Hanami-Kimono Asobi

I went to walk under cherry blossoms with my husband and dog.

one Spring holiday

I went to Showa Emperor's memorial park with my loving dog.

more than 10years used

I introduce it on ebay site as Origami work hand craft box.Items on my desk are in a washi(tarditional Japanese paper:weak water)decorated small organizing box.

Onsen geta sandals for yukata Japanese ryokan style w.s

I sold this geta with socks on ebay.
Geta are known as putting on barefoots with yukata usually,but I introduce as onsen situation(onsen:hot spring,more popular winter) My guest told me it is small for her foots.I wrote just longest size and heel hight on the site.
This geta is like zori(sandals for kimono:toe is narrow,flat sole)in its shape.We Japanese wemen wear zori or geta just fit or shorter than their foot length to show smaller foot feeling tight however.It is also very difficult to find thongs fit our foots. Usually thongs of zori are very tight when we put it first.I think many Japanese wemen have experiense to put kimono perfect style on coming of age ceremony (Many girls-adult wear Furisode kimono going beauty salon to help wear,make up and hairdressing)with pain on foot and feel tight on ther body. It seems cause of being thought that kimono is very very special costume not to easy put(not able to put ourselves:have to go learn to kimono school!) and uncomforgable to wear.I also thought I would never wear! at the evening of coming of age ceremony.

self baked Takoyaki!Japanese fast food octpus ball

My mother has been in low spirits. She looses about 10kg weight by hyperthyroidism in last 3months.I encouraged her with self baking Takoyaki loved her,me too.

It's my first challenge to bake Takoyaki.It is from Osaka,so Osaka people often bake themselves,I heard before.In Tokyo it is fast foods we take out as snack at 15:00pm.

This is electrical plate for Takoyaki,very easy to bake.My mother,father and I roll them together and ware satisfied with the performance and taste.

Tomesode set!

Tomesode set!

This is black tomesode kimono.It is my first time putting tomesode on since got it.Just to practice to put kimono myself on.I wonder when I would go out with this kimono?May be,my niece's wedding(now she is high school student yet, however)or my sister in law's second wedding(she has no plan yet)...!Tomesode is very special wear for general modern Japanese wemen.Because just a few time to put it on in their life,generally.At the scene I wrote above(the wedding of relative),wemen put black tomesode on have been decreasing now.Actually I also have been thinking I don't need to get black tomesode,and think rental tomesode is enough for me.But now I love kimono's beautiful pattern,color,silk, and height, they meke me happy.

Nebuta object.

Kimono for man

Haorihimo(tied decorative string to fasten right and left side of haori)and

tabi(socks for geta or zouri:sandal for kimono)