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Travel Info where can i buy kimonos but not on e-bay or is there a store in japan where i can get one thanks a million Travel Tips 鈾ew or used? Online? (Are you in Japan?) This鈫?shop is IN Japan and has very reasonable prices on vintage and used kimono. Take a look: http://www.yamatoku.jp/classic/... Examples: http://www.yamatoku.jp/classic/listing.a... They鈫?sell directly from the company, not e-bay. Or here: http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list.php?ct... Hope it helps!鈾?br /> If you're IN Japan and want to browse, take a look at this: http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyoculturearch... 鈽咹ayashi Kimono in Chiyoda-ku's International Arcade. There are two shops with English-speaking staff. 鈽員he basement of the Oriental Bazaar in Harajuku 鈽咲aimaru department store often sells their ex-rental kimono at big discounts in March and September.... Others http://www.kinet.or.jp/kimono/ u can get them in towns in the usa u can get them in china town everywhere in chinatown It depends how and why you want one. The cheapest is to go to a pawn shop, because they have many that will be sold at an annual sales event of pawn shop owners in Tokyo. Another source is looking or asking major department stores when they sell their display, wedding rental kimonos and obis! They are very cheap because not many people can afford one, even the Japanese rent them! If you live in Japan, the Japan Times does carry advertisements several times a year on these events as well. Now for normal ones, walk around town, and go into a reasonable looking place or look around department stores. You can buy summer ones called Yukata for much more good prices than a real kimono which needs a lot of caring especially when they are made in silk. Oriental Bazaar 5-9-13 Jingumae in Shibuya-ku, On Omotesando Dori in Harajuku, easy to spot frontage or just ask someone everyone knows it. Nearest Stations & walking time: Meiji-Jingumae (3 min.), Harajuku (4 min.), or Omotesando (5 min.) If a tourist thinks it says 'Japanese' then Oriental Bazaar sells it - but as a Western sized body in a Japan this place is perfect for Kimonos/Yukatas that come not only standard sized but also bigger to accomodate taller and wider sizes. They also have a hefty supply of old kimono & obi's that are not too a high price. Also look out for thrift markets the one in Yoyogi park has often traders dealing in olde kimono's. In the summer every Uniqlo sells Yukata packs for less than 5,000 yen - it is not a kimono as such but it may suit your needs. I lived there until recently (cry's a lot) |
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