26.04.13 | News
[Oreno French Grand Maison TOKYO Limited-Time Offer]
Thank you for your continued patronage of Oreno French Grand Maison TOKYO.
Thank you very much.
This time, we have collaborated with "Otoha-san," a geiko active in Miyagawa-cho, one of Kyoto's five geisha districts, on a culinary project. She captivates many with her glamorous and elegant beauty and graceful dance, and is known for her friendly and kind personality, always entertaining guests with her smile and warm atmosphere at banquets and events.
Please take this opportunity to enjoy the fusion of traditional Japanese performing arts and culinary culture.
Date and time: Sunday, May 10th
(Lunchtime session)
Fee: 7,000 yen (tax and service charge included)
12: 00 Doors open
12:30 Meal service begins
13:30 Performance starts
14: 30 concert
*The lunch session is sold out.*
Cuisine: Appetizers, main courses, desserts & coffee
Includes welcome sparkling wine.
(Evening session)
Fee: 10,000 yen (tax and service charge included)
17: 00 Doors open
17:30 Performance starts
18:30 Performance ends
18:40 Meal service begins
After you have enjoyed your meal, the event will conclude in stages.
Cuisine: Appetizers, fish dishes, meat dishes, desserts & coffee
Includes welcome sparkling wine.
(For evening reservations, please click here.)
*Non-alcoholic welcome drinks are also available.
*Meals will be prepared with themes related to Kyoto's food culture and tea.
[Performance content]
1. Explanation of the Tea Ceremony
2. Demonstration of the tea ceremony
3. Three dances
4. About Kyoto's geisha districts
5. Greetings from Otoha-san
6. Greetings to each table
[Miyagawa-cho Otoha]
At the urging of her mother, she left her hometown of Miyagi Prefecture when she was in her second year of junior high school and began training as an apprentice (*2) at a teahouse (okiya) in Miyagawa-cho, one of Kyoto's geisha districts.
While attending junior high school in Kyoto from a teahouse (okiya), she underwent training to become a maiko (*2), and after a period of apprenticeship, she made her debut as a maiko after graduating from junior high school. After spending five years as a maiko, she continues to expand her field of activity as a geiko (*3).
(*1) Preparation
This term refers to a person undergoing training in a teahouse for six months to a year, during which they live, eat, and eat together in order to become a maiko or geiko, learning Japanese dance, musical instruments, tea ceremony, and other basic performing arts.
(*2) Maiko
From around the age of 15 to the early 20s, they are in training to become geisha, and they are active as symbolic figures of Kyoto's geisha district culture, with their hair styled using their own hair and wearing long, trailing obi sashes.
(*3) Geisha
Geisha become geisha after undergoing training as a maiko (apprentice geisha), or equivalent training. Unlike maiko, geisha wear wigs. Their obi (sash) is also different from that of maiko. Geisha are even more deeply immersed in traditional Japanese performing arts than they were as maiko, and they are active in their daily lives.
*Tea shop
Located in the geisha district, this establishment retains traces of its past as a teahouse situated on the approach to a shrine. It operates on an invitation-only basis, refusing walk-in customers, and is a place where guests can enjoy a meal while being entertained by geisha and maiko performing dances and fan music.
*Okiya
An okiya (or okogataya) is a house that provides living quarters, food, clothing, and shelter to train aspiring maiko and geiko, teaching them everything necessary to become a maiko or geiko, including manners, etiquette, speech, and other skills.
We are looking forward to your visit.
