Synopsis

The height of refined hospitality is often found in a private banquet shared with geisha. A frequent misunderstanding casts them as courtesans; in truth, they are highly skilled artists dedicated to preserving traditional performing arts. Once numbering eighty thousand across Japan, their ranks have dwindled to approximately a thousand today. Joining us is Kenji Watanabe, a scholar of early modern Japanese literature, who will illuminate the authentic world of geisha. And later, in *Plus One*, w