This past weekend we were excited to once more take part in the Japanese Summer Festival hosted once a year at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Illinois. Every July this festival offers a selection of transnational Japanese entertainment including the likes of taiko, koto, awa odori, calligraphy, and more. If you ever have a chance to attend this event, we highly recommend it and feel that this Festival is largely an unknown gem tucked away in a world renown Japanes

You are invited to join us as we celebrate 10 year of Ohio Kimono! Ohio Kimono was started in April 2009, and we consider ourselves blessed to have so many supportive, and wonderful loyal customers. So we wanted to celebrate our company turning 10 years old WITH YOU! We are taking over the Schedel Japanese Gardens in Elmore Ohio for a exclusive and highly limited exhibit of furisode, which are the long sleeve kimono. Light finger foods with drink, and live entertainment will

For two weeks we are out in the Portland, Oregon area. Portland is a wonderful area and there is a wealth of attractions. Our favorite place to visit in Portland is the Portland Japanese Gardens. This was our first time visiting the gardens in early spring. The Portland Japanese Gardens are a great venue to wear kimono to. #garden #Japanesegarden #Portland #PortlandOregon #oregon #PortlandJapaneseGardens

This weekend we are excited to return to one of by far one of our favorite all time festivals in the USA, the Japanese Summer Festival at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Illinois. Just a stones throw outside of Chicago, these world renown Japanese gardens host a once a year festival that attracts visitors from around the world, as well as a good many performers and artists from Japan. Our pop-up kimono boutique will have a lovely selection of Japanese kimono includ

During our recent trip to Portland, Oregon for Kumoricon we could not pass up the chance to visit the renown Japanese Gardens in Portland. In our previous blog post we showed off how marvelous autumn was in the garden, and the dazzling display of colors that was on display. Much to our delight, the timing of our trip to the Portland Japanese Garden also coincided with a very special and limited exhibit about Noh. Noh is an ancient form of theater in Japan that is known by man

Japanese gardens are especially known for the colorful display that put on during autumn. From the golden ginko leaves, to the fiery red maple leaves the selection of autumn tones is certain to delight anyone. During our recently trip to the West Coast to sell at Kumoricon, we made a side trip to visit the Portland Japanese Gardens. Our timing was perfect, and we arrived to enjoy peak autumn colors, and also an outstanding exhibit dedicated to noh theater, specifically the m