This week's video is up, a popular reader/home sewer/costumer request for a closer look at the details of a kimono and related accesso...

I'm sometimes asked what I do with the kimono I collect. The answer is usually "wear them when I have the opportunity" or ...

Online dealer Ichiroya's update tonight includes a flashy Kabuki samurai costume kataginu (the big pointy shoulder vest) from the Meiji...

So lately I've gotten sucked into the anime Bleach . Yes, I'm amazingly late to the party, but you'll have to forgive me. I have...

Whenever I go to a con to do a panel or to sell, I try to remember questions I get asked a lot. At this convention I've had several guys...

Notes and Disclaimers: If you're thinking about putting together a kimono look, to wear normally or for a cosplay or costume, you might...

Ryu Japan has 18 vintage silk men's obi up for auction on Ebay with all of the auctions ending in about 8-9 hours, around 4pm Central T...

As touched on in a previous post, today (May 5th, Japan time) is Boys' Day, officially called Children's Day こどもの日 but in practice m...

The night before I wore my pseudo-samurai get-up at Comicpalooza, over at Youtube I found a series of very helpful videos that included a ge...

After the Saigo Takamori book review I did yesterday, I saw Ichiroya's update for tomorrow/Tuesday and thought I'd keep the samurai ...