Kokin Nee-san of Tokyo is only a year away from achieving her hope of giving a geisha performance on their 100th birthday.

As Japan’ oldest geisha, she observed her 99th birthday last week, more than 80 years of which have been spent as a geisha. She still plays the samisen and sings kouta songs at least once a week, reports the Mainichi Daily News.

"I've gotta do my best for the customers," Kokin was quoted as saying, adding she hoped to give a performance on her 100th year.

The report said Kokin was born in 1909, making her 99 under Japan’s old practice of counting the age as 1 at birth.  // Copyright 2007 by United Press International



Publication date: 07 October 2007   

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