コウタは悩んでいた。 書籍編集者として働き出して十年を過ぎていたが、夢だったミリオンセラーはいまだ出せていない。編集者としてこの世に出した本は、すでに百冊を超えた。 重版がかかったものは三割に過ぎず、『犬の生活』という犬をテーマにしたエッセ…

March 11th marked the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in Japan. North East area of Japan(Tohoku area) had enormous damage and more than 20,000 people lost their lives including the missing people and the death related …

Photo of Shogunzuka Seiryuden http://kyoto-hotel.link/higashiyama-lighup3/ Last weekend, Ichiro and I were in Kyoto to see the boxing match of the guy Ichiro knew through his blog. Unfortunately, he did not succeed in defending his title (…

老年期が近づくにつれ、切実に思うことがある。 一生続く「道楽」をもてたら、きっと、人生はもっと楽しく、辛い時にも耐えやすくなるに違いないということである。 まず、なにはともあれ、食道楽の人が羨ましくて仕方がない。 食べる、飲む、味わうことの好…

Tama, a station master of Kishi station in Wakayama prefecture. The photo is from wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat) Tama is probably the most common name for cat, in Japan. The circle name tag says, `Station Master Tama'. She …

www.youtube.com The music might sound a bit melancholic but the song is to celebrate Dolls's Festival. Here is the lyrics: akari o tsukemasho bonbotin ohana o agemasyo momonohana goninbayashi no fuetaiko kyo wa tanoshii hinamatsuri (Let's …

Kimono archive www.kimono-archive.com Hello from Ichiro. Have you take a look at our Kimono Archive website? I hope you enjoy the photos of amazing kimono from everyone. Please enjoy browsing this website- you can leave comment or put `sta…

We have been a seller of vintage/used kimono, and we are starting a new field of `monozukuri'(making products) by using the most advanced printer. Bringing in the printer into the room (second floor) was quite a job- using a big crane with…

www.youtube.com In February, there is Setsubun--(usually it is around February 3rd, accroding to the old lunar calendar), which is the day before the beginning of spring. It is a fun tradition. We do mame-maki(scatter beans) and eat the be…

www.ichiroya.com Hello from Yuka from Ichiroya. Ogenki desuka? How are you? It turned out to be the coldest day today. It snowed in Tokyo a couple of days ago and the cold wave is now here in Osaka and also other south-west area of Japan. …

Hello from Japan. We hope you are all having a nice start of 2016. It has been more than 2 weeks in this new year. We hope this newsletter finds you well. ****We are doing `price down' for some items being listed for a long time, because o…

スタッフSUEです。正統派、現代物のコーデはお手の物ですが、時々`アンティーク着たい周期' もくるようで・・・ かわいい半襟入荷時に、裄をどれだけだせるか実験してくれました！ Hello from Yuka from Ichiroya. Today, our staff Sue is appearing in thi…

Akemashite Omedeto gozaimasu. A Happy New Year from Japan. We hope you had a nice start of this new year, the year of monkey. As we wrote in our last newsletter, ( Kimono Flea Market ICHIROYA's News Letter No.628 - ICHIROYAのブログ ) one o…

遅ればせながら、新年あけましておめでとうございます。 今年もよろしくお願いします。 去年は僕にとってさまざまな出来事があった年でした。 二冊の本を出版し、念願のKimono-Archiveもやっと始動しました。 会社では四人のスタッフに正社員になってもらい…