Hi Justine, I had a couple questions about Shigemori Do you know how old the okiya is, and who the current okasama is? It seems to be very large, and has a lot of current and past geisha Is it just more popular than other okiya/hires more? I noticed they have a lot of different geisha at different stages in their career, im wondering how they go about the hiring process in general and specifically

Shigemori opened in 2005 with former geimaiko Fukuemi and her mother as its current okasan. Shigemori has a great online presence and is one of the known okiya that will allow girls to apply directly to them instead of going through the Ookini Zaidan. They're quite large and very wealthy, so they can manage many geimaiko at once under their roof ^^