Tokyo once had 13,000 geisha. Now that number has plummeted

Tokyo's geisha tradition has undergone a striking decline—or so ABC News's Foreign Correspondent found in gaining rare access to this closed world. The city that once counted thirteen thousand geisha has seen that number plummet dramatically. This iconic Japanese art form is struggling to survive.

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