Month: August 2015

Garden Cosmo “aightowa” in Kyoto

        I visited to the “Eco Life Garden” at the foot of Ogura mountain, which circulates favors from nature. The owner couple named “aightowa” from how should we “love” and have kept almost self-sufficiency and recycled all things since 40 years ago. This action, life style seems old way but truly foretells… Read more »

Only One in the world

On the Kyoto Gion festival, I jointed the Obiage workshop in ITOKO which is an old famous kimono fabric company. First of all, I selected a pattern and a base color and then chose some colors of each flower motif. The instructor showed how to drop colors and I started to do by myself. I… Read more »

Cool Summer Art

I inquire after you during summer season. I visit IKUTAMA shrine the 1st day of every month and worship all of there. As today’s weather was crazily hot and humid, my beads of sweat did not stop at all.  How can I feel cooler ? I got a hint that my brain might work when I saw something cool…. Read more »

NY Madam Snap Exhibit

At NY Madam Snap Exhibition on June 10th, it remains me the strong spirit as a woman when I worked as a designer in New York. One of them says “No rule ! But my rule !”  means that never mind to fashion trend but how expresses own nice fashion.  Japanese madams in the exhibition admired my clothes made… Read more »

Kyoto Festival

After the Obiage workshop seeing the Kyoto Gion festival, we had a lunch at a Japanese French restaurant TAMAKI, reusing an old typical Kyoto house. We tasted the beautiful and delicious dishes, listening rain and jazz sounds, seeing Japanese courtyard. The atmosphere was so matured. And then, we moved to the gallery showing Kimono glass… Read more »

Kimono Dress Concert

  My Kimono dresses were lent to the summer concert at the Russian consulate.The main banquet hall is large with 10M celling.The three players felt much tension than I did. They enjoyed gorgeous feeling like me ?