New links!
I had time to browse Japanese sites today and found all sorts of neat kimono diaries (blogs). They can be found in the “links” menu at right. All the new additions are in Japanese; if you can’t read the language, I recommend @nifty’s translation service. Copy a URL, paste it into the URL field and select the bottom menu item to translate from Japanese to English. (The larger field below is for translations of text.) Enjoy!
As an explanation of my links organization: the “links” menu on this page is for personal sites, while the online references and recommended pages (under “divers”) contain links to informative sites on symbolism, kitsuke, galleries, sellers and more.
August 4th, 2005 at 00:25:29
wow! this is such a cool site! thank you for the instructions on how to wear the kimono!
May 20th, 2011 at 22:14:29
You have some lovely kimonos. Loving your site
There is a really nice kimono blog on wordpress with lots of information and pictures. I especially like this one about dressing up obis http://wafuku.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/get-creative-dress-up-your-obi/ and this blog post about modern use of haoris http://wafuku.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/haori-session-the-versatile-kimono-jackets-photo-shoot/
They also have a separate website that has a brilliant glossary of Japanese/English terms and lots of kimonoinfo. There’s links to the site on that blog.
I want to get some haoris sometime, I love them but don’t have any yet