Tradition and Customs Quotes in Memoirs of a Geisha

This is a nice metaphor. Sure, you can see a field, but you don't know what it looks like from a rabbit's-eye view. Most people know that geisha exist, but they don't know what their lives are like. This book will reveal it. (Also, "rabbit" conjures up the image of a frail, vulnerable creature, which is patronizing.)

Navigating Japanese customs of "how low can you go" when it comes to bowing can be difficult, even for a native Japanese person. Chiyo is rural, so she doesn't understand many customs; as she learns them, so do we.

Not only does Chiyo have to learn basic Japanese customs, she will also have to learn the "arts of a geisha," which are more intricate and complicated.