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Kimono Presentation 2

Kimono Presentation 2

The presentation we announced was conducted successfully! It was held on Friday March 5th starting at 4pm California Time. It was a program of Japanese Friendship Garden on zoom. The content of the second presentation was …

Kimono Presentation 1

Kimono Presentation 1

The presentation we announced ended successfully. In the program of Japanese Friendship Garden, I gave the presentation from 4 pm on Friday, January 15th, California time. We worked hard! So we are going to give the second presentation in March!

Put on furisode part 1 : from putting on furisode to tying koshihimo

Put on furisode part 1 : from putting on furisode to tying koshihimo

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I believe you are greatly interested in furisode.

The process to wear frisode is almost the same as kimono but there are two differences that having long sleeves and using kasane-eri.

Please also see How to put on kimono : part 1.

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How to make gojuhimo

How to make gojuhimo

Sanjuhimo consists of a piece of fabric tape and triple elastic bands to secure a shape of obi. It is very useful and gives us easy tying obi and decorative shapes, especially for furisode. Today, I will introduce how to make gojuhimo which has 5 bands. 

How to sew kasane-eri on kimono

How to sew kasane-eri on kimono

When women wear formal kimono, they often wear a different collar called kasane-eri or date-eri to upgrade their neckline. You look gorgeous when you wear furisode with the collar! It is not so easy to put on furisode by yourself, so you need to be well prepared. This 

Preparation for furisode lessons

Preparation for furisode lessons

Select your favorite furisode and fukuro obi,  and prepare all items.

When you begin kitsuke or putting on kimono, the first thing you have to do is preparation. It is very important because you need many kitsuke komono accessories.

Stack up furisode, obi and accessories in order, and you can put them on smoothly.

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