look at those shoes

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   bartholin (bartholin@fops.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 15:48:25 JST bartholin

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   @kaia Isn't this just the Oiran dōchū, aka the courtesan parade?
   
   They're just showing off
   
   >In the present day, a handful of tayū, who do not engage in prostitution as part of their role, continue to perform in Kyoto, alongside a number of oiran reenactors elsewhere in Japan who perform in reenactments of the courtesan parades known as oiran dōchū.
   
   >The oiran, who are named Shinano, Sakura, and Bunsui, walk with the distinctive slow gait of wearing koma geta.
   
   source: wikipedia