April 6, 2024: Note from Yoko:One of our cherished customers, who's been with us for quite some time, recently shared a touching story about her journey with our vintage Japanese kimonos and fabrics. It's truly heartening to learn how these traditional textiles we offer have been repurposed by a talented textile artist/quilter, turning the fabrics into not just functional pieces, but also artistic symbols of kindness and comfort during difficult times. We are thankful to Jane for allowing us to share this here below. But Jane's experience isn't the only one like this that we've heard; in the past, when...

We have recovered an archive page with information from JohnMarshall.to, as a convenience. John is rebuilding this information page and we link/refer (but now as 404) to it in many of our pages, so until the updated page about kimono care and cleaning on johnmarshall.to website is completed, we leave this as a courtesy, please select image below: Wayback Machine Archive Page (original file source was on johnmarshall.to: H-conversations015a.htm )

Suiseki "Water-Stone" Japanese Art Stones Paired with Vintage Kimono Silks: New Showcase

 A Note from Yoko:  We love it when customers send us emails and pictures of what they have made from what they've purchased on yokodana.com, or, how they've used it in some activity, or, as part of interior decoration of their home or business. In fact,  there are so many of these special and creative uses that we have built a growing list of the many ways that our vintage Japanese Kimonos & fabrics are used or worn by our customers; you can see the list in one of our FAQ pages HERE. We thank Judy for sharing this with us here....

WHAT'S THIS PAGE? Over the years, we've been asked more than once, "Is it kimonos (with an s), or kimono when describing more than one kimono?". So, we put a little light-hearted page together sharing our use of the terms, HERE.