舞妓変身をついやっちゃった！ Maiko Makeover

Having seen silly girls stumbling around Kyomizudera in maiko outfits snapping pictures of each other, I dismissed this as something silly and touristy to do... but as you know I'm a kimono addict and I just had to see what it was like.
It was still really embarrassing to walk around outside decked out like this. (Some dumb Taiwanese tourists took pictures of me.) And the wig and makeup felt really weird and the kimono was really heavy so I look unnatural in all my pictures. Still, it was really interesting to learn about the makeup and kitsuke.
The only thing was the place I went to doesn't let you look a a mirror until after they are all done so I missed out on a lot of the process of transformation, which is what I was interested in most, not taking glamour shots. When I asked why there were no mirrors, the makeup lady said that everyone unconsciously touches their face and musses up the makeup.

舞妓変身ってちょっと格好悪くない？と思っていたのに、やっぱり着物中毒の私は舞妓さんと芸者さんのきものに興味があるの で、今回京都に行った時ついやっ てしまいました。結構面白かったが、外で歩くのはとても恥ずかしかったし、カツラとお化粧に慣れなかったので、写真はとても不自然な感じがした。でも、今 度は結い髪も体験したいなぁ～こういうのもはまりやすいね。

私が使った変身スタジオは朱勝山といい、きものはみんな本当の舞妓さんが着たことあるもので、スタッフはとても親切でprofessionalでした。唯一の欠点は変身する部屋に鏡がなかった。化粧の塗り方ときものの着付けは見えなかった。もったいなかった。