After reading the the book memoirs of a Geisha,I made up my mind and I went on August 2011 the month before the twin tower attacks in NYC. I went to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hakone, Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Nagoya, and a few more cities. My highlight was going to Kyoto to Gion corner and getting professional pictures taken at a studio where they dress you up as a Geisha with beautiful kimonos y paint your face, etc... It was a wonderful adventure, it was beautiful there!!!