On January 1st, 2024 at Weller Court in Little Tokyo, LA Kimono Club had an annual Kimono Contest as part of “Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo.” This year’s event attracted 12 contestants and 6 sponsors. LA Kimono Club started advertising campaign for the Kimono Contest in October 2023 and it filled up quickly unlike past years. […]
LA Kimono Club presents Summer Kimono Festival at Terasaki Budokan, 249 South Los Angeles Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Downtown, on Saturday, June 24, from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, free for 12 and under, $25 at the door. Payment will be handled via Venmo. Yukata Workshop will be provided in […]
L.A. Kimono Club presents Mr. & Miss Kimono Contest 2020 on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at 11:00 am at Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo. Rules & Regulations: All contestants must sign-up before December 23, 2019. Registration form is available on the LA Kimono Club website, https://www.lakimonoclub.org/news. Registration is $20 per contestant. To be eligible, […]
Japan-born Hayahiko Takase, architect by profession and a cultural treasure within the Japanese American community in Los Angeles, passed away on Dec. 27, 2018 at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. He was 88 years old. Takase was the conceptual architect for the Terasaki Budokan Project in Little Tokyo. Born in Tokyo in […]
Mr. & Miss Kimono LA Contest 2019 is cancelled now. L.A. Kimono Club will present a Kimono Show at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 at the New Year’s Day event in Little Tokyo. + LA Kimono Club presents Mr. & Miss Kimono LA Contest 2019 on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 at 1:30pm in […]
To coincide with various New Year’s Day celebration events in Little Tokyo, LA Kimono Club presents 2015 Miss & Mr. Kimono LA Contest on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. at Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo. Eight to nine contestants for each category are expected to appear in the contests. Miss & Mr. […]
On Jan. 1 at Little Tokyo, the LA Kimono Club selected Lindsay Seino as Miss Kimono LA 2014, Mami Koizumi as runner-up, and Andy Matsuda as Mr. Kimono LA 2014. The 2014 contest was held at Japanese Village Plaza shopping center to coincide with the New Year’s Day celebration events organized by the Japanese Chamber […]
On Jan. 1 at Little Tokyo, the LA Kimono Club selected Lindsay Seino as Miss Kimono LA 2014, Mami Koizumi as runner-up, and Andy Matsuda as Mr. Kimono LA 2014. The 2014 contest was held at Japanese Village Plaza shopping center to coincide with the New Year’s Day celebration events organized by the Japanese […]
On Jan. 1 at Little Tokyo, the LA Kimono Club selected Lindsay Seino as Miss Kimono LA 2014, Mami Koizumi as runner-up, and Andy Matsuda as Mr. Kimono LA 2014. The 2014 contest was held at Japanese Village Plaza shopping center to coincide with the New Year’s Day celebration events organized by the Japanese Chamber […]