No 144


Dear Customers & FriendsHello from Japan! This is Kimono Flea Market ICHIROYA's News Letter No.144.Just now I returned from Shanghai in China! Shoko ( our elder daughter, who is studying Chinese in university ) accompanied me. Shanghai is very exciting! We felt very energy of people and society. Maybe 40 years ago, Japan also had to had same kind of energy. We visited a kimono sewing company, and had a meeting about men's kimono project. Today is Sunday, but lots of professional seamstresses were sewing sedulously. They sew their kimono not by simple machine sewing method like making T shirts - they sew in two methods - all hand sewing or hand sewing plus high-tech sewing machine. I was astonished to see lots of items are sewn one by one elaborately in each sizes.At first we are going to make large men's kimono at moderate price. And we hope in furture we would make large size yukata for women.We are very sorry but we don't have enough time to write letter - tomorrow I must leave office very early to attend an auction in Iga.I will stop writing here, but we would like to let you know our new items on Tour J Artisan.Do you know Satsuma Yaki, one of the most gorgeous gold china in Japan. And do you know the tradition of Satsuma Yaki is still alive?
Please visit here!http://www.tourjartisan.com/tour/6/index.html
Today we will list Band New Narumi Yukata, Karinui, Obi,Antique items and bolt. And we will list them earlier than usual.
Thank you for reading to the end!Sincerely,Ichiro & Yuka WadaKimono Flea Market "ICHIROYA"http://www.ichiroya.com
e-mail: info@ichiroya.comaddress: Asia-shoji Bldg.301 1841-1 Nishi 1 chome Wakamatsu cho Tondabayashi city Osaka 584-0025 JAPANTEL&FAX ****( international number ) - 81-721-23-5446