If you want to learn some of the secrets of the ancient capital of Kyoto without leaving Tokyo, visit Kyoto-kan in the Akasaka district.
In addition to its normal display of thousands of made-in-Kyoto products, the shop occasionally rents extra space to invite Kyoto-based companies to open temporary outlets.
The current occupant of the extra space, cosmetics maker Yojiya, offers a glimpse of the beauty of "maiko," or apprentice geisha.
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