The days are becoming warmer and sunsets later - spring time is almost here, and that means that so is the hanami season! Every year, Kimono House helps prepare people of all ages for the flower viewing ( hanami ) season. If you walk around parks in Japan during the hanami season, you can find people enjoying the blossoms from underneath and around the trees at all times of day with bento lunches and drinks (even beer and sake). It's a great example of enjoying life's fleeting moments of beauty. You can never be sure when the next rain will fall and wash away the blossoms in full bloom - so don't wait, plan your cherry blossom viewing now! In NYC, the blossoms generally start blooming at the end of March, peaking at mid April, and the last of the blossoms tapering off in May. This year has been warmer than usual, so everything may happen a little sooner than previous years. The Central Park Conservancy also debuted their cherry blossom tracker this year, so it will make i
Goodbye Year of the Tiger, Hello Year of the Rabbit! 🐰 Thank you, everyone, for another year of kind support and warm messages - we could not have managed without you. 🥰 While Kimono House continues to put forth its utmost effort to stay at its current location, it seems that the toll of the Pandemic needs more time to be reversed and we are still thinking of what shape we will take in the future. 💪 We treasure each day, month, year we are open and can deepen knowledge about kimono and Japanese culture to more and more people. To good health and fortune in the coming year! 🥂 Kimono House is conveniently located in SoHo between Houston and Prince Streets on Thompson. 131 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 (212) 505-0232