Saiyachan

I’m a 30 year old woman from Holland. l work in the game industy. Most of my work is designing charachters, animation and interfaces for games. I love comic, games and anime.

For a few years now I’ve been fascinated by Japan, it’s culture and the kimono. It makes me sad to know that the kimono is slowly dying. A few hundred years ago, thousands of people worked as kimono makers. But today? There are only a few families left in Japan who can do this work.

I had a few kimono’s for some years now, but I never thought of wearing them properly. Until 2 years ago. I started to get interested in actually wearing them. I’ve been teaching myself more and more about kimono and kitsuke from everything that I can find in books or on the internet. My collection is still growing and my skill is slowly improving.

Please also visite my blog www.orandakitsuke.com