If the cherry blossom viewing party in Kyoto can wear Japanese kimono and stroll under the cherry trees, it will be very suitable and beautiful. Therefore, this trip has reserved a kimono experience with Dafang, Xiao V, and my sister. They came to the main building of Okamoto Fabrics and waited for me one by one. Share the experience process and choose your own kimono carefully for everyone. ^^
Go to the kimono experience in Okamoto
Going to Google to search for the keyword "Kimono Experience Okamoto", there will be a wealth of Blog articles for your reference, and seeing everyone sharing the beautiful kimono figure, I feel that it is rare for us to sprint to Kyoto and enjoy cherry blossoms. We can take photos and join at the same time. The kimono element should be very graphic.Two months before departure, we asked my sister to go to Okamoto to make an appointment, and we planned to arrive at the Okamoto Fabric Museum at 9 o'clock in the morning.
In order not to be late, our group hurriedly took a taxi from the hotel to Gojozaka here at Kiyomizu Temple to Chawanzaka, saving time and leg strength, and finally arrived on time.Unexpectedly, there are already several groups of travelers choosing styles in the store. It seems that the Kyoto kimono experience has become one of the must-go plans for the itinerary. (Remind again, be sure to make an appointment in advance. Firstly, the manpower in the store is limited, and secondly, it is also for the quality of service. We encountered a group that ran temporarily on the same day. The boss politely declined to say that the number of guests is full today, please They make an appointment before coming here~)
After entering, the service staff will first confirm the appointment staff and number, and give us one person and two big bags to hold our own belongings. Men and other friends will be invited to a small and waiting room.Those who want to experience the kimono will choose the styles they want in order, including "kimono", "belt", "bead belt", "inner shirt", "small handbag" (this is my abbreviation, the official name still needs Inquiry), in addition, after going upstairs, the foot bag will be worn first, and the skilled master will put it on for us one by one.
※ Okamoto Fabric Main Building
The price of Okamoto fabric's kimono experience
The kimono experience provided by Okamoto Fabrics can be divided into three price ranges:
- 3,150 yen: Several sets will be matched by the store for customers to choose, saving time for selection, but they will still be worn by a professional instructor.
- 4,200 yen: The customer chooses a set of kimonos, with more than 300 styles, while the rest will be matched with a few sets for you to choose from.
- 5,250 yen: Okamoto offers more than 600 styles of kimonos, allowing you to freely match kimono patterns, belts, thin belts, inner shirts, and small handbags.
We led to the room one by one to choose the styles we wanted. The kimono designs in the store did not actually have 600 to choose from as stated on the website, but there were also a lot of scenes, which made me dazzled and ecstatic. I don’t know what to do. How did you pick it?In retrospect, I feel that the store is in line with the seasons. Many of the kimonos hanging on the shelves at that time were related to cherry blossoms.Each row of shelves will be marked with "price, size", in my case, I just choose the color of the "5,250 yen, L size" shelf.
How to choose a suit?My tip is...according to the weather
– Blue sky, white clouds and sunny day: In such good weather, people will often take pictures of people with scenery. According to the good local weather, there will be a blue sky. In fact, choose the "light color" and "powder color". Good, it will make the overall picture look simpler and better.
– Gray and cloudy sky: At this time, the light and background will look gray and white when photographed. It is very necessary to use "bright colors", "bright colors", and "contrast colors" to make the characters in the photos stand out.
Next, choose the waistband, beaded waistband, and inner shirt color. Usually everyone will choose the same color waistband as the kimono to match in order. My little suggestion is to find the "main color" among the kimono colors selected on hand. "Secondary color" to choose, you can even boldly choose "contrasting color". For my example, I chose deep purple as the base, which is covered with pink, pink, and bright yellow flowers. So choose from "secondary color", " Looking at "contrasting colors," I chose a bright yellow belt, pink beaded belt, and pink cherry blossom neckline on a white background shirt for your reference.
Step1. Choose kimono color
▲There are so many patterns, and I don’t know how to choose for a while. According to my own preferences and the method I just suggested, I can definitely choose the style I like!
▲ This is the first time I have finalized the design, it is very elegant pink, with a bunch of flowers on it.
▲ Considering that the weather is not good today and the shooting background is a large number of cherry blossoms in white and pink, choose another color system instead.
Step2. Match the belt
▲ You can choose a few more pieces for comparison, or directly choose the secondary color as the main color of the belt.
Step3. There are many styles of thin belts
Step4. The color of the inner shirt
▲ The color of the inner shirt mainly depends on the color of the neckline, which will make the selection sooner. ^^
Step5. Small bag to be matched after installation
▲ After all the items are matched, the service staff will help you organize them into one, ready to go upstairs to dress and get your hair done.
Experience service process of Okamoto Fabrics
Three or five friends go together and can help each other take pictures and give opinions. The biggest disadvantage is that it will take a lot of time. (laugh)
Finally, the five of us in a group chose to go upstairs, and we had to dress and hairstyle. There are already four to five masters in the room. Please take off the existing clothes. They are very skilled and quickly put on kimonos for us one by one. Tie the waist knot for each of us, and then go to another room to wait for the hair stylist.Okamoto Fabrics provides hair styling services. There are three styles in total, full-on, side-on, and full-on curly hair, at an additional price of 500 yen.
I had only shoulder-length hair and my sister's head, so I chose a full-scale traditional styling.After sitting down, the master immediately applied hot curls to the hair section, and then sprayed a lot of hairspray for styling. To put all the hair on the plate, he also used a lot of small black clips to make the hairstyle look neat and clean.Every member of the hair stylist will wear a mask, quickly and methodically complete the hairstyle of each customer, and will help us choose a hair accessory to wear, and we are done!
If you come to Kyoto, there is a schedule for kimono experience. It is best to come with three or five friends, or ask the other half to do the kimono experience together, so that you can record the process and fun with each other like us. (This time my husband and Dafang must wait for us downstairs, and can't come up and take pictures for us, so as not to affect the work of other masters)
※ Make styling
▲ Hair style two: side disc style.
▲ Hair style three: full-on curly hair.
Okamoto Fabric's Kimono Experience Sharing
The installation is complete!The five of us in a group looked at each other's new dresses, and started to take photos one after another, taking photos with each other, taking selfies, and taking photos at the door. (Shame~)
Remember to go to the bathroom before you leave!Before, many people shared the difference between Okamoto fabrics and dyers, and they all said that the dyer’s mother-in-law would tie the clothes tightly, while Okamoto would be looser.The master of Okamoto fabrics is really loose, so if you need to adjust it, you can ask the master to adjust it.We later divided into two groups, Dafang, Xiao V, Meiko and the others headed towards Kiyomizu Temple, but we wanted to go back to Philosophy to take pictures of cherry blossoms and kimonos, so we walked slowly down and stopped the taxi to go there.
At that time, the philosophical way was still at the stage where the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, but the cherry blossoms had begun to blow snow, and the ground was full of cherry blossom petals, even when the wind blew, the sky was full of pink petals, which was very beautiful.When I took pictures for my sister and Xiangxiang, I thought that the kimono and the cherry blossoms would go well, and because it was very conspicuous, I also met a few Japanese people who said they wanted to take pictures of us, and they were very shy into the lens.Later, when I transferred to Heian Shrine, I met a foreign tourist group and was asked by the Japanese tour guide if it could be his model.
He explained the kimonos on my body one by one, the difference between unmarried and married women wearing kimonos, from waist knot tying methods, when Japanese women would wear kimonos, etc. The explanation was very detailed, and finally he said to everyone, "I originally thought This lady is a Japanese girl, in fact a Chinese girl. Today, I went to experience kimono rental. You can also do this if you have the opportunity!", a few foreigners rushed to take pictures with me. She was really shy and became the first time Being photographed and grabbing a photo subject also made my kimono experience experience a happy end.
※ Time to take pictures!
▲ Put so many photos of myself on the grid for the first time. ^^b
▲ The photo contains three hairstyles provided by Okamoto Fabrics for your reference.
▲ There are many different patterns of Okamoto fabrics.
※ Hairstyle, thin waistband, waist knot sharing photos
▲ The light in the store was slightly dim just now, and the exploded view allows everyone to see clearly.
▲ Different thin belt styles.
▲ The waist knot is based on similar bow knot styles.
▲ Due to the inconvenience of walking, remember to bring a portable camera and valuables, and take pictures to the other half! ^^
▲ If you are here during the cherry blossom season, you must come to Philosophy to take photos.
▲ The short-term commentary model at Heian Shrine.
▲ A group photo with friends from Hong Kong.
◎ レンタル’s work Okamoto Honkan
– Address: 〒605-0846 538-14, Gojobashi East XNUMXchome, Higashiyama District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
– Phone: +81 75-525-0117
-Business hours: 09:00-20:00
– Chinese website: http://www.okamoto-kimono.com/tw/
◎ レンタル Works Okamoto Kiyomizusaka Store
– Address: 〒605-0862 2-237-1-1, Shimizu, Higashiyama District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
– Phone: +81 75-525-7115
-Business hours: 09:00-20:00
– Chinese website: http://www.okamoto-kimono.com/tw/
◎ Okamoto Fabric Shop
– Address: 〒605-0862 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Higashiyama Ward, Shimizu 1
– Phone: +81 75-561-4436
– Website: http://www.okamotoorimono.or.tv/
