How I became Madame Butterfly for a day  A new Hollywood
blockbuster is about to turn the spotlight on to the twilight
world of the geisha. Joanne O'Connor goes to Kyoto to experience
a dying tradition Joanne O'Connor as a geisha Turning Japanese
... Joanne O'Connor has a geisha makeover at Kyoto's film
studios.  When I told my friend I was going to Japan to learn
how to be a geisha he laughed so much that the tea he was
drinking came out of his nose. When he had finally recovered his
composure he observed helpfully: 'You never know, it might help
you get a boyfriend.' Which is quite annoying when you think
about it, and, even more annoying, quite possibly true.  What is
it about geisha? Just the mention of the G-word seems to make
men come over all misty-eyed. I concede that my current
courtship technique leaves a lot to be desired (broadly speaking
it seems to involve picking an argument with someone I like the
look of - a recent spat with a handsome librarian over the
failings of the Dewey system was a par