Today I had the opportunity to get professionally dressed in a beautiful blue yukata (cotton kimono) with Meg and Zara. What a fantastic experience and great company. The teacher is an amazing woman with the biggest sense of humor I have ever seen in any Japanese person (totally unexpected). The process of dressing in yukata is really like an art (like most things in Japan) -- especially the tying of the obi (sash). Our Sensei is quiet talented at making her own special ties. I loved what she did with the obi on me! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Sensei had us laughing the entire time we were together -- as you can easily tell.
My beautiful friends!
Sensei's original obi design -- I love the way she tied it! And what a beautiful obi and yukata! She let me borrow it today and she commenting on how it looks so much better on me than it does on her. hahahaha.
I learned today that in the olden days, people wore yukatas IN the bath and that's why the kanji for bath is in the name -- 浴衣. It later just turned into a more informal "bath robe" / cool summer wear. Also, dark blue is a traditional and popular color for yukata because it apparently keeps the mosquitoes away. Come to think of it, I did NOT get bit for once while walking around in it today.
Action shot!
Hydrangeas -- the flower of Omura. I match!
Sensei was showing us how to pose for all sorts of pictures -- in these we are pretending to fix the obi. :)
A huge thanks to Tamana and Zara for setting all of this up! :) I had a lot of fun today with you ladies, as always!
Hey nice blog~! It's really cool to get a glimpse of Japanese culture from the perspective of someone from the US. I love all the photos and stuff on here and your YouTube videos were pretty funny. Keep up the good work :D
Posted by: Tyler | July 02, 2007 at 01:10 PM
Thank you so much for putting the pictures in your blog. Great pictures. You look very pretty in yukata!! I had a great time on saturday as well. I'm glad you enjoyed the experience. And...I love you blog!
Posted by: tamana | July 03, 2007 at 08:36 PM
I love you blog...??
I love your blog, I wanted to say.
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Posted by: tamana | July 03, 2007 at 08:37 PM
while i love your yukata story and you look beautiful. time for a NEW post my friend!!! (not that i'm one to talk! but hey...a little nudge never hurt anyone!) :-)
Posted by: ana | July 12, 2007 at 05:40 PM
Really an interesting post!!..You are very lucky!!My dream is to visit Japan..I hope i will go there soon!!...also the pictures are very nice. I think that the Yukata are very pretty!!
thx
(I hope that my english is correct!)
Posted by: Asae | January 28, 2008 at 05:51 AM
Really an interesting post!!..You are very lucky!!My dream is to visit Japan..I hope i will go there soon!!...also the pictures are very nice. I think that the Yukata are very pretty!!
thx
(I hope that my english is correct!)
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