Japan until their children completed high school when they moved to Israel. This was a few years ago now. Her children speak English, Japanese and Hebrew. One of her children lives in Sydney. She is now a travel guide. She gave me her business card and I did not think to give her ours. I will email her. We also got into conversation with a young Japanese bloke who I thought he said went to school in Switzerland. Jenny thought he said he worked in Switzerland. However he spoke a little English. He gave us a Squid Wafer to try. Apparently very Japanese. It had a slight Squid taste. It was dried squid flattened under pressure. Large wafers which you bite off portions. I showed him and his friend photogrphs of our house and its environs. The thing that impressed them was the amount of flat open land. They referred to it a number of times. We then went to the Japanese Communications Tower. This used to be the tallest structure in Tokyo but has now been surpassed by another communications tower. I actually stood on the glass floor with 100 metres or so below me. It was quite disconcerting and I had to look up when I first stepped on the glass floor. Had my photo taken to prove that I did it. Kids ran over it. Jumped on it. Adults were not so sure. We then went to the Ginza area. Very expensive shops. Very busy. Lots of people. It was raining lightly and there were queues to buy a cup of coffee. Even people sitting patiently waiting to get into the queue. When we asked if would get a cup of coffee the waitress pointed to the crowd waiting to get into the queue. The Japanese are very patient. We thought of trying a 7 Eleven for a take away but the queue just to get to the cash terminal was horrendous. You order and pay in advance in Japan. You get given a card which says what you ordered and you take this card to the cooking area. In most places the staff do not handle money. Lots of people in the street. Very large shops. A bit like the Tardis. Did not appear obvious from the street but once you entered they were quite large. Bigger than Myers etc. We then went to the Scramble area. Lots more people here. The name Scramble must come from the scramble that happens when the lights change. They have a cars cycle and then a pedestrian cycle. You can cross diagonally. You dont have to go around the square. Still raining lightly. Lots of umbrellas. Back to our hotel to pick up our bags. To the airport for our flight at 10pm. Very limited eating facilities at the International Terminal. Just two outlets. This is both surprising and disappointing. One outlet seemed to be a two man band. One man on the counter and one girl in the kitchen. There was a permanent queue. The man worked heroically at a reasonable speed for the two hours or so we were waiting for our flight. Quite good flight home. Jenny was not affected. She slept well. We flew over the remnants of the typhoon. Heavy rain in Japan. I watched the one episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm I didnt watch on the earlier flight. I seemed to have slept for most of the way home. They turned off the lights not long after we took off. I had a snooze and woke up with only 55 minutes left till landing. This was surprising. Must have slept for several hours. I should do this on every flight. I feel reasonably refreshed. Usual annoying procedure when getting off the plane and going through customs and security. Long queue just to get on the bus to connect with domestic terminal. Summing Up Life in Japan appears to be intense. There is not a lot of space. Hardly any green areas. Well - no green areas in cities. No real high rises. What could be called high rise is only 6 or 7 stories. Must be because of the earthquakes although there are tall buildings in the centre of Tokyo. One of our hotels had 21 floors. If they were to build high rises such as they have in China it would alleviate their lack of space. It would give them more open areas. They could have larger more spacious more comfortable apartments. Tokyo and surrounding cities are all joined together. All built up to an intense level. Areas of intense industrial activity. The people live in between the industrial buildings. They ride bikes to a limited extent. Probably half the bikes have small electric engines. Their flats are all small by Australian standards. But well kept. Shop fronts in normal streets can be very small. Just enough room for one or at a pinch two people to serve you. Everything is neat and tidy. Jason says the Japanese have a sense of shame and this compels them to act collectively. Japanese cars are smaller. Vast majority are much smaller than Australian cars. They must have miniature engines. Toyota have some hybrid cars but they are the only manufacturer so far that has experimented with electricity. Electric Vehicles have yet to come to Japan. Japanese TV appears to be extremely commercial. All ads have an over the top quality about them. Extreme emotions are the thing. Lots of shouting. Lots of surprise. Lots of shock. Lots of game shows. Lots of comedians making extreme comments. Some gay men making merry. Women being overly pseudo shy. Some channels could have even been all ads - but not the product placement sales tv we have in Australia. Just one ad after another. Some news channels. CNN sometimes in English - sometimes with a Japanese voice translation dubbed over the English. One extremely cheap tv show was simply a middle aged man trying to kick a penalty goal into a soccer net. There were only 5 people in the half hour show and they all appeared to be total amateurs kicking a soccer ball for the first time. The goal keeper was not a professional either but as far as I could see only a few goals were scored in the half hour. This was the joke. The incompetency of middle aged people trying to score a penalty goal. An exaggerated setting up of the shot. An extremely officious Referee officiating. An over the top commentator. JB on steroids. If a penalty got through lots of cheering. Lots of celebrations. Exaggerated emotions of middle aged men making fools of themselves. Can I pitch this concept to Australian TV as a reality show. Sadly it might improve both content and style. And interest. The Japanese are not big on sitting down. Not a lot of public seating. Not good for people like me that have trouble walking. There are even signs in public areas saying do not sit down here. The Japanese like new clothes. No old clothes to be seen. No thrift shops to be seen. No people dressed in ragged clothes. No poor people. No one collecting rubbish to be recycled as in China etc. Only one person begging and he was moved on by the Police. I think he was protesting also. He had a handwritten sign made of cardboard. But he did have a begging bowl. The recycle system has at least 5 bins. Its true what they say about packaging. Everything is packaged to make it more attractive. Its true what they say about Japanese toilets. The first advice Jason gave us when we got on the bus was how to use the toilets. There is no shortage of toilets. They are all immaculate. They should have the Indian Prime Minister visit to look see. Every other country in the world could take lessons from Japan when it comes to toilets. Some more than others. Australia as well. The price of food is less expensive than in Australia. When you see a good looking rice and curry dish and its half the price it would be in Australia your reaction is to say I’ll have it. The restaurants have models of each dish displayed in a cabinet outside. You can see what you want. If you don’t speak Japanese you can ask the waiter to come outside and you can point to the dish you want. Simple. The Japanese are very big on Vending Machines. There is no shortage of vending machines. They mostly cater for drinks. But there are some where you can even get hot drinks. How they do this when they are in aluminium cans I do not know. Our group had no problem adapting themselves to the vending machine system. You can purchase lunch etc by putting your money into a vending machine and then pushing the button on the photo of the dish you want. The machine dispenses change if required. A ticket is produced which you take to the cooking area and the person serving gives you a Pager which vibrates when your meal is ready. Simple. The Japanese are courteous to each other. I saw young men bowing to each other in the street when they were parting. Young women bow to each other as they talk. Waiters bow to you. The bus driver bows to you. Did they understand me when I didnt bow back but looked them direct in the eye and said thank you. The Japanese are not big on Solar Panels on roofs. You very rarely see them. There would not be 0.001% of houses have them. Occasionally industrial buildings have them. There are no obese people in Japan. Well not that I saw. I did see some disabled people in wheelchairs. I did see a number of elderly people walking slower than young people. I did see some using canes. None were obese. What would they make of the large number of overweight people in Benalla. Jason would tell us which cities had the best public transport system. I believe him. Japan seems to have an excellent public transport system. Jason claims some cities have more cars than others when the transport system is not as good. From what we saw there was no problem converting the ticketing machine into English and ordering your ticket. Some people who did not come on the optional extra tours did just this. Jason advised Japan still had Geisha Girls. The worldwide Feminist movement has failed to stamp them out. Admittedly they have been reduced in numbers. They are quite expensive. The least expensive Geisha party costs several thousand dollars. Of course it is always a major event and only the very rich can afford it. The purpose of a Geisha Party is to make men feel good. The oldest Geisha Girl is reputed to be in her mid 80's.
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