Kimono Design Accessories

Japanese Pendants

Our new colourful Kimono range of ceramic accessories include kanzashi hairsticks and doughnut shaped pendants.  

Japanese Hairpins

 The kanzashi come with a wavy stick to ensure a more secure hold in your hair.

Japanese Pin Badges

Check out our new range of Japanese Pin Badges!

Lost in Translation

Hissho doesn't mean must win... 3 Jan 2014

By SSN95

Hissho means certain/sure win/victory but not must win. It's made out of the characters 'hitsu' which means certain/sure and 'sho' meaning victory. So certain victory and not must win. :)

We had the above comment posted on our Hissho (Must Win) hachimaki listing on Amazon the other day. Personally, I think "must win" means something very similar to "certain victory" so I am not sure why the commenter thinks our translation is not acceptable. 

"Certain Victory" is a very literal translation of the characters 必(hitsu) and 勝(sho). In the context of someone wearing it on a hachimaki, however, the word hissho is describing the wearer’s determination to succeed or win and hence our translation to "must win". "I must win" would be another way to put it. 

Many words cannot be translated into another language in an easy way (see this article). Perhaps Hissho could be regarded as one of these!

New Japanya Products

New Products at Japanya

In addition to new kimono and nemaki, we have added Japanese tote bags and zori to our webshop this month. We're off to Japan soon to look for more interesting products to add to the website and to sell at the upcoming Hyper Japan event in July.

Hawk and Dragon Yukata

A new yukata (cotton kimono) has been added to our men's range of gowns today, black with a gold and white hawk and dragon design it looks stunning.

Daruma - 18cm version now available

We currently have some  Size 6 Daruma (18cm height) in stock which we have listed for sale in our Amazon Marketplace shop.  These are twice the size of our standard Size 3 Daruma (9cm) and certainly are quite eye-catching!

Daruma 18cm

Nemaki (Lined Kimono)

We have had a new batch of nemaki made this time in a navy with wavy stripe design. We are stocking this in two lengths 55"(M) and 60"(L). In the image below the M gown is modeled on a 5ft7" mannequin on the left and the 60" gown modeled on a 6' mannequin on the right.

New Edo Stripe Nemaki

The overall wrap around style and width (60") is the same for both lengths and is suitable for both men and women; however please note, the sleeves on the 55"(M) length gown are shorter with a longer drop more commonly found on a woman's cotton kimono.