This paper addresses the misperception of the geisha role that is particularly noticeable within North American culture and in areas that reflect its influence. Over the war years and under the occupation of the American and Australian armies, the opinion of the occupying forces greatly influenced the portrayal of Japanese people, and especially Japanese women, in the world. Unfortunately, it is true that many poor Japanese families at that time sold their female children to okiya where they were taught how to become geisha. However, today the practice of selling children is prohibited by law and girls who want to become a geisha can apply to the okiya when they finish high school. Furthermore, many artists and anthropologists flooded Japan after the war to study the mysterious women the American occupiers talked about when they returned to America. Also, the experiences of travel writers and the occupying forces of Japan contributed to the creation of a bad image of geisha and Japanese women in general. However, it should be pointed out that part of the blame lies with the Japanese authorities who offered prostitutes to the occupying forces, ignoring the fact that they imitated geishas by their way of dressing. Geisha are people who train for many years to achieve the high level of knowledge, skill and professionalism necessary to preserve a tradition that has been going on for centuries. Geisha are entertainers and artists whose job it is to preserve Japanese culture and art. As the years went by, the geishas were briefly forgotten. With the advent of Western writers and other visitors to Japan, foreign companies such as airlines and chocolate factories began to promote Japan using images depicting "geishas". Of course, these pictures do not show authentic geishas, but courtesans disguised as geishas. Furthermore, the world's fascination with geisha waned after the war, but in the 90s of the 20th century, with the publication of Arthur Golden's book Memoirs of a Geisha, the bad reputation of geisha, which has followed them since World War II, was revived. In addition to encouraging people to explore the world of geisha, the book also encouraged actresses and singers to take advantage of the geisha's popularity and start dressing like them, causing the geisha's reputation to further deteriorate. What makes geisha attractive to the rest of the world even today is precisely their art and the skills they possess. Many believe that geishas sell their bodies, but this is far from the truth. Geishas don't sell, they create art that is a key part of Japanese culture.