A quick introduction to Japanese family crests and their use in kimono, with special guest star Cat! He is very bad at being quiet when ...

Here are two helpful videos for complete kimono and hakama (pants) outfits. Even if you don't speak Japanese, this rental company visua...

Happy Holidays, everyone! I've made a video version of one of the most popular posts on this blog, the basic visual differences betwe...

The Kyoto Miyako Odori is the biggest and most famous geisha dance in Japan, and this year I finally had the chance to go! I made a mini-r...

Hello, my readers! I'm back! I recently had the idea to do a series of posts on geisha, so that'll be the theme for the coming mon...

Here it is, my final post containing the text-only translations for August-February, plus links to the other months already done. (For why...

Hello, readers! After my move to my new city and job and getting settled, I've been working on a September motifs post and hope to ge...