My Dokomi 2014 ~♥

Hi there (^-^)v
On the 7th of June I went to a Japan & Anime convention in Düsseldorf
called Dokomi ♥ I worked at the Kimono dress-up stall
of Hanabiraya  again. It was lots of fun !
I met so many lovely people and also had the chance to spread the
passion for Kimono !
Luckily I also ran into Laura Kossing who is a
professional photographer. I absolutely adore her pictures ! *-*

Check out her artist page : Laura Kossing Photography

 This was our Kimono dress up stall :

With Berry and Steven ♥ (*^ー^)人(*^-^*)人(^ー^*) ♪

I'm always so happy when I run into you guys at events !

You both looked so sweet ! ﾜｰｲε=ヾ(*・∀・)/ 

We really need to meet again soon ~

I also met this gorgeous looking girl while I was walking
around the convention a bit. When I saw her I was really stunned !
I fell in love with her outfit ! And she was so nice.
By the way we even share the same first name ^^
It was really nice to meet you, thank's for the picture again ♥
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CHU ♥ (●⌒∇⌒●) わーい

Most of the time I was busy at the dress up stall but from time to time
someone asked me to take a picture with them - so sweet ! ♪
I had a great time but at the end of the day all of us staff members
were really exhausted >.<  I bought this pink kitty bell
at one of the merch stalls to light up my spirit again.
You gotta treat yourself to something nice from time to time !

 ~(=^･ω･^)ﾉ☆ニヤー
This also brings some nostalgia to my mind as I wore a 
kitty bell every day since I was 13. My passion for
Tokyo fashion kinda started trough this.
Nowadays I rarely war a choker, but I really want to wear
this more often again ^^ Do you like chokers ?

 

Neko's music 

Thanks for reading !
See you next time (^-^)v nya ♪

CosDay 2013 in Frankfurt & our Kimono dressing fair stand ♥

Hi there (^-^)v

On the 13.-14.7.13 I went to the CosDay in Frankfurt.
It's a convention for Cosplay, Anime and Japanese Pop-culture.

I went there with the Kimono club of my university, we had

a fair stand and dressed up visitors in Kimono.

It was an extremely stressful weekend and we were all so busy but it

was also very exciting and fun. I also met some old friends, on the

picture above you can see Stephie and me ~♥
It was so nice meeting you again ! I visited her a long time ago
to go to the bookfair in Frankfurt with her ^^
I wrote about the fair in 2010 in this old entry .
Our fair stand : 

Our Kimono dressing service : Hanabira-ya.

On the image above  are only a few of the club members the
others were busy doing other things at the CosDay.
We mostly were always doing something and I had to go around
and give the visitors our flyers and do some promotion.
Luckily my boyfriend also spend the weekend with us as

he was our photographer.
Here are a few of our costumers :

Furisode ♥

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Bea Senpai and me ~♥

I only wore a Yukata that day as the pretty and more fancy

Kimono should remain for our costumers. But I also like this

Yukata a lot and it was very comfortable on that super
hot summer day. I did not have much time for my outfit that day

and I even did my hair in 5 minutes at the CosDay !
That weekend I mostly had to be dressed as 

practical as possible. I only did a simple bow with my

Hanhaba Obi ♥ I got the Obi as a birthday present from the club

leaders, who got it from Japan.

I also saw lots of great Cosplayers, my absolute

favourite outfit of the day was the one of Tine .

She is the cutest fairy I've ever seen !

I really wish to build such wings myself as well. I hope

I can manage to do that soon.

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Sadly I looked really tired that day as it was the 2nd day

and I did not wear any make-up only a little bit of mascara.

But I really wanted to have some pictures with her as she

looked so stunning ~♥ Great Cosplay !

And some snapshots my boyfriend took of me while working :

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Our fair stand :

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Some other fair stands :

The CosDay took place in the NordWestZentrum, a huge shopping mall

and also a big place outside and in another building with a stage and
lots of shops for anime and Japan related items.

The whole area was huge. It was a great thing that some stands 

were in the mall as we were able to buy lots of iced smoothies

and other refreshing things.

 Neko's music : 

• SeeU- Fantasy 

All in all it was a super awesome weekend as I could

spend it with my friends from the Kimono club and

did lots of exciting things, but it was also very 

exhausting. Luckily we could stay at the farm of

my Senpai Becci's Parents ! We could relax there,

enjoy the nature and even had a huge barbecue (vegetarian for me)

in the evening ~♥ Her parents and grand parents were super nice

and to me it felt like short holidays ♥

We also spend the evenings with the kittens & other animals

on the farm *O* I will write about that in my next entry.

Thanks for reading !

Bye bye (^-^)v nyan ~♪

My Kimono shooting ♥ + Hanabira-ya der Kimonoverleih & Ankleideservice in Düsseldorf

Hi there (^-^)v
Last week my Senpai Bea did a shooting

in a Furisode Kimono in the Japanese garden in
Düsseldorf with me ♪ She dressed me in this beautiful Kimono.
It really is a form of art, especially the bow/back of the Obi.
She and another Senpai learned how to dress other people
in Kimonos in Japan by a Japanese Sensei, it's very impressive to me.
It also really takes some time, but it is worth it ♥

The Kimono club and me will also be at the :
Dokomi on 18.+ 19.5.2013 in Düsseldorf
There you will be able to get dressed in a Kimono by us !
I will be waiting for you ~♪ nyan

Bea and my other Senpai also run a place where you

can rent Kimonos & be dressed up by the staff !

This is for all my German followers now :

Kimonoverleih & -ankleideservice für Düsseldorf und Umgebung:

Hanabiraya

Ihr könnt den Service außerdem über seine facebook page

anschrieben : Hanabira-ya

Was geboten wird :

Bei uns finden Sie eine an die Jahreszeit angepasste Auswahl an Kimono. Wählen Sie einfach eins der von uns zusammengestellten Sets, die aus aufeinander abgestimmten Komponenten (Kimono, Obi, Unterkleid, Tabi etc.) bestehen, und wir kleiden Sie darin ein. Einmal angelegt können Sie sich in ihrem Kimono einen ganzen Tag lang frei in Düsseldorf 

und Umgebung bewegen.

Auf Wunsch kommen wir auch bei Ihnen zu Hause vorbei. 

Sprechen Sie uns an.

Diese Kimono Sets kann man bereits buchen :

Set Nummer 5 : "Shinya no Ouze"

Set Nummer 4 :  "Haru no Hi"

Set Nummer 3 :  "Tanbo to Hana"

Set Nummer 2 : "Taiyō  no wakare"

[ Mehr Sets kommen bald ♥ ]

The people who run this Kimono rental also run the
Kimono club at my University. At the moment they 

are still building up their supply.

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The Furisode Kimono in which Bea dressed me : 

The back, this really is art ♥

An old Japanese proverb says :

"The beauty of Kimono is the heart of Japanese people” 

[Kimono no utsukushisa wa nihonjin no kokoro desu.]

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Normally a Kimono is not so short, but 

we wanted to do a modern version of Furisode,
so we wanted my shoes to be seen.

My Senpai Bea also had some fun and edited this picture of

me with a Purikura App, I wish I had a smartphone ^o^

Neko's music : 

• Rising from best of Yoshida Brothers

• Rin' - Sakura Sakura 

Thank's for reading ♥

See you next time ! Nyan ~♪