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Traditionally clad

A model posed in the garden of Kinkakuji Shrine (Golden Pavilion). After I took this photo, someone told me she wasn't a maiko (a young geisha-in-training), but just a young woman posing in traditional formal Japanese wear for a commercial.

 

Kyoto, Japan, 2004

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Uploaded on January 16, 2005
Taken on June 10, 2004