I want more people to wear kimonos in their daily lives.

This is the shop owner’s wish.

Hello. Our store is an online kimono shop established in 2015. I create kimonos and develop software for kimonos using IT technology.

Our Products

Patterns

To solve the issue of high prices for custom-made kimonos,

Kimonos can be easily made by oneself!

is our motto, and I sell patterns for this purpose.

For example, here is a sample. It’s an image of a pattern for kimonos and yukatas.

I sell these patterns in PDF format so our customers can print them out.

The finished kimono will look something like this.

Instructional Videos

I offer easy-to-understand video tutorials for those who find it difficult to learn from books or cannot attend a traditional Japanese sewing class.

For example, here is how to make a kimono/yukata.

Past Products

Before the pandemic, I sold casual, custom-made obis on Rakuten Marketplace.

The shop owner also did the sewing himself.

I look forward to your continued support of our store.

Introducing the Shop Owner

Born in Yokohama in 1980, I graduated from Komazawa University with a degree in Japanese literature, focusing on classical literature.

My great-grandfather was a silk thread procurement agent in Nagano Prefecture, and my grandfather was a sericulturist. During my childhood visits to my grandfather’s house, I would often engage in activities like picking mulberry leaves for silkworms.

A trip to New York during my college years made me realize the importance of Japanese culture.

After graduating from university, I worked as an IT professional, studied English through a study abroad program in New Zealand, and worked for a foreign company.

During this time, I pursued my interest in kimono by attending a kimono shop to have them tailored and participating in tea ceremony classes. I also hosted gatherings at my home, dressing friends in kimonos and organizing tea ceremonies.

In 2015, I experimented with creating a kimono based on what I had learned from books, and surprisingly, it turned out well.

Realizing that “kimonos can be made,” I began crafting obi belts and started selling them. Leveraging my IT background, I developed a pattern-generating program in 2021 for those who want to sew their own kimonos, initiating the sale of patterns.

I started learning traditional Japanese tailoring (和裁) from 2023.

On YouTube, I share tutorials on how to wear and make kimonos in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean.