It is still a well known story among the local people that, when a model of maiko arrived at Takasaki for sales campaign of sake, so many people gathered to watch her that nearby roads were massively clogged up.
舞妓が販促キャンペーンのために高崎に到着すると、「舞妓を見物するために大渋滞がおこった」という話は、今でも地域の人々の語り草になっている。