April 24th, 2018: Congratulations to Kyoto’s newest geiko, Ichitaka (市多佳) of Ichi (市) in Kamishichiken, on the occasion of her erikae! She is wearing Ichi’s standout kuromontsuki with golden waves that many of her fellow onesan, such as Ichimari, also wore on their special day. Hopefully it will bring her good luck ^^ おめでとうございます市多佳さん ^o^! Images courtesy of Adachi Kyoto on Instagram.

Great News From Kamishichiken!

Sorry fans, it’s not about Umechie. BUT! It is about another maiko and it happens to be an erikae announcement! Ichitaka (市多佳) of Ichi (市) in Kamishichiken will be having her erikae on April 24th! She is expected to wear yakko shimada throughout the odori and possibly change to sakkō right before it ends on April 7th.

Ichitaka has been tying her obiage for over a year now, and it seems as though she was held back from having her erikae until the completion of the Kitano Odori. Knowing that she’s decided to stay will be a great boost to Kamishichiken as they’ve lost a few tachikata geiko over the past year. You can check out the announcement here ^^