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Birthday lunch at Firestones in Frederick, MD. Featured were two yummy local cheeses - Monocacy Ash and Bay Blue. 🎂✨💕🎉 #FrederickMD #Firestones #artisanal #artisanalcheese #cheese #monocacy #monocacyash #bayblue #Frederick

Spending the day talking Japanese textiles at the Baltimore Museum of Art #baltimoremuseumofart #BMA #japanesetextiles

I think ellensama's post says it all. ❤️

Jotaro Saito Designs

I am just in love with this designer so badly. That hooded Haori is just pure fashion porn. This is like my traditional Japanese version of suit porn.

This is the lovely kimono that I am so proud to own! A few years back, Umeno okiya was selling a few of their pieces, and I was so privileged to be able to purchase this. I feel like I was able to contribute in my small way to the purchase of new hikizuri for the okiya. 💕👘 To have a piece that belonged to the beautiful and talented ladies at Umeno is beyond perfect. 😍🙏🏼

Maiko Umehisa with December Maneki kanzashi. Maiko visit kabuki theatres to let their favorite actors sign their maneki. She let hers sign by Kataoka Ainosuke and Kataoka Hidetaro.

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It's time for Gion Matsuri which takes place during July in Kyoto, Japan. This is a vintage fan decorated to celebrate the festival. I think this may be the Ofune-Biko float in the Minami-Kannon-Yama district. Or it may just be part of the many lanterns on display in the district on Yoiyama evening as that float wasn't seen for 150 years until it made its return in 2014. #Kyoto #gionmatsuri #sensu #fan

Bingata! Only in Okinawa. Nov. 5, 2016-Jan. 30, 2017. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Okinawa Prefectural Government. Many of the items are national treasures and have never been seen outside of Japan. #bingata #kimono #kimonos #okinawa #ryukyu #japanesetextiles

If I remember correctly, "E" is wearing a tsumugi, tsukesage kimono. I love the more formal tsumugis - that juxtaposition between formal and casual. Also her use here of the red accents turns this into a fun, young coordination!

Adorable!

Cheeky hand-embroidered haneri collars (seen on)

My New Years matcha just arrived from Japan with a cute little graphic for the Year of the Dog. It is wakamatsu-no-mukashi which is one of my favorite teas from Ippodo Tea. They have stores in Kyoto, Tokyo, and New York. Can’t wait to have a bowl. 🐶🍵💕

Just got my hoshigaki (hand-massaged, dried persimmons) in the mail. The several week process leaves a bloom of sugar from the fruit like a light frost. Jeff Rieger of Penryn Orchard is a one-man wonder! www.PenrynOrchardSpecialties.com. These are large, soft, and sweet. Yum-yum!! #hoshigaki #persimmon #DriedPersimon #japanesefood #japanesesnack