The search for the Furisode!
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Sep 28, 2008
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Okazaki,
Chubu,
Japan
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
I went to Apita to look at the prices of furisodes...let's just say
they weren't even close to being in my price range. I looked around at
the sale stuff but didn't really find anything. I went to Uni Qlo just
to see if there was anything new, and nothing that I really wanted. I
also went to Daiso and for once didn't buy anything. hahaha.
Unfortunately on the way up the hill from Apita my bike got a flat
tire, so I walked/ rode it to the supermarket by the school. I tried on
a few trench coats because they were cheap, but they were too small. I
then walked my bike back up to the school and left it there. I got home
and was still no closer to finding a furisode that fit. Dinner was
yakisoba. Oh and got a phone call I wasn't expecting, perhaps I was a
bit too sarcastic...hahaha. Anyways that was Monday.
Tuesday I was super, super lazy, I didn't leave the house, I meant to,
but I just didn't get around to it. Not having a bike really is an
inconvenience hahaha. I attempted to read history, tried and failed I
don't know how many times. It's so boring...I didn't even eat lunch I
was trying that hard to do the reading. In any case, dinner was some
really good egg yolk thing, salad, miso soup and salmon.
Wednesday! The successful day! So I left the house at around 11, and
saw an ad for recycled kimonos at the Meitetsu store, so instead of
going to Kanayama, I went to Nagoya. I got to the store and said I was
looking for a pink furisode. I tried it on and it fit perfectly!
However I misunderstood the sales lady...I thought she said 18,900 yen
when she really said 189,000 yen. Talk about way out of my price
range...for those who don't know, that's close to $2000! Oh well, I
found a rental place but it was only for hakama oddly enough. I went
into JR Takashimaya and tried again. They were extremely helpful, I
tried on this light pink one which was really cute! But even just the
furisode itself cost 34,700 yen. Too bad. Although the lady did take a
picture of me in it. I took the subway to Sakae and then walked to Kamimaezu. I went back to
that place on Osu, and found a really bright pink furisode! I tried it
on, got a decent priced obi, and a few of the accessories. Yes I bought
it, the whole set cost me 23,200 yen and I even got a discount on my
furisode! I still need the under kimono, zori, handbag and hair
accessories though, not to mention finding someone who know how to tie
the obi. Dinner was this concoction similar to jook (sp?), korokke fish, cabbage salad, kuromame and of course kyu!!!
