A trip to Japan would be incomplete without a visit to a Geisha house.
The Blogs discovered that girls begin full-time training at the age of 15 for six years to qualify. They must be expert in the following to graduate,
- Conversation
- Singing
- Playing musical instruments
- Dance
- Acting
- Flower arranging
For many years Mr Blog has wondered why such an occupation developed in the first place.
The answer lies in tea house competition. It seems tea houses back in the day decided to "up their game". One of them started it by employing a guy to stand outside and encourage customers to come in by telling them it was the best tea house. It worked. Soon the street was full of guys making the same claim about all the other tea houses. So they stepped it up again.
A guy outside and tea plus sake inside, then...
A guy outside, tea and sake inside and music...
Eventually, the idea of the Geisha was born and still exists today.
(Meanwhile in the UK we developed TV adverts with chimpanzees to achive higher tea sales!)
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