About Nume-leather

The leather used for our products are called Nume leather.

The Nume-leather is tanned in an ingredient called Tannin extracted from a plant, with its surface left natural without any surface processing.

It takes more than a month for the tanning process. The Nume leather is not only beautiful to look at but also superior in durability.

Authenticity of leather is prevalent. Since the surface is left natural, the trace of vessels or wrinkles can be seen on it. This guarantees authenticity. The more you use it, the genuine leather gets shiner and the color gets deeper. That is the fantastic part of the leather.

The total coordinate of Kimono and Obi

Kyoto Kimono Accessories has brought various original products made with authentic Kimono fabrics and Obi, a broad sash tied over a kimono, for over 30 years from Kyoto.

There is a traditional custom of division of labor in Kimono manufacturing system; Kimono fabrics are to be produced in Muromachi region and Obi in Nishijin region (both locates in Kyoto).


It was a tradition that Kimono fabrics and Obi are produced separately.

We, however, wanted to suggest the total coordinate of Kimono and Obi.


That became the concept of Kikyoya and we started to manufacture original products of Kimono fabrics and Obi together.


All our goods are handmade by our skillful professionals in Nishijin Weaving, Yuzen dyeing, and Kimono sewing.

It takes elaborate process to handmade each product but that is the essential to bring the genuine article.


Our specialties are beautiful table runners, placemats, and coasters made of Nishijin Obi and Kimono fabrics. Also we have unique items with which we matched authentic Nishijin Weaving with genuine leather. Business card cases, key cases, cellphone cases, and iphone cases are one of them.


You can enjoy the Japanese style and Kyoto taste with our products.


We would love to bring more of our products to the world and to share the beauty of our culture.

The EX Newspaper placed an article about Us!!

EX SANKEI EXPRESS placed an article about us in their serial running [Kyoto MONO Story].

 The press was released on July 20th 2009.

The variety of our products is introduced there with our elaborate handmade process.

Men's Cellphone Cases

We made cell phone cases with authentic Nishijin Kimono Fabrics (100% SILK) and the genuine leather.

Each case was handmade by Kimono professionals.

We have SAKURA, DRAGON, WAVES, CLOUDS, NISHIJIN series with various color patterns. 

SAKURA series　桜

DRAGON series 龍

WAVES series 波　

 

CLOUDS series 八雲

NISHIJIN series 西陣

We have matching items with Business card cases and/or Key cases.

Details

Interior Nishijin Kimono Fabrics

 comes with attachable accessory with original bamboo emblem

can be used as an iPhone case or a cigar case

Packaged in our signature gift box!

Our Business Card Case Chosen for the Special Memento!!

Our Business Card Cases were selected as the special memento of Kahala Posts Group (KPG) Conference held in Kyoto.

KPG International Conference was held in Kyoto in July 2009.

KPG is formed by 10 Postal Service agencies of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, United States, Spain, Great Britain, France, Singapore, and Japan.

 Kikyoya Business Card Cases were chosen as its special memento to present to all participants from over the world.


For this occasion, we manufactured KPG original business card cases carved KPG original Logo on the interior leather.
The fabrics we used were 100 % Silk Nishijin weaving with more than 1200 years of history in Kyoto.

Since the guests at the conference were all coming from oversea, we heard they were very pleased to receive the authentic Japanese Kimono mementos.


It was our pleasure to be a part of the important international conference and to be able to introduce Japanese culture through our products.
We are happy to create more of original articles for various companies and organizations. We are looking forward to sharing our beautiful culture handed over in Kyoto through our elaborate handmade products.

Please contact us if you are interested in creating the original logo items with us.

Nishijin Weaving

We use Nishijin Weaving for our products.

 The roots of Kyoto Nishijin weaving go back some 1,200 years to the founding era of Heian-kyo. Heian-kyo’s motive was to manage the production of textiles for court nobles, and employed weavers to produce luxury fabrics.


The Nishijin style of weaving uses yarn dyeing, in which yarns of various colors are woven to make patterns.

This technique is both time-consuming and labor intensive compared to other techniques, but it is indispensable for creating the elaborate and gorgeous designs required for kimono fabric.

Kyoto Kimono Accessories by Kikyoya

Our product concept is:

Fusion of Authentic Kimono Fabrics and the genuine leather





Issyo Yasui, the founder of Kikyoya, Kyoto Kimono Accessories, is the title winning specialist in Kimono dyeing method well known as Yuzen dyeing.

Isso Yasui, the title winning Kimono professional

 

After the long career in Yuzen dyeing, he has started creating brand new items made of Kimono fabrics with genuine leather, silks, and bamboos utilizing the special skills and techniques in Kimono making. All manufacturing process are done in handmade.


Now we have many unique items made with authentic Kimono fabrics.

We are happy to introduce you the new way to enjoy Kimono in your daily life!
Pleae visit our store on eBay!
 http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Kyoto-Kimono-Accessories-Japan

Have you tried Kimono?

Every race has its own traditional clothing.

For Japanese, that is Kimono.
Until the recent modernization, Japanese people wore Kimono as everyday wear.


Now most of people wear Kimono only for the special occasions and it is true that most of us do not know how to wear Kimono. Surprising?

So we have Kimono schools where they teach how to wear it and they give a certification upon mastering the skill, which is called Kitsuke. Usually, those schools cost a lot, therefore, most of us remain without any skills to wear it by ourselves.

Then, what do we do when we want to wear Kimono?






Usually, we go to the beauty shop. They have professonals who can do Kitsuke, and they will do your hair and makeup that fit with your Kimono style. The whole service costs around $100 and even more.

In Kyoto, we have stores you can experience to wear Kimono. For the girls, you can dress like Maiko (apprentice Geisha), and for guys, you can wear Kimono in Samurai style.
Check the link below!


http://www.toei-eigamura.com/?c=2


http://www.yumekyoto-kimono.com/english/info.html


Kyoto Kimono Accessories
In any ways, Kimono is getting far away from our everyday life, which is a bit sad and shame.
That is one of the reasons we, Kyoto Kimono Accessories, are offering products with which we can have Kimono culture in everyday life.

Visit Our Store

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Kyoto-Kimono-Accessories-Japan

We hope more people have chance to know about the beauty of Kimono and to experience it.


In the next blog, I will write about the Kimono fabrics called Nishijin Weaving.