5 Day Event 5 Outfits

So my work had it`s 7 year anniversary, which meant a 5 day event. We`re should dress up and so I thought, rather than having to find 5 part...

3月7日 Birthday Kimono!

Last week was my birthday so of course I was going to wear kimono. I had recently gotten a wool kimono ensemble with woven flowers, and wit...

2月26日の着物

I promised myself I wouldn`t do kitsuke practice until after I had finished writing my student reports, a task I loath. It was 8pm by the ti...

Valentines Kimono

Well of course I had to do a valentines cord for work. I kinda had to do it based around red as the main colour. Although the actual day w...

2月13日の着物

I done some kitsuke practice, I was trying to do it neatly rather than slap dash like usual and I was impressed with my results! Add cap...

Trends in Modern Furisode

Been a bit of a sucky week so lets write about some happy kimono news! With the closing of the oshare kimono fair Modayo-sensei blogged the ...

節分の着物 (Setsubun Kimono)

Oni >:D So last Friday was setsubun, the Japanese festival where everyone throws beans to drive out oni and bring in good luck. Everyone...

Kimono GETS

So I`m back on the ebay crack and today I got a huge box from Shinei >_> They are in the same city so they posted it yesterday and it arrive...

Modern Antenna @ Hanshin Umeda

I saw from a Japanese blog I follow that modern antenna was holding a fair in the Hanshin department store in Umeda this week. And Modayo-s...

1月29日の着物

Well I`ve been on a kimono buying spree this month, but not too much wearing. So I decided I should at least start turning my one day off in...

Book Review: Kimono Bancho

Kimono Bancho by Megumi Matsuda きもの番長：松田恵美 Languages: Japanese   ISBN-10: 4072746541   ISBN-13: 978-4072746547 112-pages Amazon.jp ...

Kimono challenge #1 How did you get into Kimono

Well time to get on the kimono challenge bandwagon! I`ve really been enjoying everyone`s posts for this! 1. How did I hear about kimonos& ...

Koakuma - kimono gal style

I`ve been thinking about my kimono style recently, in what do I like etc so I can do a bit more directed buying. Of course I love retro-mod...

Street Snaps - New Years

Street Snaps Waiting for the bf I had a few wines, and I was thinking. I had been seeing lots of people in kimono and I was like, why don...

New Years Shrine Visit

So the third I was to do the first shrine visit of the year with my bf. Except he over slept and we went to Tenshin San instead. Oh well, I...

Kimono Life 2012 - bargain shopping

Well I`ve decided to get back into wearing Kimono more often. I`ve been on a break with the lame excuse of most of my kimono are back in Eng...