I haven't guarantee that informations are completely correct.
And, often they close the events early at the last day.
When you visit there, please confirm it yourself.
cf.) Japanese Department store's map.(Eng./Chin./Korean)
cf.) Links of Japanese Department store's websites.
(Some of them are written in English and so on.)
This list include very small events or fairs
because I cannot confirm the scale of the event.
Basically, big city or famous department stores have big events,
and country side or local department stores have small events.
Hankyu Hyakkaten in Umeda, Hanshin Hyakkaten in Umeda,
Takashimaya in Namba & Kyoto are often having big events.
I'm living around Osaka, and I don't know about another locality.
Dec 31, 2009
Dec 30, 2009
Omisoka and Shogatsu (How Japanese Greet the New Year, 1/2).
Today, I'd like to talk about Japanese custom of year end and new year.
Year end and new year are called "Nenmatsu Nenshi" in Japanese.
Though some customs are fading away, we have a lot of things to do during Nenmatsu Nenshi.
And today, Christmas is included as the one of year end events.
Most of events are originally held to welcome "Toshigami".
Toshigami is a god of Shinto that symbolize the year, and it visit each house every New Year.
(The photo is Maiko's first working day of the year.)
Dec 29, 2009
KOBE KIMONO STREET - Epilouge.
That's all I want to talk about "KOBE KIMONO STREET".
I wish you visit there when you get a chance.
I too will visit there to shop at "O : Recycle-kimono SAKURA".
This shop has "A corner of all 390yen apiece", all of Kimono and Haori at this corner are 390yen.
I have bought a Haori with 195yen at half price sale!
I know more kimono shops in Kobe, or Osaka and Kyoto.
I'd like to write about these shops little by little at next year.
Moreover, now, we're making a map of antique kimono shops in Japan.
And possibly we'll have another blog about antique kimono shops and Kottouichi (antique market).
It's very tough work, only possibility.
Not only people who live in foreign countries, but also foreign people who live in or visit to Japan are coming to KIDORAKU Japan.
I'm glad to if I can help their meeting to kimono.
At Google Japan, I can find enormous informations about kimono those are written in Japanese.
But at Google in English, I cannot find so many kimono site without shop.
Though a few sites are well built, most sites are less information, are built for business, or include missunderstanding.
(Of course, I know some sites are wonderful!)
I hit upon.
"If there is no good site, then better I make it."
So, I started this site and blog.
I hope it will support your kimono-life!
The last update in 2009 of this blog will be "About Japanese New Year" that will be posted at 30th or 31th...maybe.
My last days of 2009 is passing with writing English.
I wish you visit there when you get a chance.
I too will visit there to shop at "O : Recycle-kimono SAKURA".
This shop has "A corner of all 390yen apiece", all of Kimono and Haori at this corner are 390yen.
I have bought a Haori with 195yen at half price sale!
I know more kimono shops in Kobe, or Osaka and Kyoto.
I'd like to write about these shops little by little at next year.
Moreover, now, we're making a map of antique kimono shops in Japan.
And possibly we'll have another blog about antique kimono shops and Kottouichi (antique market).
It's very tough work, only possibility.
Not only people who live in foreign countries, but also foreign people who live in or visit to Japan are coming to KIDORAKU Japan.
I'm glad to if I can help their meeting to kimono.
At Google Japan, I can find enormous informations about kimono those are written in Japanese.
But at Google in English, I cannot find so many kimono site without shop.
Though a few sites are well built, most sites are less information, are built for business, or include missunderstanding.
(Of course, I know some sites are wonderful!)
I hit upon.
"If there is no good site, then better I make it."
So, I started this site and blog.
I hope it will support your kimono-life!
The last update in 2009 of this blog will be "About Japanese New Year" that will be posted at 30th or 31th...maybe.
My last days of 2009 is passing with writing English.
KOBE KIMONO STREET - Prologue.
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 01 (Sannomiya Center-gai 1).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 02 (Sannomiya Center-gai 2).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 03 (Motomachi Shoten-gai 1).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 04 (Motomachi Shoten-gai 2).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 05 (Motomachi Shoten-gai 3).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - Epilouge.
Dec 28, 2009
Dec 27, 2009
Dec 26, 2009
Dec 25, 2009
Dec 24, 2009
Dec 20, 2009
KOBE KIMONO STREET - Prologue.
KOBE is the prefectural capital of Hyogo.
Kobe is well known as busy & old port town that have beautiful night view.
It has about 1.5 million people, and it's 6th city ranked in order of population.
20-30 minutes from Osaka by train, a lot of tourist spots are waiting for you.
The most famous cities at west Japan are Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.
(At east Japan, Tokyo and Yokohama and Nagoya are famous.)
And this city is also known with the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit Kobe area in 1995.
It registered 7.3 on the Richter scale, was heavy calamity, and it gave serious damage to cities around Kobe.
More than 6,000 people died, 40,000 people got injured, 650,000 houses and buildings broke, 13,000 houses burned, and highway fell down.
At that time, I was living in country side of neighboring city of Kobe.
My body jumped high on the bed, bookshelves were running to my bed, and a lot of tablewares broke at the kitchen.
Now, Kobe is reconstructing.
Streets are recovering their lifeness day by day.
I'm still living in same town, and I often visit Kobe.
There are two major shopping streets in Kobe.
At this area, a lot of brand-new or antique kimono shops are clustered close together.
Maybe it is more many than the longest shopping street of Japan that is in Osaka!
(The shopping district in Osaka have 2.6km distance and 600 shops.)
I think this area is one of the best place to get kimono in west Japan.
So, I name this area "KOBE KIMONO STREET" and will present kimono shops in there for people who visit Kobe from foreign countries.
...Oh...Who read this post and visit there, what a little likelihood! (^-^;
But I'd like to write about this heaven!
The names of these shopping streets are "Sannomiya Center-gai (right)" and "Motomachi Shoten-gai (left)".
I'll show you all kimono-shops that from east end of Sannomiya Center-gai (right end of the map) to west end of Motomachi Shoten-gai (left end)...maybe it is all.
Almost all of these shops can't deal with foreign customers.
But if you visit there directly, you can find wonderful kimono and maybe can talk with staffs in broken English and Japanese.
About some shops that declined to be taken photos, I can't show outward appearance of these shops.
Though I asked "Can I take photo?" to all shops, some of them couldn't decide about it without owner's decision, especially at chain stores.
About some shops that specially kind to me, I may write more comment.
When I visited these shops and talked about this blog, though several shops considered me to suspicious, basically they were very favorably.
I believe they will be friendly to you too.
If you get some chance to visit to around Kobe, Osaka or Kyoto, please extend your journey to these shopping streets!
Kobe is well known as busy & old port town that have beautiful night view.
It has about 1.5 million people, and it's 6th city ranked in order of population.
20-30 minutes from Osaka by train, a lot of tourist spots are waiting for you.
The most famous cities at west Japan are Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.
(At east Japan, Tokyo and Yokohama and Nagoya are famous.)
And this city is also known with the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit Kobe area in 1995.
It registered 7.3 on the Richter scale, was heavy calamity, and it gave serious damage to cities around Kobe.
More than 6,000 people died, 40,000 people got injured, 650,000 houses and buildings broke, 13,000 houses burned, and highway fell down.
At that time, I was living in country side of neighboring city of Kobe.
My body jumped high on the bed, bookshelves were running to my bed, and a lot of tablewares broke at the kitchen.
Now, Kobe is reconstructing.
Streets are recovering their lifeness day by day.
I'm still living in same town, and I often visit Kobe.
► Official Kobe Tourism Site
There are two major shopping streets in Kobe.
At this area, a lot of brand-new or antique kimono shops are clustered close together.
Maybe it is more many than the longest shopping street of Japan that is in Osaka!
(The shopping district in Osaka have 2.6km distance and 600 shops.)
I think this area is one of the best place to get kimono in west Japan.
So, I name this area "KOBE KIMONO STREET" and will present kimono shops in there for people who visit Kobe from foreign countries.
...Oh...Who read this post and visit there, what a little likelihood! (^-^;
But I'd like to write about this heaven!
The names of these shopping streets are "Sannomiya Center-gai (right)" and "Motomachi Shoten-gai (left)".
I'll show you all kimono-shops that from east end of Sannomiya Center-gai (right end of the map) to west end of Motomachi Shoten-gai (left end)...maybe it is all.
Almost all of these shops can't deal with foreign customers.
But if you visit there directly, you can find wonderful kimono and maybe can talk with staffs in broken English and Japanese.
About some shops that declined to be taken photos, I can't show outward appearance of these shops.
Though I asked "Can I take photo?" to all shops, some of them couldn't decide about it without owner's decision, especially at chain stores.
About some shops that specially kind to me, I may write more comment.
When I visited these shops and talked about this blog, though several shops considered me to suspicious, basically they were very favorably.
I believe they will be friendly to you too.
If you get some chance to visit to around Kobe, Osaka or Kyoto, please extend your journey to these shopping streets!
KOBE KIMONO STREET - Prologue.
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 01 (Sannomiya Center-gai 1).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 02 (Sannomiya Center-gai 2).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 03 (Motomachi Shoten-gai 1).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 04 (Motomachi Shoten-gai 2).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - 05 (Motomachi Shoten-gai 3).
KOBE KIMONO STREET - Epilouge.
Dec 18, 2009
The Answer of Tenkaippin's TV commercial.
It's my memorandum & reply to comment at "KIMONO Movies at YouTube - TV commercial 4.". At the post, I wrote as follows.
Ramen noodle house, "Tenka-Ippin".
"Tenka-Ippin" means "unrivivaled".
It's a very famous & big chain restaurants of Ramen (Chinese noodle).
2009 Becky (TV star)
► Watch the TV commercial. (new window open.)
Houmomgi : small chrysanthemum & butterfly
Fukuro-Obi? : gold design on black, pine leaves & gingko leaves?
I guess she is wearing half of red Houmongi over black Houmongi.
All of small flowers on Han-eri, Obi-age and Obi-jime are purple.
Obi-dome and Kanzashi are red.
They're getting along well with each other.
Ramen noodle house, "Tenka-Ippin".
"Tenka-Ippin" means "unrivivaled".
It's a very famous & big chain restaurants of Ramen (Chinese noodle).
2009 Becky (TV star)
► Watch the TV commercial. (new window open.)
Houmomgi : small chrysanthemum & butterflyFukuro-Obi? : gold design on black, pine leaves & gingko leaves?
I guess she is wearing half of red Houmongi over black Houmongi.
All of small flowers on Han-eri, Obi-age and Obi-jime are purple.
Obi-dome and Kanzashi are red.
They're getting along well with each other.
Dec 12, 2009
My Kimono Coordination (Nov,Dec/2009).
Hi all!...I feel I haven't written blog for a long time...
Sorry about my comment and reply are too late...(>_<;
Now, I'm listening Michael Jackson's songs.
So, I have a question to ask native speakers.
Could you follow what he sing?
Could you catch his words from his pronunciation?
I sometimes cannot catch it enough even if I hear it again and again.
For example, I heard "Smooth Criminal" with reading lyrics, but I heard a little different sound from "Annie, are you OK?".
But I also cannot catch lyrics of some Japanese songs with a quick tempo like rap or punk rock.
Yes, words or pronunciation in songs and everyday life are often different.
And I cannot find answer.
Is why I cannot catch his lyrics which of his pronunciation or my ears?
When you hear his song without lyrics, can you catch words completely?
From next post, I'll talk about my close city Kobe and kimono shops in there.
Do you know Kobe? And what Japanese city do you know?
I guess only Tokyo is famous, maybe Osaka and Kyoto are too.
Though I like Holland, the names of cities in Holland that I can say with confident is only Amsterdam.
I think usually 1-3 cities are well-known in far countries.
So, probably you didn't know or interest in Kobe.
Or, maybe you know this city with calamity of an earthquake.
Anyway, I'll write about it because I want to do it, haha.
And, my outfits are following.
Sorry about my comment and reply are too late...(>_<;
Now, I'm listening Michael Jackson's songs.
So, I have a question to ask native speakers.
Could you follow what he sing?
Could you catch his words from his pronunciation?
I sometimes cannot catch it enough even if I hear it again and again.
For example, I heard "Smooth Criminal" with reading lyrics, but I heard a little different sound from "Annie, are you OK?".
But I also cannot catch lyrics of some Japanese songs with a quick tempo like rap or punk rock.
Yes, words or pronunciation in songs and everyday life are often different.
And I cannot find answer.
Is why I cannot catch his lyrics which of his pronunciation or my ears?
When you hear his song without lyrics, can you catch words completely?
From next post, I'll talk about my close city Kobe and kimono shops in there.
Do you know Kobe? And what Japanese city do you know?
I guess only Tokyo is famous, maybe Osaka and Kyoto are too.
Though I like Holland, the names of cities in Holland that I can say with confident is only Amsterdam.
I think usually 1-3 cities are well-known in far countries.
So, probably you didn't know or interest in Kobe.
Or, maybe you know this city with calamity of an earthquake.
Anyway, I'll write about it because I want to do it, haha.
And, my outfits are following.
Dec 3, 2009
Kimono events / fairs guide. (Dec/2009)
I haven't guarantee that informations are completely correct.
And, often they close the events early at the last day.
When you visit there, please confirm it yourself.
cf.) Japanese Department store's map.(Eng./Chin./Korean)
cf.) Links of Japanese Department store's websites.
(Some of them are written in English and so on.)
This list include very small events or fairs
because I cannot confirm the scale of the event.
Basically, big city or famous department stores have big events,
and country side or local department stores have small events.
Hankyu Hyakkaten in Umeda, Hanshin Hyakkaten in Umeda,
Takashimaya in Namba & Kyoto are often having big events.
I'm living around Osaka, and I don't know about another locality.
And, often they close the events early at the last day.
When you visit there, please confirm it yourself.
cf.) Japanese Department store's map.(Eng./Chin./Korean)
cf.) Links of Japanese Department store's websites.
(Some of them are written in English and so on.)
This list include very small events or fairs
because I cannot confirm the scale of the event.
Basically, big city or famous department stores have big events,
and country side or local department stores have small events.
Hankyu Hyakkaten in Umeda, Hanshin Hyakkaten in Umeda,
Takashimaya in Namba & Kyoto are often having big events.
I'm living around Osaka, and I don't know about another locality.
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