Round 1 Stasiun 1: Novi-chan, Depok Jawa Barat

The kimono of Indonesian Sisterhood of Traveling Kimono (ISoTK) has already set its journey. As we know, the zero stop was at Yogyakarta and the zero participant was me ^w^. I will share the journey from now on. Otanoshi mi~~

The first participant was Novi from Depok Jawa Barat. She couldn't wear kimono herself so she was dressed by her friend, a Japanese native in the same office as her now. She had trouble with getting pictures outdoor that's why she took all the pictures indoor. Nevertheless, the kitsuke was impeccable!

Very neat taiko!

I personally love this pose OwO.

Black Usagi Komon with White Sensu Obi

I wore this attire when I went to "Berbagi Buku" event during fasting month. The man-in-charge-in-documentation asked me to give three minutes impression about the definition of "sharing". I was very nervous back then. The collar and the wingspan was too long for me. I need to get the kimono resewn. Still a sloppy kitsuke back then.
 
I didn't know who got this shot, but this picture was put up in the field report. So thank you, random photographer :P.

Desi-chan Wedding and Kimono

My high school friend was had her wedding (finally!) and she invited me. I embraced that chance to wear kimono. Although I didn't have kimono formal enough for attending a wedding, I determined to wear any kimono related items I had ^^;;. I wore red checkered komon with my black woven camelia fukuro obi. The komon and juban were home-made by the seamstress, but I now realized that she made the collar and sleeves all wrong, especially in size :P). But by the time I wrote this article, the kimono I was talking about already been adjusted (by my friend) and I wore it in another occasion ;). I also wear white socks, old brown sandals and scarf as an obiage ^^;.

This idea of wearing kimono wouldn't success without my best friend's assist. Let me introduce you, Dinda, one of my best friend. I knew her when we attended the same junior high school ^w^. She acted as my chauffeur, accompanion and photographer. Arigatou, Dinda-chan. Although she didn't help me dressing in kimono (by the time she arrived at my house, I already dressed :D), she helped a lot with other things :P. My mom was a lil bit surprise I was wearing kimono. Dinda didn't fall for shock since she already got use seeing me acting all weird and non-canonical hahaha....

Speaking of which, I got many compliments and the father of the bride jokingly said whether I straightly came from Japan just to attend the wedding :P. Btw, the wedding itself was taken place at 26 August 2012. Quite an old photo?

They are amazing couple! And oops...my obijime was slipped ^^;.

Back shot. The taiko was tad little, and the tare was weird hahaha....

The photographer's skill was unheard of, but thank you, Dinda-chan.

January 2013 Kitsuke

I know I supposed to post this kitsuke on January, but I admit that I was slack on my update in this blog. Gomen nasai m(_ _)m. I know I shall keep my consistent writing. On the unrelated note, I believe I already made a resolution for 2013: I will wear kimono at least once a month in a year and keep update my kitsuke on my blog :D. I believe this will be my first kitsuke of the year ^w^.

I'm enlisted as one of the participants of Indonesian Sisterhood of Traveling Kimono (ISoTK) by default. Actually, I wasn't intended to be the participants, but nonetheless, I was appointed to be the very first participant (likewise, I was considered as the zero participant or participant number zero). You can check the detail of the history of the event in here: http://j-lover.blogspot.com/2013/03/indonesian-sisterhood-travelling-kimono.html

Some of the rules of ISoTK are: we are obliged to wear the kimono in our taste and choice ensemble and go to some interesting place in our domicile. We also need to take at least two pictures of ourselves wearing kimono in front and rear look (but I believe we shall really take a lot of picture in different angles and poses teehee~~). We have to cover the postage expenses to the next participant and - at our convenience - we shall put some letter and souvenir to the next participant.

The kimono is wool, hitoe and woven. The categories is komon. The kimono perfectly fit for my height - me for being 157 cm and the kimono is 160 cm. I found the wingspan (128 cm) and the sode (49 cm) also perfect for my body size. It's look like the kimono was existed for me hahaha (hyperbolic indeed). From the first time the kimono was chosen, I immediately think of wearing my black woven camelia fukuro obi. I complemented it with my stripe blue obiage and pink-white obijime. I didn't have much hassle with other accessories since I went all traditional (white eri, white tabi and zori). Aaa~ I actually thought about wearing my black suede boots since I haven't supplied myself with a nice zori. But surprise is surprise! I got a new pair of cute silver-gold zori from Frankenstein. I got it for my birthday present. Arigatou, Frankenstein <3. So in the end, I wore my brand new zori ^w^. I contacted Adi just in time to help me taking pictures and searching some good spots for getting the shots ;). I already decided some places that took my interest: Gunung Merapi, Tugu Yogyakarta, Jalan Malioboro, Benteng Vredeburg (Vredeburg Fort) and Alun-alun Kidul.

We started in early morning. I spent almost an hour to dress up and recheck my kitsuke again. Adi bought us some breakfast. Sweet~

I admit it. It was hard to get Gunung Merapi picture clearly with all of the cloud, fog, smog and smoke puffing from its crater. So I just took the picture of the mountain with its cloud covering the mountain itself. Oh well....

Although it was faintest picture, you still can see the silhouette of Gunung Merapi in the background. If you're lucky enough, you can see its magnificent view from this spot. 

And then, we moved to Tugu Yogya. The traffic was already crowded and we have to wait for it become more subsided :D. Oh yeah, several pedestrian were looking at me in interesting look. Some also exchange smile with me :D.

Notice how I squinted my eyes? Yes, the weather was perfect for kimono kitsuke ^w^.

After that, we continued to Jalan Malioboro. Again in my way to get some decent photo shots, some of the pedestrian were looked at me in perplexed way. I was aware that two ladies staring at me with their mouth agape. Hahaha~ very funny experience! A kid also stared at me and I looked at him back and smiled, in which he directly averted his eyes. That's too cute ^w^. Well...I know I was looked unusual and weird maybe, wearing kimono and such.

This is one of my favourite shot!

After we marched from Jalan Malioboro, we actually should go to Benteng Vredeburg, but it was super crowded and congested. Therefore, I declined the idea of having a shot inside the fort T^T. Too bad...but it couldn't be helped. So, we then continued go to the last destination: Alun-alun Kidul.

Again! I squinted my eyes. The sun shone really brightly that day. Notice the super big tree behind me? It's one of the two banyan tree in Alun-alun Kidul. Those two banyan tree is popular for the 'masangin' game.

One of (freelance apparently) photographer asked my permission if he was also allowed to take my picture in which I agreed and delighted. God! I must be a little bit narcissistic that day, but hey...I dressed up not for nothing, right? :P

It was fun day! I got tons of good pictures and experienced outdoor (serious) photo shots. We went to ice restaurant to transfer the data and me undressing myself. I didn't dare make the kimono dirty and stained so that's why I changed to my regular clothes ^w^.

You can check the whole set of photo shots in my album in here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.229814457154384.62102.100003774957100&type=3

Indonesian Sisterhood Travelling Kimono

During 2012, there is an idea originated from the admin of Immortalgeisha forum. That event is so called Sisterhood Traveling Kimono. Later the event was changed into Travelling Kimono only. The detail of the event can be seen in here: https://www.facebook.com/TravellingKimono1. Apparently, they already had the second round with different kimono. I actually want to participate, but due to high postage and the lack of kimono and komono items, I finally forfeit from the event. But still, I love the idea and see the kimono travelling around many countries with different ensemble.

Around the last quarter of 2012, I had an intense online conversation with the admin of Kimono Fans Indonesia and the owner of Kiyora Japan online shop. Two noticable girls who are really getting into kimono passion. To date, those two agree with my idea of holding the same event in Indonesia exclusively. They are enthusiastic and proposed to the admin of Sisterhood Traveling Kimono (I will shortened it into STK for the time being). During our waiting for the response and reply, we started to make a page dedicated for the event.



Thank goodness, the admin of STK gave us positive feedback and allowed us to hold the same event. And then, on December 4, 2012 we launched the page. This is the page: https://www.facebook.com/IndonesianTravelingKimono and of course it's in Indonesian.

After that, we hold the vote for the choosen kimono. There are four kimono that were proposed. All of them are gorgeous komon. I personally liked the first one ^w^.

Kimono 1

Kimono 2

Kimono 3

Kimono 4

We closed the vote on 22 December 2012. The choosen on was Kimono 1.

Komon is the most versatile kimono in both casual and semi formal occasion so TPO (time, place and occasion) likewise, komon will be our first choice ^w^.

We adapted the rule directly from STK and did some minor change (we add juban to the package since we believe that the participants will likely have no juban).

We also opened the application for the participants. After a long conversation with my kimono fellow, we decided to to make the first round to be our pilot project and closed the participants into five person. To our convenience, I will be the zero participant and will be the very first person wearing the choosen kimono teehee~~

This is the teaser:

I will post more picture in my 2013 January Kitsuke ^w^. Otanoshi mi ni~~