Monday, April 24, 2006

Kimika's Beautiful Kimono

君香の美しい着物

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Kimika strikes a pose during a peice entitled "Colorful Scenes of Kyoto," showing off the breath-taking yuzen design on the long, flowing sleeves of her kimono. Kimika is a young maiko, or apprentice geiko, in Miyagawa-cho, one of Kyoto's Gohanamachi (literally 5 Flower Towns), or geiko entertainment districts. (57th Annual Kyo Odori).

4 comments:

Inge said...

Waw, that looks amazing :-). I'm very jealous as I would have loved to see some Spring Dances myself! Have to wait until next year...

Whoosh said...

Gorgeous!!! It's a simple stunning kimono(and Kimika is such a beautiful maiko)!

It must have been sooooooooo expensive! *_____*

Lindizzy said...

her kimono is soooo beautiful! why did I ever leave Japan....

Anonymous said...

You know, Kimika looks so much like her sister Kimiharu, I often mistake one for the other... Anyways, Kimika kinda reminds me of Mineko Iwasaki, 'coz there're some angles of her that really (and I mean really) resemble Mineko. Nice shot!