like edge of Tokyo today, right on the edge, between

Tokyo and Chiba prefecture, and

I'm attending a kimono making class

today. Behind me you can see all these kimono.

I get to choose the one that I wanna work with

I don't know too many details about it because my friend,

who hasn't arrived yet I hope she's okay, she should be

here any minute, but she's the one who signed us up for this class

Umm i think we're gonna be making like obi.

Wow okay, so apparently we're gonna make the actual kimono itself

So we get to choose the fabrics we wanna use

and I can't wait it's gonna be so fun.

I've never, yeah I've never done anything like this before, I've worn a kimono

a couple times, for photo-shoots, but I've never been able

to make my own so this is pretty exciting

I will put the link to this air bnb activity down below so if you guys are going

to be in Tokyo, you can sign up for it yourselves, and let's get started!

So, now for the hard part of choosing which one.

And there's also a whole bunch more in here

There's so many to choose from! Aaaah!

They're so pretty

Very very colourful socks

This peach one's really pretty

My friend Rike has arrived!

Alright, so now we have the task of choosing a kimono, do you know which

colour scheme you want?

I was thinking either cream or purple but there are so many pretty ones to choose from - I know right like

even if you choose the colour you want it still doesn't really narrow it down much!

cos there's so many - Even, I don't really like yellow

but this fabric is so nice - yeah

there's some really fancy, silky ones.. This one?

-That's really cute.

I actually really like this

Oh I really can't choose!

This one reminds me of cotton candy

Yeah i like this one, It's really pretty.

What about polka dots

-I really like it - I really can't choose

I think I like the polka dots, Okay.

I'm gonna go with the polka dots

I like it with your hair colour -Really? - Yeah

-Is it good? - It looks cute on you

Do you wanna try this one and see which one you like better?

Yeah, maybe

Maybe try perhaps -Yeah, try it, let's see

Where's my hand?

Oh I really like that one too!

Can I choose two?

This is Mio's dog, also wearing a kimono

So, first Mio took the kimono that we chose from the rack

And she lay it out flat on the ground

And she drew a line across it

And I was confused

Because I thought what we were gonna do was

was like finish off this kimono, I thought it was one that was just

started and it needed the final touches,

but, actually, what we're gonna do is cut this kimono in half

And fix it up

So that it's like a two part kimono that can be easily worn by one person

An actual kimono's pretty hard to put on by yourself so this is kinda like,

a do it yourself beginner's kimono

Which is neat

So we started off by cutting our kimono in half

And then we folded a one inch hem on the bottom

And ironed it flat so that it would stay

And then she gave us this sticky finishing tape

I forget the real term for this

If any of you are sewers out there, let me know

But we kinda just ironed that down

With that sticky tape stuff

And we didn't have to use a sewing machine for that part

So that was cool

Alright i'm all finished one

Looks, looks good so far

So now I am attaching this little rope

to the top part of the bottom half. I'm not quite sure what it's for

I guess we'll find out, when we go to put it on later

It's kind of hard cos I need to pick up the top layer

And make sure the thread doesn't show on the other side

Bit of a struggle

It's supposed to bring luck

No, it went through! No! -Oh no!

It's really hard

Okay! -Go Sharla!

Alright so I've got my second tie on

one on each side. This is the bottom half

And now I've got to do that again on the top half. So..

Look at my, my beautiful handywork

Really hope it doesn't fall apart

Last time I was hand sewing something was probably

making a cosplay in highschool

Maybe like over ten years ago, so

I don't know if I'm doing it right

I'm scared my kimono's gonna fall apart

If I try to wear it

So next we are sewing this strip

on to the top half of the kimono

Again, not quite sure what this is for

We will find out later on

You're on the last step, you're almost there.

I'm just sewing a button

That I think is the final step

And then just circle it -To attach

this collar -Yep! I think so

To the neck part

I'm still working on this

Halfway there! Oh my god

My thread broke, so we had a bit of a

an issue over here, but I think it's okay

Rike how's it going?

I'm struggling

I feel like you're the best sewer out of all of us though - no

Yours looks very neatly done.

Not anymore

Joy finished, before all of us, so

She's on the fun part, she's choosing like her

colours to go along with her obi

Beautiful!

Nice work

Alright, I have finished sewing on the second

white tie, so now all that's left is to do the little snap

on the collar, and I'm all done!

This lies center, stitch please

The best only top material stitch

All finished!! Yes!

No blood, I did well

So,

Beautiful

So we made an easy version of a kimono

Can be put on very easily by yourself with these strings

It's really cool

Is that too much?

What colour are the dots?

Purple

Purple and orange

Oh man, so many!

Okay -Yayy -Ooooh

Very colourful

Beautiful -All done!

We're all finished! Tada!

I have an interesting assortment of colours going on here but

I think it works

Mio prepared a little snack for us

That was a nice surprise

Look

Yummy, mochi and green tea

It looks so good!

Oh look at it, so good, so good!

If you guys are interested in coming to make your own

easy-to-put-on kimono, I will put the link down below

to the air bnb activity where you can sign up!

The host's name is Mio-san, she's really sweet and she speaks

some English, so if you don't speak Japanese that's okay, she will definately

help you out in English. I had a really great time, it was lots of fun

It was really cool getting to choose all the colours and the parts to

put with your kimono.

Thanks so much for watching Guys, and I will see you soon!

Byeee!