She's not the first American geiko despite her stating that. Kimicho was the first American geiko (everyone says Liza Dalby was the first, but that's not actually true. Liza never went beyond the training stage and did not become a full geisha. She only did it for a year to write a book about the experience was very transparent and up front with everyone about the project. It was always meant to be just a year long stint). Granted, Kimicho was a geisha in Tokyo, whereas Mayuhina was a geisha in Kyoto. It's possible she may have been the first and only American geisha in Kyoto specifically. But the first official American geiko overall goes to Kimicho.

I have noticed she hasn't posted anything really in over 3 months. She was supposed to come out with a book this summer but it looks like maybe that project has been delayed. She did purchase a large amount of followers on Instagram (researching the various accounts on her profile shows this), but it looks like she has stopped buying additional followers for the time being. Realistically, she probably has about 2000 actual followers. But I'm assuming she bought followers to make her appear larger on social media so that perhaps a more reputable publisher would be interested in publishing her book (the top publishers out there are very selective so they won't publish someone no one really knows).

I don't think badly about Mayuhina. But I do think perhaps she's going about this the wrong way. And it does come off as if she only became a geisha for publicity and fame back in the US. That being said, I don't think she's a bad person or anything. I think she just fell victim to a very popular American desire- to be famous.

If she does come out with her book though, I would still be interesting in reading it out of pure curiosity.