I had a lot of fun making last week's seasonal motif video, so this week's video is 15 classic Japanese motifs that are typicall...

This video was inspired by the month-to-month motif translation project I did for this blog! Make a cup of tea or coffee, get comforta...

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

A reader recently asked about wedding kimono colors and motifs, so here's my quick translation and summary on exactly this topic from a...

Here we are with the month of May, my birth month actually. :) In olden times, the months had different names than the simple ones they do ...