Did anyone else get to celebrate Tanabata? Me, my brother Tysen, and two of the girls of the
Seattle/Tacoma Kimono Club went to the Tanabata Festival at the Seattle Japanese Garden, we had such a good time! Just being able to walk around and garden in yukata was a wonderful experience!
I wanted to bring my son Bryan with me since tanabata is a festival that is good for children (origami and making wishes!) but unfortunately he would have been very cranky and impatient, since my friends and I had planned on attending tea ceremony at the festival. I was glad that he stayed home, as I didn't see many things at the festival that he would have enjoyed, he is too young. There were a few children at the garden, but not many. So instead, I made some origami decorations at home with my son - and he crumpled up some balls of paper!
I wore my new yukata I just made (from my previous posts), and dressed it up with a rose on the back of the obi bow, and a polka dot scarf "obiage"
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Attempt at self pictures to show the polka dot scarf. Glad I got a photo of myself before I sweated all of my makeup off! |
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I wish I had a thin obijime to bring the look together! I liked the bow, it made me feel a bit like Minnie Mouse! |
We had such a great time, and my brother took a lot of photos!
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Tanabata decorations outside the garden gates. |
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Cute origami decorations! The paper strip says "Tanabata". | | | | | |
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We took a few photos with the decorated bamboo before heading into the garden. |
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Katie and I |
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I brought some of the decorations I made at home to hang on the bamboo |
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I made a strand of cranes to make a wish for my family |
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And I made a kamigoromo (paper kimono) to wish to improve at my sewing |
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Katie, Tysen, and I arrived early, so we began walking around the garden |
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The beautiful tea house |
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The ladies were getting ready for a tea ceremony. The woman in blue recognized us from the kimono fashion show we went to recently! |
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The Japanese irises are in bloom! |
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Carefully walking across rocks. This was the most fun for me! My susoyoke only allowed me to take dainty little steps, so I had to hop across a few stones that were farther apart than others. I felt like a little kid! |
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That was fun! Is it bad that I just wanted to hop across rocks the whole time?! |
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Interesting how my yukata makes it look like I've changed my outfit from one picture to the next. |
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Looking out it the pond, watching a koi fighting to swim through the lily pads. |
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Such a perfect atmosphere to enjoy wearing yukata! |
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Watching turtles swimming in the water |
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It was very sunny and hot, we were glad we brought parasols! |
Your selfmade yukata and that polka dot bow, love it, find it sweet and refreshing : D
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