I understand that it sounds like I am nitpicking, but in the Gion district of Kyoto female performers are called Maiko and they are not called Geisha. It is considered insulting to call Gion district Maiko a Geisha. Gion district is traditionally an upper-scale neighborhood. Restaurants in the Gion district, called "Chaya", were traditionally by invitation only. Traditionally the Gion area was not a place commoners wandered around, god forbid tourists. That was the old days. Today, there are restaurants (or Chaya) in the Gion district that are accessible without invitation and catering to tourists. However, they still expect customers/visitors to behave accordingly with Maiko. Inappropriate behaviors of tourists/visitors toward Maiko became too frequent of a daily occurrence, hence the Gion district has asked the city of Kyoto to make an ordinance prohibiting tourists/visitors from the narrow, private back alley of the Gion district.