Alice in Kyoto Forest, Volume 1

Orphaned at a young age, Alice has lived with her aunt for most of her young life, but she's a determined girl who wants to be independent. When she decides to return home to Kyoto and train as a maiko -- eventually hoping to become a geisha -- she finds that Kyoto has changed quite a bit in the eight years since she left it. At first, she's lost and confused, but then... her stuffed toys spring to life and offer to show her around this unfamiliar city and introduce her to the wonders of Kyoto!