
Genres
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Adaption
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Coming Of Age
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Dialect
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Found Family
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Kansai Dialect
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Kyoto Dialect
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Live Action
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Work
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Food
75%
Dancing
25%

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舞妓さんちのまかないさん S1
TV Season
season 1 of 舞妓さんちのまかないさん
alternative titles:
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House S1
Series Blurb
Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.
Status
Finished
Last Synced: March 6, 2023
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Reviews
(4.67/5)9 ratings2 reviews
Entertainment(4/5)
2 ratings
Language learning(4.50/5)
2 ratings
暁のルナsays
September 9, 2025
Really sweet and touching
This is the first live-action drama that's managed to hold my interest, and it was such a heartwarming watch. There's a great balance between Kiyo's life as a cook, her extremely intimate friendship with Sumire, the life and work of the Maiko and apprentice Maiko, and the family-like household they live in, etc. The cooking scenes are really beautiful and inspiring... makes me think about getting back into it. The characters are all interesting, with a great amount of depth and personality, and
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Genres
Content Tags
Adaption
100%
Coming Of Age
100%
Dialect
100%
Found Family
100%
Kansai Dialect
100%
Kyoto Dialect
100%
Live Action
100%
Work
100%
Food
75%
Dancing
25%




Calm and heartwarming story
This is a very enjoyable and calming story set in modern Kyoto. Tells the story of a girl who moves from Aomori with her best friend to become a maiko in Kyoto. Then we follow how their personal lives unfold in this new chapter of their lives, as our MC actually goes on to become a cook while her best friend stays on the journey of a Maiko. Language-wise, this website rates it as a more difficult usage, but I think it's because of Kyoto-ben and the way of speaking of the inner circle of Maiko/Ge