Pride Parade is like the ultimate time to dress up. People expect a bit of outlandishness and fabulousness, so we thought what better time to get dressed up and show our support for the LGBTQ community at the same time. We ended up being stopped a few time by people telling us they liked our outfits and thought we looked awesome.
It was really rainy and a bit chilly so I decided to wear my yukata so I didn't have to worry about water stains on kimono, but I dressed it up kimono style with a juban, nagoya obi and obi-jime and obi-age. Definitely not traditional, but I was pretty pleased with the outcome and didn't have any issues with being too cold like the last time I wore my yukata.
For this month's meet we decided to get together and watch the Pride Parade. We also headed down to a really nice local sushi restaurant called Ko-Doraku. I had a really tasty kampyo roll, some chicken udon and pork dumplings. The owner was very happy to see us in kimono and came out afterwards to tell us how pleased he was. He said we made him think of summer and Japan! After that we checked out the new library and then headed out to play some board games at the Board Room Cafe. It was a total blast and I can't wait to hang out with these lovely people again.
I personally didn't get any photos, but once again my friend Jessica managed to get some nice ones of me so I'm posting them here with her permission.
At the parade!
Walking through the crowd. Please excuse the obi, it got a bit wonky after it came loose and had to be retied.
At the restaurant they had this gorgeous uchikake hanging on the wall with some samurai armor so of course we had to stop and get a group picture. They also had some really gorgeous fukuro obi on display as well! It was such a lovely atmosphere! I really want to go back again sometime in the future!
I can't wait until the next meet! For updates please be sure to like my facebook page!
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