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Art Collaboration Kyoto has grown swiftly in popularity among galleries and has inspired partnerships across the city.

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Photograph by Charles Harris Phelps, Nat Geo Image Collection Kyoto, considered the country ... etiquette and rules of the geisha district Gion. Shichiha, a 26-year-old geisha in Kanazawa ...