The bridal garments, made modern. An uchikake — the long outer robe worn over the kimono — or a hikifurisode with its trailing hem, photographed with today's colour and framing rather than the traditional arrangement. The formality stays; the stiffness does not. Many couples book it as a pre-wedding photoshoot while they are in Kyoto, and many as a second look after wedding photographs taken at home.
No wedding is needed. Komon and furisode kimono, and antique pieces from the Taishō era, are here for an anniversary, a trip to Kyoto, or a photograph to send to your family. Accessories and the way the kimono is worn are styled for now, not for a costume rental.
It is an easy thing to place in a trip. The studio is a few minutes' walk from Heian Shrine, in the Okazaki museum quarter, and the whole thing takes about three and a half hours — long enough to be done properly, short enough to leave the rest of the day for Kyoto. Everything is here, so you arrive with nothing and leave with the photographs on their way to you.
Dressing you in a kimono is a craft of its own — a trained kitsuke stylist, and the better part of an hour. It is included, along with hair and make-up, on both plans: Standard for komon and furisode, Premium for hikifurisode and uchikake.
A kimono worn properly, in the city it belongs to.
There are not many places you can do this.
One more reason
to wear a kimono.
Kimono, dressing, hair, make-up, the studio shoot and your retouched images — all included. From ¥42,900 tax incl., about 3.5h.