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2017年11月14日

Kimono Terminology

For people from overseas, the words and terms for Kimono (着物) must be difficult and complicated to understand. For example, we have terms such as Miyatsuguchi (身八つ口, side openings of Kimono), Hakkake (inside layer of the Kimono’s skirt part), and Okumi-sen (衽線, a seam on the right side), all difficult even for Japanese. However, you ・・・

2017年11月13日

Gorgeous!! Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)

Suppose you are dressed in YUMEYAKATA’s nice Kimono, but have no idea where to go… OK, we strongly recommend to visit Kinkaku-ji Temple (金閣寺, the Golden pavilion). It’s a flamboyant construction with two hundred thousand pieces of gold plates. Built by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (足利義満), the 3rd shogun (将軍, the chief commander) of the Muromachi (室町) ・・・

2017年11月13日

Kyoto Tower

For people from Kyoto, Kyoto Tower is the symbol of their home town. If you were in a train coming back from your trip, watching Kyoto Tower in the window getting closer little by little, would surely brings you a peace of mind. Completed in 1964, and 131 meters tall, the tower is symbolic of ・・・

2017年11月11日

A Color Dedicated to Japanese Emperor

In mid November of 2013, I visited a prestigious fabric-dye master in the Saga (嵯峨) district of Kyoto. I went there because I heard that there was one particular color called “Koh ro zen (黄櫨染)” which only the Japanese emperor can use for his ceremonial costumes, and the fabric-dye master was the one who handles ・・・

2017年11月9日

Traditional Japanese Colors and Kimono

2017/11/09 Since ancient times, Japanese people have been valued the sense of four seasons, especially when wearing Kimono (着物). Seasonal patterns and colors are widely appreciated, and Japanese people in the old times gave those colors a unique name out of traditional terms. Juni Hitoe (十二単衣) is a style of Kimono consists of 12-layers, expressing ・・・