Oiran still exist in Japan?

Question:

The Oiran still exist in Japan?

Answer:

Oiran no longer exist. If you ever see an oiran, it's a person dressed up and playing the role of one for something like a festival, movie, or stage performance. The Kyoto equivalent, called tayuu, DO still exist. But there aren't that many of them (only 3-5). They practice the arts of the old tayuu with the exception of sexual arts, since prostitution is illegal in Japan now so the modern tayuu no longer sell sex. In fact, for legal and tax purposes they are classified as a type of geisha these days (even though in the past they were considered two separate professions).