Kimono Shopping Adventure in Asakusa - Uncover Affordable Elegance.

Would you like to save your time for travel planning? That's why I have done all the research for you. Watch this video to effortlessly plan the best trip to Japan. Today, I will introduce you Asakusa. In this video, I will introduce you how and where to buy reasonable kimono as your special souvenir. There are so many kinds of kimono and so many shops. Maybe you have no idea what to buy. I hope I can give you some hints in this video. Please enjoy. First, I came to Nishisando shopping street, which is just one block from Nakamise shopping street. It's very close from Sensoji main hall. I came too early in the morning, but fortunately, two of my favorite shops were opened. Recycle Kimono Shop Miyoshi is a small shop that has a lot of variety of inventory. I'm sure you will find something interesting. So this shop is Recycle Kimono Shop. Normally, if you make kimono with your size, it's like otoku too. So you're gonna buy a roll of textile and make it with your size. It's gonna cost about like 1,000 to 5,000 dollars. But those are antique kimono. It's very, very cheap. Look at this 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen. So if you can find something you like, you're very lucky. For example, it's nice for tapestry for your interior. Or like this. This is silk. It's really expensive, like $1,000 at least. But you can use it as a table center cloth. It's lovely. Oh, it's so expensive. I have good eyes. This one is not cheap, sorry. But I really like it. It originally was $3,500. It doesn't matter. It's kind of unisex. It doesn't matter female or male. Either of them you can use. And how to dress, you can check on YouTube. If you walk for 30 seconds to the right, you will find another kimono shop specialized for working and relaxing. I love this store. I love the owner of this store. They're so friendly. And there are several kimono shops. And this here is the working kimono for men. I can see everything. Antique, pro series, short pants. So you can wear easily. Originally, the samui is a simple loose-fitting outfit worn by a Buddhist monk in Japan. The design is different from normal kimono. It's a set of top and pants. There are short pants version for summer, which we call jinbei. Since it's typically plain in design and can be washed at home, it's used as a relaxed wear and working wear. This shop is not a recycle shop. Everything is new. They have lots of items including Japanese sandals, overcoats, bags, and even outfit for your dog. How lovely. Look at that sophisticated design. Why did you choose to enter here, into this shop? What attracted you? Just visiting this place, we see this shop. It's for this... This... I don't know the name. Samui? Samui. This. This one? Kimono? Or samui? We see the color and we like it. So do you think you're going to wear that in your home country? Yes. Okay, or during the country? During the country? No. That's in our country. We already have some kimonos. Okay, all right. In Kyoto. Okay. Where are you from? France. France? Oh, okay. So is this your first trip to Japan? Yes. And how did you like it so far? It's my first. It's my first trip in Japan. It's my first trip in my life. Out of France. Okay. It's a good memory. We come here for one month. One month? Wow, long. Vacation. But we go back to France tomorrow. Tomorrow? Yes. It's our last day. Then we will buy some gifts and go back to France tomorrow. Okay, come back soon. Yes. My friend is very sad and cry a lot because return in France. You're already missing Japan. I like the country. Why don't you try on and let me see how you look like? Yes. Looking good. So this is not like an inch. Even you are so tall, you can fit, right? This kind of kimono. So it's good. Yes. If it's a long one, it's short, right? Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for cooperation. Thank you. Yeah, that's good. I think it's a good choice. While I was there, so many non-Japanese customers came to the shop. The owner couple communicate in English very kindly, supporting customers to find their size. Both of them bought a lot of items. I hope they're gonna wear them in France. Those samui which the owner couple wear are quite fashionable. Jeans textile. She said that she wear it for more than 10 years. I'm glad to hear that. I was going to buy one. Thank you very much. Please come again. Look at this. Jinrichi-sha. Looks lovely. Wow, she's so elegant. Nice. How much is it? Oh, I see. By the way, is it for two people? No, it's for one person. Oh, it's for two people. It's 5,000 yen. I didn't pay. It's 4,000 yen. Thank you very much. We can walk. Here is another kimono recycle shop. They have very big inventory. That was my first time to visit here, and I was so impressed. I really liked it. A lot of inventory. Look at that. Here is a lot of reasonable one. It's a belt. Japanese belt. You can use as a table center. It's 1,000 yen. If you buy it, it's very expensive, but I think it's okay to use kimono. I received a lot of kimono from my mother, from my grandmother. From several generations, we passed. It's our custom. Even it's a recycled one, there is no problem. Many of them are made by silk. Look, for example, this one is handmade. This is made like this. It's a special one, handmade to create each of it and dye. You can wear it as a jacket. Sometimes I wear this kind of thing over my dress, and it looks quite good. This is summer kimono. You need to wear something underneath. If not, people can see it. Yukata, cotton kimono. It's quite good price. I think this drawer has a lot of variety. This is a female kimono. The next drawer is a man's kimono. I personally highly recommend that this is a kimono underneath. You cannot walk outside with this, but you can use it as a night robe. This is silk. It looks pretty. As a souvenir, it looks quite new. It doesn't look old at all. Actually, I want that, too. It's 6,000 yen. We call this nagajuban. Nagajuban For a souvenir, it's quite good. It's a pretty new one. It's clean. It's lovely. You can use it as a belt. 1,600 yen. Those belts are 4,000 yen. It's for men. I'm so rich. I drink sake. Sake tasting. Oh, no. It's quite nice. 3,000 yen. Wow. I want to come back here for myself. See? 3,000 yen. Can you believe it? You can wear it as a jacket over a normal dress. 3,000 yen is very high quality. I like here. They said cotton kimono for summer. Easy to wear. This kind of thing. Or this jacket. We call this taori. Like a cardigan. This is kind of a light jacket. Those are very popular for souvenirs. I really like this one. I think I'm gonna buy this. It's pretty new. This is a sign of new. When you use it, you need to remove this. But this is a sign of new. If you make this, it costs normally 60,000 yen. If you make with your size. But this is just 6,000 yen. And it's new. And it's my size. I really like it. You cannot work with this outside. It's like this one. Underneath. You put underneath. For example, you can use it as a night robe. It's nice for your sister or your mother's souvenir. They're gonna like it. It's much better than a souvenir style. Cheap one. Come here. I highly recommend it. This was not 6,000 yen. It was 3,800 yen. 3,000? Unbelievable. And for dry cleaning, normally it costs about 4,000 to 5,000 yen. So it's much cheaper than dry cleaning. And she said that if I make this with my size, if I buy a normal kimono shop, it's gonna cost like 30,000 yen. So 10%. Actually, I bought for myself today. I'm so happy. Okay. So this is the end of this. Sorry. I'm kind of drunk with the sake. I'm sorry. I'm so happy with my shopping. Did you enjoy the souvenir part? I hope you enjoyed it. It's gonna help you for your future planning, travel planning for Japan. I have a big favor of you. I'd like to know which part of Japan you'd like me to focus on. 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