Vintage Japanese Kimono Culture News
18th Century Boys Suit: YokoDana Creative Upcycling Customers (List updated)
November 08, 2018 • Yoko Lewis
18th Century Boys Suit, Upcycled using vintage KimonobyPleasantly Malformed(Blogger) We only recently came across this handiwork by one of our bulk vintage kimono package customers, from her blog in March of 2017. It is an 18th Century Boys Suit created by blogger Pleasantly Malformed on blogspot.com, To see her blog -- with multiple pictures and explanation of how she did it -- please visit her blog HERE. We aren't often told of the myriad ways that folks buying our vintage Japanese kimonos and fabrics use them in their creative work in various media. So, when we happened upon this one, being...
Office & Shipping Schedule Update
October 29, 2018 • Dana Lewis
We will be closed and not shipping orders on October 30th and 31st. We're still accepting orders on the website and will be accessing emails on October 31st; we aren't expecting any shipping delays due to this brief closure. Yoko
New Japanese Culture-Fashion News Website, JapanAmericaNews.com
October 22, 2018 • Yoko Lewis
Thought that our visitors and members might find this new site of interest: Introducing a new site with a focus on quality information about Japan, Japanese Culture, Fashion and more. Please check it out at: www.japanamericanews.com
Full Moon Festival: New Venue at Seabrook NJ Buddhist Temple(Update:Oct25)
October 17, 2018 • Yoko Lewis
UPDATE: OCTOBER 25, 2018: We are sorry to announce that we will not be able to attend this event. Details of our office and shipment schedule will be posted here in our site blog and on our Facebook Page.We are disappointed as we were really looking forward to it. This promises to be a great event so we encourage all to check it out. Yoko Lewis Full Moon Festival Seabrook Buddhist Temple Bridgeton, New Jersey DATE: Saturday, October 27, 2018,4:00PM to 8:00PMEvent Information from NJHeartland.org HERE. Handmade in Japan, Tsumami Zaiku Kanzashi Hair Accessories: Otedama hand-made mini-dolls from our vintage silk kimono fabrics:
Coming Soon to YokoDana Kimono: High-End Kanzashi ,Tsumami
October 14, 2018 • Yoko Lewis
We are in the process of upgrading our web store. Also, we are in the midst of increasing offerings of items which are hand crafted in Japan by our own artisans and seamstresses -- Not Chinese or other off-shore mass production. So we are pleased to announce today that the kanzashi below -- and others to come, all made by our own artisans -- will be added to the web store soon. Our kanzashi are tsumami zaiku type -- fine examples of traditional artisan work made with Japanese kimono fabrics. To learn more about Honami Nakashima's hand-crafted tsumami zaiku style kanzashi...