Entering the main room in the Kaderu Building downtown, I saw that Yuriya-sensei had already distributed posters about our Christmas-themed poetry reading next week. Maybe we'll have a bigger audience after all.
Our first station: the tea ceremony. This was the third or fourth time I've done it, but because of such long lines of other students waiting behind us, we barely had enough time to be served okashi (Japanese-style sweets) and wipe the sides of our tea cups.
Second station: kimonos. Although I had worn yukata before for the Yosakoi Soran festival, this was my first time around the much heavier, more complicated and expensive version. It took three volunteers to dress each one of us, and once they realized we were learning Japanese, they fawned over our Japanese language skills. ”ああ、上手ですね！頑張って下さい！”
Kimono were limited due to the overwhelming number of people who showed up, so just like the tea ceremony we were pushed in and out quickly.
Third station: Makeup and hair. This surprised me. After fitting into our kimono, four staff members with portable makeup cases matched our makeup with our kimono colors and then styled our hair - the best they could, anyway. My makeup artist asked me if odango (buns) were okay, and I immediately thought of Sailor Moon's hair. What she meant was one bun on the back of my head.
the kimono all the girls wanted to try on
with my hair stylist
Jack trying on a man's kimono
the back views of the kimono were gorgeous - like Emma's more traditional bow (above) and Ash's flower-like bow (below)
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