Maiko Henshin and Kitsuke

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I got my sensei matcha from Tsuen Tea on my trip to Japan. The shop itself has been run for 22 generations by the same family in the same place. It's in Uji across the bridge from Byodo-in. It was pretty fabulous to go there and pick up some tea. They make the tea in Uji, too.

I wore this Black Cat kimono and pink rose hanhaba obi today for kitsuke and tea ceremony class. I remembered some things (though not much). I haven't done tea ceremony since last year. I'm still doing pretty good on remembering my kitsuke and obi bows though, that's nice! My new purplish-fushia Fukuro obi (far right) turns out to be a great length (and fully patterned), too! What a nice surprise!.., I'd just picked it up because I really liked the color! I practiced with that one, today, too.
I brought some lacey collars to class today to ask my sensei about it, to my surprise no one had really seen that type before. Maybe next time I'll bring some of my modern kimono magazines.


Had a little time to go through some photos today from our "lets pretend to be a Maiko and a samurai" day. These are from a dressup studio. They do your makeup and provide the outfits and take the photos.