::Baby Flowers::

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The collab of my mother's kimono and my obi for New Year family luncheon. 

My grandmother loves seeing the kimonos she made for my mother. So my mother requested me to wear this kimono this year.

These flowers are too small to be recognized from a distance. So the kimono looks like it's made by plain orange/pink silk.

I also wore the same kimono for a shopping day in February 2015.

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I have the details of the look above HERE.

To show the celebrating mood, I paired the kimono with this gold obi.

The total look.

Haneri (collar), Obijime and Obiage made by CHOKO, my favorite modern kimono designer.

The wind is getting really cold these days, so I bought a pair of long gloves.

I'm glad that my grandmother and my family liked this look!

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Lynn♪

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::First Week::

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First weekend after New Year holidays.

I spent such great time with my family and friends.

On Jan. 9th, my mother and friends came over to Tokyo from Nagano to have a meeting in the morning. They left Nagano around 5 am so that we can make some time to visit Meiji Shrine before the meeting.

Sake barrels.

Making best wishes for the year 2016.

On the next day, I went to a hotel in Odaiba area for the annual family lunch for the New Years.

My uncle plans it on this weekend every year.

Beautiful entrance of Grand Pacific Le Daiba.

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I wore my mother's kimono again because my grandmother loves seeing the kimono she made for my mother.

I wrote about the details on the total look HERE

Lunch Buffet.

After lunch, we had some tea (wine for my uncle and me) at Hilton.

I always look forward to this New Year meet-up with my family to see how they have been doing.

Before going to Tokyo station to see my grandmother off on the next day, I had great sushi lunch at Tsukiji with my uncle, aunt, little cousin and grandmother.

Tsukiji is the biggest fish market in Tokyo.

It was so busy with travelers in the morning.

Yummy Sushi!!!

I'm so happy to have such a great family who loves to hang out with each other.

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Lynn♪

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::First Look 2016::

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My very first look in kimono in the year 2016.

I brought three obis from my wardrobe to my parents house with me and chose a perfect kimono from my mother's closet for one of them.

A photo taken before heading to the shrine on the New Year's day.

Lucky was getting sick of me trying to hold him so many times. 

The kimono I picked from my mother's closet.

Beautiful multiple colors woven into the fabric.

The obi that I recently purchased :)

Purple and blue accents added to the warm orange/pink colors.

It snowed a little bit the night before.

Me getting a fortune telling sheet from the shrine.

Because it is more humid in Tokyo than in my hometown, most of my mother's kimonos are better to be kept at my parents house. (The humidity is the worst enemy for authentic silk fabric.)

So there is not many chances that I can wear the ones in her closet.

I like wearing the kimono that was made for my mother because my family loves seeing me walking in it.

Now.... what should I wear for the annual New Year lunch with my family next weekend?

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::Welcoming the Year 2016::

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A Happy New Year 2016!

Hope all of you had a wonderful moment welcoming the New Year in.

I spent four nights at my parents house in a super relaxed mood. 

Here is how my lazy New Years went.

I wore my mother's kimono for the first day of 2016.

I will come back to the total look on the next post.

In Japan, we send New Year greeting cards to each other instead of Christmas cards. But the tradition seems to be dying out due to the development of other communication tools.

So I just made this greeting photo instead :)

Hatsu-moude, the first visit to a shrine in the year.

This shrine is the one my family visits for every special occasion.

Me getting a fortune telling sheet.

What was written on it is my secret :)

Daruma dolls (description on Wiki)

Osechi (Wiki)

Every time I spend the New Years at my parents house, all I do is eating and drinking!

Pretty souvenir from my friend in Kyoto.

My mother made some tea for me :)

On Jan. 2nd, my parents and I went to the cafe which has been there as it is now from the time when they were in University.

The warm atmosphere was so comforting and I was happy to see a little piece of their history that's left there.

Apple tarte and coffee.

Mother and daughter.

and...... MORE FOOD!!!!!

Hot pot with crabs.

South African wine my mother got as a Christmas gift.

"IMBUKO" means "admiration".

It was so delicious!!

And one thing that I love about spending time at home is that I get to play with these little monsters.

Lucky, 5 months old :)

Curious little monster.

Loves to climb up to somebody's shoulders to observe the world.

Miyako. 

Still hasn't got along with the little one. 

She's always upset for being chased by Lucky who just wants to play with her.

Lucky waiting in the box for Miyako to pass by.... Cute little hunter.

It was nice spending lazy days with my family.

How was your New Years?

My total kimono look for the New Year's day is coming up on the next post!

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xoxo

Lynn♪