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[tohsaka]

Name: Rin/Rinny

Age: Mid-30's

Location: Osaka, Japan

Occupation: Kimono teacher/stylist, university instructor, Miko/shrine maiden-in-training

Hobbies & Interests: Singing, video games, playing musical instruments, drawing, making tsumami kanzashi, writing, reading novels and manga, swimming

Other info: Mixed Japanese American from Michigan, USA. In the past five years I've lived in Poland, China, and now I'm in Japan. I'll be Japan another seven months before I move back to the US, where my husband is. He's Polish and he's just immigrated there and he's helping take care of my grandparents while I take of some business related things. I miss him terribly.

 

I've been a teacher for 13 years (ESL, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese) but now I'm trying to become a full-time kimono stylist and teacher. I received my license at a kimono school here in Osaka in June, and I love my life in kimono. I really hope to make a full time life in kimono come true. In the meantime, I teach at a university and I'm also in Miko training. In the future, pandemic not withstanding, I will split my life between the US and Japan. The study of kimono is life-long, so I'll be back twice a year to keep my studies up and make sure my skills are on top.

 

I really missed journaling, and going back to my entries on here made me realize that it's important to keep track of things so hopefully I'll keep this up too.

 

I don't blog about fandom much but my main fandoms are Fate/, Devil May Cry, Phantom of the Opera, Genshin Impact, Star Wars, and Final Fantasy.

Comments

[howsmyenglish]

Hello! I find you interesting, because I myself am kind of a citizen of the world and I'm always drawn to people who live their life internationally, if you know what I mean. I am also a language teacher, I also teach at a university, and my husband and I also quite often live in different countries. He's going to China in February, for instance. I don't know much about Japan, but am interested - Hayao Miyazaki is my latest love.
What does it mean to teach kimono? To make them? Sewing? Or..?

Anyhow, I'm subscribing to you, hope you don't mind.

[tohsaka]

Hello!

Ah, what languages do you teach?

I mainly teach how to wear kimono and tie obi, but sometimes I also teach kimono history and pretty much everything except sewing, heh. I'm not very good at it but I do need to learn.

Here is a video of me dressing one of my practice models in kimono. It's sped up, but it gives a good example of what it's like to dress someone!

I shall add you back!

[howsmyenglish]

I teach Hindi, but I also used to teach German.
Is there a lot of symbolic stuff in putting on a kimono?