7 reasons to visit Kimono Photo Studio WA in Tokyo

Would you like to have professional photos taken in authentic Kimono in Tokyo? Please come to our studio! Kimono Photo Studio WA in Tokyo is now in the fourth year, and we have lots of customers from all over the world.

洗練された着物写真、どこかで撮りたいなと思いませんか？それならぜひ当店にお越しくださいね。Kimono Photo Studio 和は今年4年目を迎えました。毎日世界中のお客様で楽しく賑わっています（もちろん日本の方もです！）

But WHY you should visit Kimono Photo Studio WA? Here are 7 reasons!

では、なぜKimono Photo Studio和なのかをお伝えしようと思います！

1. Located in central Tokyo, only 1 minute from Meguro station!

We are located at a very convenient place. 5 minutes from Shibuya, 12 minutes from Shinjuku, 7 minutes from Shinagawa by train. Most of the main cities in Tokyo can be reached within 20 minutes. After you reach JR (Japan Railway) Meguro station, 1 minute walking distance to our studio.
In cherry blossom season, you can go to Meguro riverside, which is the famous cherry blossom place. (We have kimono for outdoor as well.)

当スタジオは都心にあり、渋谷、新宿、品川からもすぐ来れます。そしてJR目黒駅からは徒歩1分！
桜の季節には近くの目黒川の桜を見に行けますよ。お出かけ用着物もありますのでぜひ。

2. Our plans includes everything you need.

Our plans start from JPY6,800+tax per person. It includes silk kimono, simple hair-setting with hair accessories, free cosmetic use though making-up is not included, 1 photo print, free props use such as fans, umbrellas and swords, and Matcha green tea with a Japanese sweets afterward if you have time. For kimono upgrading, professional hair-setting and make-up and additional prints and data, you can choose them from many options. Also you can take kimono photos with your own camera in our changing room, please take the most of our studio!

プランには必要なものはすべて含まれています。一番お手軽な6800円(税別)のプランにも着物、簡単ヘアセット、和小物どれでも使ってOK、プリント1枚が入っています。メイクは入っていませんが当店にある化粧品は自由に使っていただけます。控室でのお客様でのカメラで撮影もOK。しかも撮影の後には抹茶と和菓子も出てくるスーパーおもてなし！もっともっといっぱい撮りたい！データも欲しい、さらに豪華な着物が良い、ヘアメイクもプロが良い！という方はオプションで追加も可能です。

3. Kimono Princess and Samurai Makeover! Please enjoy the highest kimono style, "Uchikake" style.

The style of our kimonos is called "Uchikake", which was the popular style worn by aristocratic women living in castles during the feudal era, and formal Hakama style, for men.  Currently this style is used for wedding. This style can be fit any age and any body's figure and size, and not only for solo woman, but also it is very popular with mothers and couples. Our studio kimonos are all long sleeve and made of genuine silk. We also offer Furisode-style kimono if you would like to.

当店の着物は女性は打掛スタイル、男性は着物に袴がメインです。昔は大奥、今は婚礼に使用されるこのスタイル、体型、年齢は問いません！お一人の方はもちろん、カップルやお母様に特に人気です。(着物はもちろん正絹の袖の長いものです。)　お好みで振袖スタイルも可能です。

4. Staff are all women, super friendly and homelike studio.

Any customers in various cultures can come with no worries. Woman coming by herself, children, babies, women with Hijab, all welcome!

Our studio is small located in a multi-tenant building, but we make the most of it and our customers can relax very much feeling like they are visiting friends in Japan. We take one customer/group in one slot.

Thanks to our customers, we have many 5 star reviews in Facebook and TripAdvisor so far. 

スタッフはすべて女性、アットホームなスタジオです。女性一人でも、お子さんや赤ちゃんがいても、イスラム圏の方でもご心配なく。他のお客様と一緒なることはありません。スタジオはマンションの1室にありますのでお友達に会いに行くような気分でお越しください。今のところ、FacebookやTripAdvisorでは良い口コミを頂いております。

5. Solo, friends, family, couple, group, all okay!

We have many types of kimonos, not only for women, but also for men and children with various plans. If you have any favorite poses, please do it here. If you are shy and do not know how to pose, our funny posing teacher will instruct you, so please just have fun with us.

一人で、友達と、家族で、カップルで、グループですべてOK!
当店は男性や子供用など様々な着物をご用意しておりますので誰でもお越し頂けます。お気に入りのポーズをされたい方はぜひどうぞ、ポーズなんてわからない、恥ずかしいんですという方はスタッフが楽しくおかしく教えて差し上げます。

6. We bring out your natural beauty! Not Geisha style.

We do not put white make-up like Geisha or Oiran style. We focus on our customers' original beauty so that you can show the beautiful photos to anybody, and the photos would be the best commemoration in Japan forever.

当店は芸者、舞子、花魁スタイルではありません。白塗りはせずその人本来の美しさを引き出します。誰に見せても美しい、いつまでも思い出にできる写真をお渡ししたいのです。

7. Data and photo prints are given right away

Are you hurrying to the next destination? Our simple plan can be  finished in one hour, and data in CDR and photo prints are given right away when you leave our studio. We keep our customers’ photo data for 3 months just in case for lost or damaged.

着物写真撮りたいけど時間が無いんですという方。当店のプランは1時間から可能です。データも写真もその場で作成、すぐにお渡し。データは3か月は保管しておきますのでもしCDRを失くしたり壊したりしたら遠慮せず連絡くださいね。

Are you interested? Please email or call us any time if you have question.

We enjoy the photo session every day with our customers all over the world. Next is you! Please touch the Japanese culture with full of smiles (^o^)

いかがでしょうか？ご質問などありましたらいつでも連絡してくださいね。
いつも笑いの絶えないスタジオに次はあなたが来て下さいね！お待ちしています！

KIMONO PHOTO STUDIO 和（wa）
2-24-13, Meguro Nishiguchi Mansion I - 804
Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
TEL 070-6455-9831 (English)
東京都品川区上大崎2丁目24-13　目黒西口マンション1号館804
TEL 03-6417-9312 (日本語）
E-mail: info@kimono-wa.com
http://www.kimono-wa.com/en/



Experience Japan!

Special Exhibition "The NINJA - who were they?" in Odaiba, Tokyo

A Special Exhibition "The NINJA - who were they?" is currently held at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Nihon Kagaku Miraikan). I have to go there because I am from Ninja prefecture. 

お台場の日本科学未来館で企画展「The NINJA - 忍者ってナンジャ!?」が開かれています。伊賀忍者の三重県出身の私としては行かねばなりません。

You can actually throw Shrikens (knives) and experience shadow cloning techniques in the waterfall. (You might want to go there with kids, though.)

実際に手裏剣を打ったり、滝に打たれて分身の術を使えたり、「修行」ができます！（子供と一緒じゃないと行きにくいかも）

Even though this exhibition is mainly for kids and their family, there are some places for entertaining adults.

子連れファミリーにピッタリの展示ですが大人が楽しめるところもありました。

Goshikimai - the five colored rice code.

Ninja arranged a code system with colors and combination among team members, and used them to show messages of directions and detection. 

忍者はこの五色米を暗号として使って方角やメッセージを伝えるなどしていたそうですよ。

Invisible ink is the phenomenon in which a liquid (especially citrus fruits) that becomes colorless when it dries is used to write text on the paper, and the invisible text becomes visible when it is roasted. Japanese kids used to do this in childhood at least once.... but I did not know Ninja used this technique!

あぶりだし...日本の子供は必ずやりますよね？まさか忍者の手段だったとはビックリです。

Here are the legends of the NINJA.

忍者伝説

It is said that...

- Ninja could run on the wet paper!

- Ninja could jump from the height of 15m (5th floor of a building).

- Ninja could travel 15.7km per hour and 157km in one day.

- Ninja could jump up over a height of 2.7m from standing position. (So he could get on the top of a big truck.)

I wish they could go to Olympic starting today though they can't because they are spy...

- 忍者は濡れた唐紙の上を走り抜けられた。

- 忍者はビルの5階から飛び降りることができた。

- 忍者は東京から静岡まで1日で走る事が出来た。

- 忍者はトラックの屋根に飛び乗る跳躍力があった。

だそうです。忍だから出られないけど今日から始まるオリンピックに出てほしいです。

You can see the real text book for Ninja and the skills of Ninja from 49 schools are written - "Mansenshukai."

こちらは「万川集海」と言って伊賀・甲賀49流の忍術をまとめたものです。本物が展示してありますよ。

If you are interested in Ninja, please try!

忍者に興味のある人はぜひ行ってみて下さいね。

Period:  July 2(Sat), 2016 - October 10(Mon), 2016

Opening hours:  10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Entrance closes 30 minutes prior to museum closing time)

Closed:  September 6, 13, 20 ,27/ October 4

Admission fees:  Adults: 1,600 yen, Junior (Elementary school students to 18 years old): 1,000 yen （900 yen on Saturdays), Child (Preschoolers over 3 years old): 500 yen

Information:  http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/spexhibition/ninjya/

Location:  National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Nihon Kagaku Miraikan)

Experience Japan!