This year we have included into our show lineup a few great new shows, and are excited to be a part of them! Once more we are traveling from coast to coast, and will travel all over the USA to sell kimono in person at our pop-up boutique. Here is our current list of confirmed events, there are many more shows pending that will be added shortly! Please be aware that these shows will cause small shipping delays for online orders. 2018 Show Schedule Jan 26th-28th - Ohayocon (Co

A lovely selection of new haneri were just added to our online store! Many of these brand new haneri are made from fabric sold exclusively in Japan, and are made by Japanese companies. The new haneri include designs that feature Alice In Wonderland and even playful black cats. Haneri are a quick and easy kimono accessory that is a collar you wear attached to your juban, with an eri shin slid under it to give your collar a nice stiff look. As of this week we also have eri shin

The single greatest perk of owning a kimono store is being able to see so many great kimono first hand. Here is a selection of our 10 favori

From all of us in the Ohio Kimono family we wish you a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year. Thank you all so much for your support, we look forward to serving you in 2018. #Ohiokimono #kimonostore #wheretobuykimono #buykimono #kimonoya #japanesekimono #japanesekimonos #yukata #Michigankimono #Chicagokimono #Indianakimono #Texaskimono

We did it! Our online Japanese kimono store just hit over 1,000 items for sale! We are so proud and excited to share our authentic Japanese kimono, obi, haori and kitsuke accessories with everyone! Selling online has been a pleasure and has been a really enjoyable experience as we enjoy serving our customers online. To celebrate this occasion we are offering a sale! You can enjoy 10% off of everything in our store for 1 week only, starting today! Now is a great time to grab

Our website has been busy, and buzzing with activity. The behind the scenes of our company is equally busy, as we attend to our customers individual needs and every order. With so much activity it is easy to miss how much work there still is left to do. Today we took a quick stock and tally of the kimono inventory waiting to be added to our online kimono store. Guess how many Japanese kimono are waiting to be added to our online kimono store? Over 600 kimono! We have 40+ ob

We have some really exciting new to share! We have finished securing a new warehouse on the west coast! That is right! We have a new expanded base of operations in Portland, OR! Our aim with our new west coast warehouse is to serve Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco! The stock at our new warehouse on the west coast will be 100% different from the online store, and our east coast warehouse. We are so excited to share this expansion with you, and can't wait to hit the west

We recently added a new katsura wig to our online kimono store! This wig is interesting, as most people are use to seeing only the bridal ones. This katsura wig is in the style of Yuiwata, which is most commonly today worn by maiko. This style was also popular among trendy young women in the Edo period. Maiko are apprentice Geisha. This authentic katsura wig is made from real human hair, and has a metal frame on the inside of it to support the wig. To learn more about this

Guess what I just ordered 100+ bottles of?! THE NEW LIMITED EDITION PINK HALLOWEEN PEPSI! This drink is limited to Japan, and is out for only a short time. If you recall the Sakura Pepsi was really popular. We are going to have these in stock, and will be happy to offer them! For those of you who were customers of our at the time of Sakura Pepsi, you will recall they were really popular to sell. We consistently sold out of them at any event we bought them to. We will be se

The hakata design is fairly wide spread, and found commonly on obi and date jime worn by any gender as casual attire. The hakata design is made up of Buddhist tools, and the colors used commonly are focused around the 5 virtues. The most common color combination is black and white. This design is multi-seasonal, and can be worn by any gender. Color Meaning Purple - Righteousness Green - Benevolence Red (also pink) - Propriety Yellow - Trust Blue - Wisdom ​Here are a few examp

As our online kimono store has grown and we take on more shows to sell at, we are struggling to find a rhythm for shipping our online kimono orders. When our online kimono store was much smaller, many purchases shipped same day from our warehouse. However our business has since grown to a point that we can no longer operate in this manner. All too often we were unable to ship on a Monday, Saturday, or Friday due to being at shows. For us shipping was increasingly becoming ch

It has been a very busy week for us here! A large selection of inventory just arrived from Japan, and we are trying our best to work our way through all the lovely new kimono and obi. Included in the shipments were some really lovely antique nagoya obi, and stunning silk furisode kimono. As of today we have added many of these items for sale in our online kimono store. That being said, we still have hundreds more kimono to add to the site! Here is a sneak peek of the new k

Holy cheese and crackers folks, we have a -lot- of obi in stock at the moment, 251 obi to be exacty. The majority of these obi are intended to be worn in a feminine style. These lovely ladies are all looking for a new home to love them be it that they are worn with kimono as a part of kitsuke, a wall scroll for interior design, or whatever it is you can envision. Almost all of our obi are in ready to wear condition. ALL obi are 15% off for 1 week only in our store! You also

This past weekend we were excited to be a part of the Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly, Michigan. We were honored to be their first ever kimono dealer at the festival, and had an amazing time. The Ren Fest is a really fun event, and we loved being a part of it. Our entire weekend was one long party, and the community is made up of some mega history nerds and fun people. Our kimono had a great reception. A number of persons stopped by and purchased kimono with us, many o

We are excited to be an official vendor of the Michigan Renaissance Festival this weekend! This particular Festival is located in Holly, Michigan and is one of the larger RenFests in the nation. We are a part of a theme weekend 'Wonders Of The World' have have the pleasure and honor of being their first ever kimono dealer at the Festival! We plan on having a large selection of Japanese kimono with us for sale, kimono that are suitable for all genders and ages. In addition to