Don't let the holiday shopping season slip by! While it may be too late to order a gift from Japan in time for Christmas, we have your...

Due to popular request, we have pulled a selection of Japanese books from our private research library. These books will be set out and...

This Black Friday not only are we offering 20% off everything site wide, but we are also hiding a handful of great items on our website...

Our Black Friday sale is our largest sale of the year! Everything site wide will be at LEAST 20% off. Additionally, we are going to hide...

We are wrapping up the final details of decorating for our once a year annual open house. This year we decided to up our game, and do...

We have an extensive private library of books dedicated mostly to Japanese kimono, but also a wealth of other topics including tea...

Join us on Dec 8th for our once a year annual Holiday Open House! From 11am to 6pm the public is welcome to stop by our base of...

Happy Halloween! Although Halloween is mostly celebrated in America, there are scattered places in Japan that observe it too. One of our...

A common problem with vintage and antique clothing are stains. Stains present a wide variety of problems, and are difficult to treat....

We love unique koshimo, and have been waiting almost a year to give away a very special koshihimo! We have 1 dancing skeleton koshimo,...

We do not know about you, but Halloween is easily our favorite time of the year. That said there is a distinct lack of Halloween, or...

We are excited to return to Chicago, Illinois this weekend and are a part of the first ever Chicago Matsuri! This two day outdoor...

Storing and travelling with your authentic kimono, and kitsuke dressing tools can be problematic. The desire to better organize our...

Autumn is here! Say good-bye to your fun loving summer yukata, and slip into something more traditional. This past week we have added a...

As a part of our ongoing research into fashion trends and styles expressed with Japanese kimono over the decades, we have collected a...