Don some fly threads at the Saga International Festival!
Dress in traditional Japanese clothing for free! Women will be able to wear furisode (long-sleeved kimono), and men can enjoy trying on a mon-tsuki hakama (formal men’s attire–wicked awesome looking, like a Japanese tuxedo).
-Brought to you by the Saga Life Cultural Exchange Association during the Saga International Festival 2008.-
Time: November 24 (Monday, National Holiday), please come from 10AM - 11AM
Place A (Changing Rooms): Avance 2F (Women: Special Meeting Room, 特別会議室、とくべつ かいぎ しつ / Men: Broadcasting Studio, 放送スタジオ、 ほうそう すたじお)
※Participants will be given a queue number in the order they arrive.
※Please wear undergarments, such as a t-shirt, in order to prevent perspiration from dirtying the kimonos.
※Please return to the changing rooms in order to change out of the kimonos by 3PM.
Place B (Tea, Koto Performance, Ikebana): After donning your bad-ass kimono, head to the Avance 3F Japanese Room (和室、わしつ) for some hands-on Tea Ceremony and Ikebana (flower arranging) action! There will also be a Koto (Japanese zither) Performance. The activities will take place from 10AM - 3:30PM.
For more info, or to let them know you’re coming, contact Yuriko Shirahama (白濱百合子), Saga Prefecture International Relations Association (SPIRA), at spira (at) po.saganet.ne.jp ; or by phone at 0952-24-6990.