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~Kimono Life~: January 2008
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Monday, January 7, 2008. Tokyomango: http:/ www.tokyomango.com/tokyo mango/2007/12/first-white-gei.html. Japantoday: http:/ www.japantoday.com/jp/news/423498. Telegraph UK: http:/ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml? And debito's blog: http:/ www.debito.org/index.php/? Japan’s first ever foreign geisha. For the first time in the 400 year history of the geisha, a Westerner has been accepted, and on December 19, will formally debut under the name Sayuki. Http:/ www.sayuki.net. I had made a decision to keep...
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~Kimono Life~: October 2007
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Saturday, October 13, 2007. Japan's oldest geisha turns 99. Japan's oldest geisha marks her 99th birthday. ATAMI, Shizuoka - Japan's oldest active geisha, Kokin Nee-san, celebrated her 99th birthday. Kokin has been a geisha for more than 80 years. She still practices playing the shamisen and singing kouta songs at least once a week even now, keeping her ahead of the country's 2,800 younger geisha. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Where in the World. Create your own visitor map!
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~Kimono Life~: February 2010
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Rags and riches by the Myoshoji. Rags and riches by the Myoshoji. Artisans down by the riverside make a clean job of preserving priceless traditions. Few writers have been able to evoke the bare beams of poverty or the lambent lives of those who endure it with more dignity than Fumiko Hayashi (1903-1951). Spotless reputations: Wataru Shimizu (left) and Yukio Kato are expert professionals in the specialist field of shimi-nuki (stain removal from kimono and delicate fabrics).
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Just Another Kimono Blog: Oosterse Dagen in Asten
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Just Another Kimono Blog. A blog about kimono, kitsuke, kanzashi and maybe something more. September 6, 2014. Oosterse Dagen in Asten. So It has been a very long while since I posted something on my kimonoblog! A lot has happened since February last year, and it had very little to do with kimono. I just didn't wear kimono much last year. But, the last weekend of August made up for it big time. We didn't know what to expect, but we had a lot of fun! People couldn't believe that an obi was that long! But t...
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from Pillar to Post: a traveller's guide to stuff: October 2008
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From Pillar to Post: a traveller's guide to stuff. Bee and I are off on a whirlwind (more of a category 4 cyclone) ride around the world. Getting in touch with our Asian roots and then heading back to the motherland for a bit of toe-tapping fun with the locals. We'll just have to wait and see how this one pans out. Friday, 31 October 2008. Hmm Well, that's the bad stuff out of the way. Unfortunately, all these goings on did put a bit of a dampener on my experience of Budapest (pronounced like. Our hostel...
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from Pillar to Post: a traveller's guide to stuff: Hogmanay
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From Pillar to Post: a traveller's guide to stuff. Bee and I are off on a whirlwind (more of a category 4 cyclone) ride around the world. Getting in touch with our Asian roots and then heading back to the motherland for a bit of toe-tapping fun with the locals. We'll just have to wait and see how this one pans out. Saturday, 31 January 2009. Lee had a day off on the 29th and we spent a good few hours of it walking around the highest point in Edinburgh, Arthur's Seat and the Craigs (pronounced crags.
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from Pillar to Post: a traveller's guide to stuff: playing and philosophies
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From Pillar to Post: a traveller's guide to stuff. Bee and I are off on a whirlwind (more of a category 4 cyclone) ride around the world. Getting in touch with our Asian roots and then heading back to the motherland for a bit of toe-tapping fun with the locals. We'll just have to wait and see how this one pans out. Tuesday, 24 February 2009. Julie's back home. but had a fantastic time. How I wish I were there to hear you at your open mic night! Keep it going Paul :). 24 February 2009 at 1:58 pm. We're a ...
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Flower & Willow: Flickr photostream
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News and updates for the Flower and Willow store in Second Life. Friday, November 23, 2007. The observant among you may have noticed that I've added a Flickr slideshow to the side of the blog. Well, cause just having pictures of me there will get boring, I've started up a Flower and Willow Flickr group here. Please feel free to join and add pictures of you in Flower and Willow stuff! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Flower and Willow locations. Flower and Willow Main Store. Back on home shores.
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Flower & Willow: January Kanzashi
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News and updates for the Flower and Willow store in Second Life. Monday, December 31, 2007. The New Year is just around the corner, so for the maiko of Second Life it's almost time to change their kanzashi. January's ornament is now in, and once again includes hana kanzashi for junior and senior maiko and is available in either mod/copy or mod/trans. This is the junior version:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Flower and Willow locations. Flower and Willow Main Store. Flower and Willow - Java Island.
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Flower & Willow: New kimono, new store and something to keep the sun... er... snow off you
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News and updates for the Flower and Willow store in Second Life. Friday, December 21, 2007. New kimono, new store and something to keep the sun. er. snow off you. The Flower and Willow great update is done! Every single one of my kimono has now been upgraded to feature new, more realistic, sleeves and obi and I have to say I'm very pleased with the way they've turned out! Anyway, here are the new releases. First up, two new kimono:. And a new freebie:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).