The custom of hangempuku still remains even now in a part of Hanamachi (geisha districts in Kyoto), for example among Maiko (an apprentice geisha) in Gion, Tayu (a high ranking courtesan) in Shimabara, and so on.
半元服の習慣は現在でも祇園の舞妓、嶋原の太夫等、一部の花街に残る。