Gorgeous kimono and I love that obi. Can I tie a 'too small' (Nagoya) obi without that piece of kit? Surely there must be a way. I wonder what pregnant women did before they caught up with the west? [As a pensioner, there's no way I can afford any more items for now, and in Austalia, even via Ebay, things are incredibly expensive. Just the clips (the kimono pegs/clips) are around $150 plus. That would be something like paying 100 euro or 100 us dollars. It's VERY expensive. I found some from China but still... specialty items are super pricey. How to tie a short obi without special equipment would be very much appreciated. Thanks for another truly helpful and informative video. This library of kimono instruction and very interesting history and facts is played again and again. The BEST resource I've found yet.
Oh my you put out the best kimono videos!!! I just so happen to have a too short obi and it's been sitting in my drawer for ages because I don't know how to wear it!!! Thank you so much!! Now I need to get my hands on a sugata makura...!
That kimono is one of the prettiest ones I have ever seen! I am a big fan of bright colours and don't really see many kimonos like that besides newly made yukata and furisode.
me: wow this is so great, so cool, extremely informational yet so concise-- ONLY TWO MINUTES? Show me how it's done, it's so hard to believe 😭 on a more serious note, the aunties at obon always did this for me, growing up, and now I'm learning to do it myself, but... it's really tough. I'm really grateful toward you for making these videos. They're a lovely quality, the microphone and camera are both nice, and despite everything looking like a one-man production, you can really feel the thoughtfulness that goes behind each video.
1. The kimono you are wearing in this video... is so gorgeous... 2. You need more subscribers, you make SUCH good content. I'm reccommending your videos to my Japanese Aesthetics professor, your videos would be so good to show in class!
Very useful tutorial as this is completely new to me, thank you! After the 7" mark, the steps became a bit complicated though 😮 but I can always refer back😊
Hi Billy! Thanks a lot for this video. I think that a guide for placing the "gara" correctly on "otaiko" and "mae obi" is also very useful, since if you use a shorter obi, sometimes the patterns moves around as well. I have a obi with this type of pattern which is extremely frustrating to tighten.
Yes, totally! I am actually planning a continued video to this on how to place pattern, in which I will shorten the "how to out it on"-part. I just didn't want this video to be too long or too confusing. :) So it's a little "to be continued"... :D
I am waiting on my sugata to arrive from Japan. It might be a while, but when it gets here, I will schedule a kimono class with you. Then I should have all the things to put together a beautiful kitsuke.
Oh my god, this is the first instruction video where I actually understand how to utilize sugata makura!! 😅 I have had it for years but never understood how to use it. My only problem is, that I have extremely short back length, and this pre-arranged makura will sit too close to my neck... I usually try to tie taiko so that it's a bit smaller and the normal makura would be partly on top of the obi edge, since there is no room between my hips and chest to accommodate wider knots... Well, I will have to learn this method and try to make it work for my body, since I have so many too short obi! Thank you Billy!!! 💕
Oh wow, a short back... That's a problem I have never thought about. Could it be that your makura is one of the big ones? Because I noticed that there are a lot different shapes and sizes differing from producer to producer. However, I really hope that you get used to how put this makura on!
@@BillyMatsunaga Well I have a few different makuras, one is slightly bigger and the one I always use is the smallest I have found. But I really do have a short back - if I sit in onsen on my bum, I get drowned since the water comes up to my nose, so I always sit in seiza in onsen... 😅 Short back is a problem most people don't realise - I'm not THAT short (or thin) otherwise (166cm) so most western clothes don't fit me either if they are fitted... 😥 I suppose I should wear obi a bit lower since I'm not young any more, but there is only one place the obi sits at, so can't follow that rule, either! 😄
haha! yes, there are so many different techniques to deal with short obi, only no one really puts that skill out there. Hope I can show more tricks like this! :)
Thank you very much! Would you please make a video about how to tie a too short hanhaba obi with a cute bow? I have a larger body and my hanhaba obi is too short (275 cm long and 10 cm wide) I can’t even tie a bow with it 😅
Hoping to see more videos on how to use a sugata makura! Hopefully for knots specific to furisode? Fukura suzume musubi? How to use a biyosugata makura even? 0.0
Not only kimono but also obi can be too short? This is so difficult. 😭 Why are especially vintage obi too short? Did they use a different binding style than today?
Yet another time I've come to express admiration for one of your videos. I'm wondering -- you're very thin, and there are obi that are too small for you?? My waist is about 45", and I am not sure I'll ever be able to buy an obi that will work for me, even with a sugata makura. Is there a way, a place to get obi and other komono that will be able to encompass me correctly, or should I just learn to make my own?
Have you ever used an obi-clip (azumasugata.co.jp/tomeganegu.html)? If so, I would love to see a video on how to use this tool with a nagoya obi. I sometimes have issues with getting the tesaki to look right, so perhaps I'm missing a step somewhere.
Halo Billy🌸 I wonder if there is any specific function for that gauze? If i am using a normal obi makura with ties, is it necessary to add gauze again?
Gorgeous kimono and I love that obi.
Can I tie a 'too small' (Nagoya) obi without that piece of kit? Surely there must be a way. I wonder what pregnant women did before they caught up with the west?
[As a pensioner, there's no way I can afford any more items for now, and in Austalia, even via Ebay, things are incredibly expensive. Just the clips (the kimono pegs/clips) are around $150 plus. That would be something like paying 100 euro or 100 us dollars. It's VERY expensive. I found some from China but still... specialty items are super pricey. How to tie a short obi without special equipment would be very much appreciated.
Thanks for another truly helpful and informative video. This library of kimono instruction and very interesting history and facts is played again and again. The BEST resource I've found yet.
Oh my you put out the best kimono videos!!! I just so happen to have a too short obi and it's been sitting in my drawer for ages because I don't know how to wear it!!! Thank you so much!! Now I need to get my hands on a sugata makura...!
Aww, I'm so glad that I can help!!! 💖 Hope you can wear that obi soon!! (And that you will post pictures somewhere so I can see it!)
Billy, you are so awesome 🥰Thank you very much for all the Kimono youtubes you made, I just love it ❤
That kimono is one of the prettiest ones I have ever seen! I am a big fan of bright colours and don't really see many kimonos like that besides newly made yukata and furisode.
me: wow this is so great, so cool, extremely informational yet so concise-- ONLY TWO MINUTES? Show me how it's done, it's so hard to believe 😭
on a more serious note, the aunties at obon always did this for me, growing up, and now I'm learning to do it myself, but... it's really tough. I'm really grateful toward you for making these videos. They're a lovely quality, the microphone and camera are both nice, and despite everything looking like a one-man production, you can really feel the thoughtfulness that goes behind each video.
1. The kimono you are wearing in this video... is so gorgeous...
2. You need more subscribers, you make SUCH good content. I'm reccommending your videos to my Japanese Aesthetics professor, your videos would be so good to show in class!
Oh, thank you and thank you!! Your are awesome! 💕
Friend of mine is wearing a traditional kimono and bought a short obi for it. Im the one dressing her and this has helped greatly.
Very useful tutorial as this is completely new to me, thank you! After the 7" mark, the steps became a bit complicated though 😮 but I can always refer back😊
Hi Billy! Thanks a lot for this video. I think that a guide for placing the "gara" correctly on "otaiko" and "mae obi" is also very useful, since if you use a shorter obi, sometimes the patterns moves around as well. I have a obi with this type of pattern which is extremely frustrating to tighten.
Yes, totally! I am actually planning a continued video to this on how to place pattern, in which I will shorten the "how to out it on"-part. I just didn't want this video to be too long or too confusing. :) So it's a little "to be continued"... :D
I am waiting on my sugata to arrive from Japan. It might be a while, but when it gets here, I will schedule a kimono class with you. Then I should have all the things to put together a beautiful kitsuke.
I have a vintage one of these and now I can use it! As a larger person this is so helpful!
Definitely essential!! I use this way to often, too!! :D
Oh my god, this is the first instruction video where I actually understand how to utilize sugata makura!! 😅 I have had it for years but never understood how to use it. My only problem is, that I have extremely short back length, and this pre-arranged makura will sit too close to my neck... I usually try to tie taiko so that it's a bit smaller and the normal makura would be partly on top of the obi edge, since there is no room between my hips and chest to accommodate wider knots... Well, I will have to learn this method and try to make it work for my body, since I have so many too short obi! Thank you Billy!!! 💕
Oh wow, a short back... That's a problem I have never thought about. Could it be that your makura is one of the big ones? Because I noticed that there are a lot different shapes and sizes differing from producer to producer. However, I really hope that you get used to how put this makura on!
@@BillyMatsunaga Well I have a few different makuras, one is slightly bigger and the one I always use is the smallest I have found. But I really do have a short back - if I sit in onsen on my bum, I get drowned since the water comes up to my nose, so I always sit in seiza in onsen... 😅 Short back is a problem most people don't realise - I'm not THAT short (or thin) otherwise (166cm) so most western clothes don't fit me either if they are fitted... 😥 I suppose I should wear obi a bit lower since I'm not young any more, but there is only one place the obi sits at, so can't follow that rule, either! 😄
For a chonky big vakyrie like myself, this is a REALLY great tutorial. I'll keep an eve on ebay for a aide like this!
Anna-Karin Uhlén thank you 🧡
I'm impressed!! I did not know this technique to make a Otaïko musubi!! thanks for video😊
haha! yes, there are so many different techniques to deal with short obi, only no one really puts that skill out there. Hope I can show more tricks like this! :)
@@BillyMatsunaga 👍👍😊
Thank you very much!
Would you please make a video about how to tie a too short hanhaba obi with a cute bow? I have a larger body and my hanhaba obi is too short (275 cm long and 10 cm wide) I can’t even tie a bow with it 😅
Hoping to see more videos on how to use a sugata makura! Hopefully for knots specific to furisode? Fukura suzume musubi? How to use a biyosugata makura even? 0.0
There’s another video on my channel. And more will follow 😊
Me over here using chip clips for kimono clips. 😅
Thank you so much ! I have a couple of short Nagoya obi. This is just wonderful. ❤️
HihI! Thank you so much as always!! Hope you can try this soon?
All obi's are short on me so what I do is buy a premade obi and then a flat obi and use both of them.
really usefull video! But I need the tool, I saw it in Japan, now I need to buy it hahaha. Always looking forward for the next video
Yes, this is definitely a must-have for anyone who loves kimono. Thank you!!
I just ordered one on Rakuten. Check their website!
Not only kimono but also obi can be too short? This is so difficult. 😭 Why are especially vintage obi too short? Did they use a different binding style than today?
Yet another time I've come to express admiration for one of your videos. I'm wondering -- you're very thin, and there are obi that are too small for you?? My waist is about 45", and I am not sure I'll ever be able to buy an obi that will work for me, even with a sugata makura. Is there a way, a place to get obi and other komono that will be able to encompass me correctly, or should I just learn to make my own?
Thank you so much. I believe it is gauze. IMHO A good clips are important. The strongest.
Schön erklärt, vielen Dank!
Danke dir!! 💖
I have been trying this for awhile now and it has not worked for me at all. I cant get the obi to stay at all.
I cant get it to stay tight. Once I finish its super loose.
That’s practice. I had the same problems in the beginning, but with a while you’ll find out how much you should pull, so it stays.
Have you ever used an obi-clip (azumasugata.co.jp/tomeganegu.html)? If so, I would love to see a video on how to use this tool with a nagoya obi. I sometimes have issues with getting the tesaki to look right, so perhaps I'm missing a step somewhere.
こちらは、カラフルな お着物ですね😃
Well that was tedius. Lolz
Halo Billy🌸 I wonder if there is any specific function for that gauze? If i am using a normal obi makura with ties, is it necessary to add gauze again?