On 2 March, NHK came to Oike Bettei and interviewed about the week of Machiya （町家の日）. On the day of the interview, Ms. Uchida from NHK and our Oike Bettei Staff Miss Teranishi experienced a workshop making with Japanese parcels! In the middle, They also talked about a lot of interesting topics about Kyoto Machiya! The programmer is separated into two days. ・3/7 (Wednesday)18：30～19：00 NHK総合テレビ NHKニュース630 京いちにち 『京これ！』のコーナー (京都市府內撥出限定) http://www.nhk.or.jp/kyoto/news630/ ・3/8 (Thursday)11：30am～12：00noon NHK総合テレビ ぐるっと関西おひるまえ (関西地區限定) http://www4.nhk.or.jp/P2702/
On March 15th the model Mei Nagazawa came with her friend to Oike Bettei shop♪ Here are some pictures of that day↓↓ The kimono she wore is an original design kimono from Kimonomachi, Yumeyakata's sister company. With butterflies that recall spring, this kimono suits her very well♡ A nice color combination with her friend's kimono☆ As a true model, her posing and face expressions are super cute!!! After the photoshoot, they went to the nearby IZAMA Kyoto restaurant, that our staff also likes a lot♪ Ms. Nagazawa updates her Instagram regularly, please have a look!! Mei Nagazawa - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xxmeixx1208/ Restaurant IZAMA Kyoto Website → http://kyoto-izama-web.
On February 18th, the team from famous Russian news program "Vremya", aired on Channel One Russia, came to our Oike Bettei shop to discover the kimono experience! The reporter, Ms. Usmanova, came to our shop to see how the kimono rental process works, but also to know more about kimonos, such as the meaning of the patterns, the trends, etc. ★ There are so many colors and patterns, it is difficult to choose! (◎_◎;) The program team filmed the whole dressing process, and counted every single item to be used during the dressing: if you count the strings and small items, there are in total about 20 pieces used to dress someone in a formal dress! Ms. Usmanova finally chose a dark purple Furisode,
