MINAKO’S PROFILE プロフィール Minako belongs to the under 34 year old group, is single and was born in Akita prefecture, now living in Tokyo. She is working as a freelance image identity designer. She likes Japanese traditional culture; for example, attending tea ceremonies or writing calligraphy. She started to have an interest in kimono from…
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Mika’s Kimono Story (Part 2)
MIKA’S STORY 2 着物物語 2 This plum coloured kimono and obi were given to me by a friend at aikido. She is also a tea ceremony teacher. She said I could use this kimono for practicing. I took some free lessons in wearing kimono but I haven’t practiced in a while. I would really like…
Mika’s Kimono Story (Part 1)
MIKA’S STORY 1 着物物語 1 A friend got married at a very nice hotel in Tokyo and one of my relatives lent me a light purple kimono to go in. It looked really great, and I was deeply impressed by that. So then I wanted one like that for myself, and I went on to…
Mika – Problems
MIKA’S PROBLEMS問題 I think I could probably wear it just casually, but my skills are not good enough to wear it at a wedding. If I tried it would take me at least an hour to put it on, and I think it would soon be messy again. I don’t have the confidence to do…
Mika – Influences
MIKA’S INFLUENCES影響 I don’t have many memories of kimono from my family. I remember the ceremonies for 7,5,3 coming of age and graduation, but on those occasions I wore rental kimono and I was dressed at the photographic studio. My first influence was probably becoming aware of my Japaneseness, when I was living in England….
Mika (Tokyo)
MIKA’S PROFILE プロフィール Mika is in group 2, (35-44) age group, living in Tokyo. She is a busy housewife, looking after her three young children at the moment. Mika lived in England from ages 11 to 15 and then again for two years as a student. Mika’s experiences of kimono are that she remembers going…
Lynn Yuki’s Kimono Story (Part 2)
LYNN YUKI’S STORY 2 着物物語 2 I bought this kimono from an antique kimono store, and it was quite expensive for me. It is omeshi and it is warm colours, reds, pinks with yellow flowers. I like omeshi, I have several. This kimono has these different diamond and triangular like shapes and there are some…
Lynn Yuki’s Kimono Story (Part 1)
LYNN YUKI’S STORY 1 着物物語 1 This is a kimono I bought new from a brand that is very popular now. The cloth is from a well-known textile designer. It is polyester, but it is a thick jacquard kind of weave. It is single-layered, hitoe, but it can be worn in winter because it is…
Lynn Yuki – Problems
LYNN YUKI’S PROBLEMS問題 The humidity is a big problem for me. My apartment is on the ground floor, and I live next to a large river. It is too humid here even for a pawlonia chest. I keep my best kimono, the homongi from my family, and a recycled one, in Nagano at my mother’s…
Lynn Yuki – Influences
LYNN YUKI’S INFLUENCES影響 My grandmother and my mother like kimono. My grandmother often wore it and also she would go to the local kimono store that she trusted in Hyogo prefecture, where she comes from, and have kimono made for my mother. I can wear those kimono because my mother and I are the same…
Lynn Yuki (Tokyo)
LYNN YUKI’S PROFILE プロフィール Lynn Yuki is in the under age 35 age group. She is a single office worker in Tokyo. She was born and brought up in Nagano and came to Tokyo for work. Her hobbies are cooking, surfing, DJ-ing and kimono. She can wear her mother’s kimono because they are the same…
Tomoko’s Kimono Story (Part 3)
TOMOKO’S STORY 3 着物物語 3 I got this kimono 4 years ago when I went to a Yuki tsumugi producing district as a study as part of the kimono school. At first I did not going to buy anything. But when I looked at this kimono, I liked this color. I heard that the young…
The Kimono Closet 