Craft Resource: YokoDana Kimono

If you're more interested in crafting with kimono than wearing them, check out online dealer YokoDana Kimono. They specialize in bulk kimono and fabrics meant more for creative sewing and design uses rather than straight-up wear.

I haven't ordered from them myself, as a note, but they seem to have a positive reputation online. If you've dealt with them in the past, feel free to comment with your experience!

Culture: Rain Woman

Tonight, after a very long dry spell, rain is drumming steadily on the roof of the house. In honor of the storm, our topic is "rain woman", "ame onna" 雨女.


Any woman who rain seems to follow is an "ame onna." If every outdoor party or event you go to gets rained out, you might find yourself being called this.

While in Japan I made friends laugh with my own tweak on this, jokingly labeling myself "jishin onna" (earthquake woman) as it felt like they happened right after I moved to a new place. Of course, when you come from Houston, where the ground never moves, you're a bit hypersensitive to the Earth wiggling. ^_^;