It's been a pretty quiet week here, quiet but busy. Aside from working on new kanzashi, I made the decision to lend my support to Tsumami-zaiku Ichirindo's campaign to raise funds to make up
This week I'm happy to present this new kanzashi hairpin that features plum blossoms and the rabbit of the moon, a mythical figure in Japanese folklore usually depicted as pounding mochi with a mortar
When I was a child, my parents used to take us to the Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples, Hawaii. This temple is a replica of a Japanese temple built over a