After the Giant Buddha statue, we walked over to this 5-story pagoda. It is the 2nd tallest pagoda in Japan. The current structure is a restoration that was completed in 1426 and is 50.1 meters.
After lunch our guide Setsko-san took us to a vintage kimono shop (aka thrift shop):
The little salesclerk helped me tie my kimono and pick out an obi (the part that ties around the middle):
I should've thrown the peace sign - then you wouldn't be able to tell that I'm an American ;)
...then she got really into it (because our guide told her we were actually going to buy one) - and she tied the back up how it is supposed to be - it took 20 minutes and 2 women to tie it!
It was so cool - I'll never be able to have it look this neat again!! It was only about $70 for this kimono/obi purchase, where it would've been about $250-$300 back in Okinawa!!
Michael treated me to some Tiffany's gifts :)
ahh... how I've missed my American conglomerates :)
1 comment:
I like tiffany too, Michael! :-)
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