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Shichigosan – Japanese Children’s festival day

j-okini Nov 13, 2016

Shichigosan is a Japanese word and literally means ‘seven’ – Shichi, ‘five’ – go, ‘three’ – san. Shichigosan is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls ...

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Kumihimo – gathered threads

j-okini Nov 9, 2016

Kumihimo is a Japanese word for “gathered – kumi, threads – himo”. Kumihimo is a Japanese technique of braiding strands of silk to creat intricately colored cords. Samurai once used Kumihimo as laces ...

Japanese culture

Lady Gaga received a beautiful Kimono

j-okini Nov 5, 2016

I have joined a group of ‘Kimono’ on facebook recently. There are almost 13000 people in this group they are mostly Japanese and when they wear Kimono they are posting in this group. It ...