Anyone watching all the Mochi pounding videos from 3 years ago? Don't you think we've improved?🤭 Help answer my friend Lena's questions. 12:35 Let her know what you think in the comments!🙏 Check her website- www.kimono-ikasu.com/collections/frontpage Message from her❤️ “Did you know that every kimono and obi is one-of-a-kind piece of art, and every pattern and motif has the meaning? For example we used obi with pine pattern - a symbol of longevity, as pines stay green all the year round. The other New Year symbols are bamboo and plum. Bamboo stands for strength, because it grows straight fast. Plum - for fertility and prosperity of descendants, as plum is the first to bloom in severe winter cold. You can use these symbols in your interior for better luck in your 2024!” 👨👩👧Join Kimonoko Club- th-cam.com/channels/LLC4hipTYA1e-Rv-l31Z_w.htmljoin It's a Cooking Club (TH-cam membership) to support the Kimono Mom channel to keep making interesting & fun videos. We will be hosting cooking classes and a variety of cultural online events, behind the scene of making video!! ❤️🔥Follow the journey of our Umami Sauce - instagram.com/umami_kimonomom/ 🌸Kimono Mom Store - store.kimonomom.com/ Authentic Japanese kitchen tools made by Japanese craftsmen Keep in touch! Instagram - instagram.com/kimono_mom/ Facebook - facebook.com/MOE.KimonoMom Special thanks to: 🙏 Kimonoko Club Members for your continued support! You allow us to continue to make great content! 🙏 Those who have sent Super Thanks on my videos! Your continued support allows me to create new content! 💌Contact Kimono Mom Team - contact@kimonomom.com
The most BEAUTIFUL family. Happy holidays, Kimono Mom family! You three bring so much joy into our lives with your videos and your kind hearts! Thank you! I love this whole video. 💜❤💚
from seeing Sutan as a little 9 month baby on Paulo in Japan's video to seeing Sutan walking, talking and being a ray of sushine is so heartwarming to see!!
Hi❤️I'm doing an online Ramen class today, you want to come?🍜It starts at 6pm Japan time(in 8 hours), so make sure to join Kimonoko Club's Matcha or Obi before then😉 th-cam.com/users/livevwjEz42ZPOc?si=JrvYyZ-F0yYn3dDF (Miso, soy sauce, plant base)
Dear KimonoMom, I'm from Brazil, my grandparents born in Japaon (Kyoto and Hiroshima). They taught us other way to make mochi. We use to put the raw rice in the blender to grind it. Than, we cook it with water and make a kind of dough. We wrap that dough with a cotton "tissue" and steam cook it. It looks easier than hammer it. Excepts, hammer looks nicer. =)
I love this video so much! I was smiling and laughing, and I learned a lot about making Mochi! Your family always brings joy and education to all of us. Thank you very much! Time goes by so quickly and Sutan is growing so fast! Sutan did a great job in helping make Mochi. 😀
I love what your friend Lena is doing with the unused kimono's. I think if Japan has tourist Centers or offices, these would be good places to display her art. She could have a little story about the significance of the material/pattern and also her details for anyone who would like to purchase one. I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous Christmas and New Year.
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎Displaying my art inside Japan for foreigners id such a great idea! I didn't think about it, definitely will give it a try! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
I imagine seeing Lena's kimono art in Asian Art museums, corporate art installations, Airport art installations, Japanese restaurants, etc. Thank you for sharing your beautiful art with us! 🙏
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎Asian Art museums sounds amazing! I didn't think about it. I will definitely give it a try!
This was very entertaining to watch. I especially loved hearing Princess Sutan sing and the end where she is in that beautiful dress. Sutan is growing up so fast and i enjoy seeing her enjoy her life with her loving parents. Bless you all. ❤❤❤❤❤
I love watching people talk about what they love to do. Lena's face lit up as she talked. I live in America, and would love one eventually. Where I live now, I can't hang things on the walls. It's a pre decorated rental. I'll check out the site, though.
Sutan is the perfect balance of helpful and hardworking one minute, and giggly and naughty the next minute. Love this kiddo! Merry Christmas Kimono Fam!!!! 🎄🎅🎁🌟💚❤️
I remember how Sutan got tired and sat there when she was so little and now how much bigger she’s gotten! I hope she doesn’t lose her comedy though! What a great Japanese way to reuse the lovely kimonos! Japanese culture is so grounded in reuse and preserving everything without waste… like Kintsugi etc. Thank you for sharing that! Happy Holidays!
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Yes, treating things with respect and seeing beauty in old things is an amazing part of Japanese culture! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
@@lenaokamoto Thank you so much for your response! So nice to hear from you! It’s so lovely and sustainable that you create these kimono art pieces and it was so nice of Moe San to invite you! ❤️😊
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ I wonder if I can make the same with antique hanboks, I have to try once! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
@@lenaokamoto oh! it’s a very good idea I think!! It will be a wonderful job if you do it with hanbok :) If I had a hanbok, I'd like to give it to you, but I'm sad that I can't. But I'll always support your work of art.👍👍
Jesteście bardzo miłą i kochającą się Rodziną. Lubię z Wami spędzać czas i dużo się od Was uczę. Kocham Japonię i poznaję ją też dzięki Wam. Wkrótce Święta Bożego Narodzenia. To piękny czas w moim kraju- Polsce. Życzę Wam Wesołych Świąt🎄🔔🎅🏼
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ I appreciate it a lot! Hope my works will be in Mexico as well one day! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
The mochi turned out so well this year thanks to the three of you pounding the rice together. I remember the first time with a very young Sutan getting tired halfway through and just sitting on the step resting. It was so sweet to see her singing and opening her yuzu store, with some wildly fluctuating prices!
May I say. I appreciate it that you talk to us in your language. It sounds so authentic. So vibrant. Gives back the experience of watching real Japanese chefs with their kid. Kawaii. ❤ I’m not mother tongue English speaker. But English helps me understand you and it helps you understand this comment. ❤
Lena.. your kimono art is absolutely beautiful. Any country including mine (England) would be so lucky to have you display here. Culture and other countries culture is so important and this would be amazing xx
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ It means a lot to me to hear such a beautiful feedback!!! Hope to have my works in England one day ❤︎ Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
@@lenaokamoto I live in United States in new Orleans, Louisiana. I believe even museums might wish to archive the framed patterns of kimonos. So beautiful and precious history.
I’m only 20 years old, but watching Sutan grow up and become a kid is so crazy to me that it makes me feel much older 😅 I hope your family can keep these beautiful and fun traditions and that we all grow up with Sutan to become more health and full of love/happiness. 🙏🏼🇧🇷
Have watched you and Sutan since day 1 and it is amazing how much she has grown and grown up. Her personality it a joy to watch. Well done Mom and Dad.
Beautiful Ikasu-Kimono artwork! I do the same with Japanese dolls and woodblock prints. I love the Japanese culture! Loved the mochi pounding segment as well - thank you for sharing the culture with the world. 🥰😎🎎🏯🎌🍙🥰😎
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Are you upcycling as well?! Japanese dolls and woodblock prints sounds amazing, I would love to see the works! Oh and yes we both share love for Japanese culture I guess ❤︎ Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Our family in Hawaii will be pounding mochi for the New Year soon as well. I did not think to combine mochi with some of the savory umami favors (though it makes perfect sense since we also have ozoni). We typically pair our mochi with anko, kinako, peanut butter, and other sweets (and also adding it to zenzai). Also, I love that you introduced ikasu. I too have a few kimono stored away that belonged to my mother who recently passed away. This gives me new inspiration on how to give beautiful kimono new life in addition to honoring my mother's memory and our family heritage. Thank you.
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Such a beautiful story from beautiful Hawaii! I am very sorry to hear about your mother... Her kimonos are a great memory of her I suppose. Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Grazie! I hope to have my works in Italy one day as well! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Sutan is growing up so fast! She's a very beautiful girl, like her Mom. I so enjoyed watching the mochi making process. It's very interesting, and delicious, yummmmm.
I have a book which teaches me about the different kimono patterns. I bought it after seeing a Japanese art and culture exhibition at the British Museum in London. I am learning the art of kintsugi . I love the Japanese way of not wasting things that can be used in a different way and creating art forms like this. Happy New Year from the UK.
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Kimono patterns becomes a passion once you know about them right?! Kintsugi is also so inspiring! it's such an amazing philosophy! I made some kintsugi-inspired works recently. Re-purposing the things is so deep in Japanese culture. Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
My family is Indonesian and Japanese. Authentic mochi making is one of my favorite childhood memories. I miss doing this so with my grandparents and cousins so much. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Really love seeing this family happy its like my happiest therapy ❤❤ sutan is a happy pill she brings joy and happiness to my face lots of love from India .
In France I am sure a lot of people would love to have these pieces of art for decoration at home ! French have loved Japanese art for a long time and I personally find kimonos so beautiful
Great work on the mochi!! 🥰 So many good looking yuzu fruit from your tree this year! Sugoi! 🍋 The Ikasu kimono panels are so beautiful!!🤩 They might be nice to see in waiting rooms of doctor offices, or used along side acoustic panels in home entertainment rooms, music rooms, & recording studios! Also might be nice to see at a "Bed & Breakfast" or other types of hotels & ryokan. 👀💖Happy Holidays, everyone! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🤶🤍💚❤🕯
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Music rooms and recording studios sounds great! I will definitely give it a try ❤︎ Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
I see some people using stand mixer to make mochi too. Look like alot easy. I can see from today video Sutan grow up by alot. Marry christmas and Happy new to u and your family.🎄🎅🤶🧑🎄🎁🎁🎁
My lovely virtual family in Japan ❤ i’ve been missing you. Sutan has been growing up so quickly that i am shocked to see her being so independent and helpful to her family ~ i love her so much and her mama & papa 🥰 My husband and i are expecting our first baby together next early summer. We’re so happy and blessed and our families are too. i will be re-watching kimono mom’s early motherhood vlogs for inspiration and comfort. Please try to visit America again and specifically New York City so i can meet you in person. I missed the time you guys came there last summer but was so happy to see your vlog. see you soon:)
Being able to watch the mochi pounding live this year was fun. They were interacting with everyone, so it was like you were also part of this now yearly tradition. BTW, you can join the live streams, cooking classes, and other wholesome goodness by being a member of the channel.
we were so happy when we saw the paddington bear we gave to moto when we visited the store at the start of december. The kimonos at ikasu look amazing!! Hopefully we can get some. May everyone have a happy christmas and holiday season, and a fruitful 2024. Mario and Aileen
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment❤︎ Unfortunately TH-cam algorithm deletes comments with links, so I can't paste it here, but you can find it in description to this video or just google "ikasu kimono". Hope you will find the items you like and if not we accept orders for sizes, colors and patterns. Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ Day spas is such a great idea, traditional patterns can create a really relaxing atmosphere! I will definitely give it a try! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Dear Moe - interesting to see and hear a redhead fluent in Japanese and not using any English at all. It gave us no idea where Lena was born. Is she American? Irish? The red hair and pale skins makes me think she has Celtic heritage. When I saw you at the premiere, I could immediately imagine you in a movie - Mother by daytime, secret agent by night! 😋
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video. Thank you for your comment ❤︎ I was born in USSR (it was still USSR when I was born, long time ago haha) but I've moved to Japan after senior high. My redhead is actually blondhead, but I had some autumn inspiration recently and dyed it ww Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Anyone watching all the Mochi pounding videos from 3 years ago? Don't you think we've improved?🤭 Help answer my friend Lena's questions. 12:35 Let her know what you think in the comments!🙏
Check her website- www.kimono-ikasu.com/collections/frontpage
Message from her❤️ “Did you know that every kimono and obi is one-of-a-kind piece of art, and every pattern and motif has the meaning? For example we used obi with pine pattern - a symbol of longevity, as pines stay green all the year round.
The other New Year symbols are bamboo and plum. Bamboo stands for strength, because it grows straight fast. Plum - for fertility and prosperity of descendants, as plum is the first to bloom in severe winter cold. You can use these symbols in your interior for better luck in your 2024!”
👨👩👧Join Kimonoko Club- th-cam.com/channels/LLC4hipTYA1e-Rv-l31Z_w.htmljoin It's a Cooking Club (TH-cam membership) to support the Kimono Mom channel to keep making interesting & fun videos. We will be hosting cooking classes and a variety of cultural online events, behind the scene of making video!!
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The most BEAUTIFUL family. Happy holidays, Kimono Mom family! You three bring so much joy into our lives with your videos and your kind hearts! Thank you! I love this whole video. 💜❤💚
sutan 💙😘🥰
Your mochi looks delicious! Thank you for sharing! 🙏
👍🙂👍
Lots of love from India 🇮🇳
from seeing Sutan as a little 9 month baby on Paulo in Japan's video to seeing Sutan walking, talking and being a ray of sushine is so heartwarming to see!!
Me too! First time I saw Sutan and Moe was on P’s channel ❤
I know! I can't believe it's been so long already 🤯
me too
This is a video taken while streaming at Kimonoko Club. Thank you to the Kimonoko members who participated ❤️
Hi❤️I'm doing an online Ramen class today, you want to come?🍜It starts at 6pm Japan time(in 8 hours), so make sure to join Kimonoko Club's Matcha or Obi before then😉
th-cam.com/users/livevwjEz42ZPOc?si=JrvYyZ-F0yYn3dDF
(Miso, soy sauce, plant base)
Dear KimonoMom, I'm from Brazil, my grandparents born in Japaon (Kyoto and Hiroshima). They taught us other way to make mochi. We use to put the raw rice in the blender to grind it. Than, we cook it with water and make a kind of dough. We wrap that dough with a cotton "tissue" and steam cook it. It looks easier than hammer it. Excepts, hammer looks nicer. =)
That’s the way to make it without muscle pain. We have to try it next time😳
But it's the traditional way right ❤❤
Why is Sutan always so sweet? I always look forward to the appearance of the little princess every Saturday.
I love this video so much! I was smiling and laughing, and I learned a lot about making Mochi! Your family always brings joy and education to all of us. Thank you very much! Time goes by so quickly and Sutan is growing so fast! Sutan did a great job in helping make Mochi. 😀
Sutan is an absolute treasure! You have done a wonderful job raising her!
I love what your friend Lena is doing with the unused kimono's. I think if Japan has tourist Centers or offices, these would be good places to display her art. She could have a little story about the significance of the material/pattern and also her details for anyone who would like to purchase one.
I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous Christmas and New Year.
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎Displaying my art inside Japan for foreigners id such a great idea! I didn't think about it, definitely will give it a try! Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
I imagine seeing Lena's kimono art in Asian Art museums, corporate art installations, Airport art installations, Japanese restaurants, etc. Thank you for sharing your beautiful art with us! 🙏
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎Asian Art museums sounds amazing! I didn't think about it. I will definitely give it a try!
You're welcome, Lena! I just thought of Modern Art Museums, like SFMOMA. Wishing you all the best! @@lenaokamoto
Such a sweet and adorable little girl. Makes me smile watching her learning and helping and playing.
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!
Sutan is so good and growing into a beautiful person
Listening to Sutan sing brought me so much joy 🥹 thanks for sharing
This was very entertaining to watch. I especially loved hearing Princess Sutan sing and the end where she is in that beautiful dress. Sutan is growing up so fast and i enjoy seeing her enjoy her life with her loving parents. Bless you all. ❤❤❤❤❤
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!
May all of you in a good health ❤️
Such a beautiful, happy family
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!
❤❤❤❤ MUCH THANKS to SUTAN for her "song" ...
such a "wonderful singing voice" BRAVA
I can tell she plays piano
I love watching people talk about what they love to do. Lena's face lit up as she talked. I live in America, and would love one eventually. Where I live now, I can't hang things on the walls. It's a pre decorated rental. I'll check out the site, though.
Such a beautiful family! Wishing you lots of happiness and laughter in 2024! Thank you for the smiles, silly Sutan! 😂
Sutan is the perfect balance of helpful and hardworking one minute, and giggly and naughty the next minute. Love this kiddo! Merry Christmas Kimono Fam!!!! 🎄🎅🎁🌟💚❤️
I remember how Sutan got tired and sat there when she was so little and now how much bigger she’s gotten! I hope she doesn’t lose her comedy though! What a great Japanese way to reuse the lovely kimonos! Japanese culture is so grounded in reuse and preserving everything without waste… like Kintsugi etc. Thank you for sharing that! Happy Holidays!
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎
Yes, treating things with respect and seeing beauty in old things is an amazing part of Japanese culture!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
@@lenaokamoto Thank you so much for your response! So nice to hear from you! It’s so lovely and sustainable that you create these kimono art pieces and it was so nice of Moe San to invite you! ❤️😊
@@niraakara 💖
スーちゃん💓歌上手😊
赤ちゃんの頃からTH-cam見てますが、めちゃくちゃ大きくなりましたね。
와~!! 기모노를 저렇게 예술작품으로 간직할수 있다니 멋진 아이디어네요👍👍 이번해에도 수탄과 함게함 모찌 만들기 재미있게 봤습니다😍
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎
I wonder if I can make the same with antique hanboks, I have to try once!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
@@lenaokamoto oh! it’s a very good idea I think!! It will be a wonderful job if you do it with hanbok :) If I had a hanbok, I'd like to give it to you, but I'm sad that I can't. But I'll always support your work of art.👍👍
Sutan has grown much since the first time I watched your vlog. She is a happy kid because of her kind and happy mom and dad!
Thank you all for a fun video! Sutan, as usual, is very cute. The mochi making looks like hard work!! Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas. Arigato!
So happy to see sutan grown up and became more beautiful...
Jesteście bardzo miłą i kochającą się Rodziną. Lubię z Wami spędzać czas i dużo się od Was uczę. Kocham Japonię i poznaję ją też dzięki Wam. Wkrótce Święta Bożego Narodzenia. To piękny czas w moim kraju- Polsce. Życzę Wam Wesołych Świąt🎄🔔🎅🏼
Wow your family is so warm. Thank you from France🇫🇷
As a mom I truly aspire to have a family like yours
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!
une famille merveilleuse merci
I loved her art and second life to kimonos! I would really love to have a piece of art like that at home :) Speaking from Mexico here :)
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎
I appreciate it a lot! Hope my works will be in Mexico as well one day!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Lena is very talented. Nice work!
The mochi turned out so well this year thanks to the three of you pounding the rice together. I remember the first time with a very young Sutan getting tired halfway through and just sitting on the step resting. It was so sweet to see her singing and opening her yuzu store, with some wildly fluctuating prices!
thank u for posting such videos 😭❤ makes me so happy
May I say. I appreciate it that you talk to us in your language. It sounds so authentic. So vibrant. Gives back the experience of watching real Japanese chefs with their kid. Kawaii. ❤ I’m not mother tongue English speaker. But English helps me understand you and it helps you understand this comment. ❤
Lena.. your kimono art is absolutely beautiful. Any country including mine (England) would be so lucky to have you display here. Culture and other countries culture is so important and this would be amazing xx
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎
It means a lot to me to hear such a beautiful feedback!!! Hope to have my works in England one day ❤︎
Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
@@lenaokamoto I live in United States in new Orleans, Louisiana. I believe even museums might wish to archive the framed patterns of kimonos. So beautiful and precious history.
@@therealJamieJoy Thank you ❤︎
ahhh , your family's so cute . I'm so glad to hear you husband speak english .Love you guys a lot
高価な帯を躊躇なくハサミで切るのは衝撃的でしたが、着物として着ていると隠れて見えない部分ができるので、切り取ってよく見える所へ飾るのは、新しい命が与えられるようで美しいです。私の家にも着物が眠っています。良いアイデアと、作り方のシェアまでありがとう！👘✨🖼
小さい杵臼でモトさん、モエさんが頑張って餅をつく姿もかわいいです🤍
動画の岡本レーナです！
コメントいただきどうもありがとうございました！
ハサミを入れることは衝撃的ですよね。
基本的に服として使えないもの（シミがあったり変色していたり）の綺麗なところを切り取ってを使用しています。
例えばこのワークショップで使った帯は、元々ハギレとして手に入れています。
ぜひ、お宅で眠っているお着物でお試しください。
いいヒントになれば何よりです❤︎
何かご不明なことがあればいつでも聞いてください。
ちょうど年末年始の帰省と断捨離の時期に合わせてお着物の加工のキャンペーンもやっておりますのでよかったらこちらもご検討ください。今日〜明日インスタで告知します。
I am always glad to see Sutan, the mood lmmediately rises for the whole day 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕❤😍😘☺Sutan little helper
I’m only 20 years old, but watching Sutan grow up and become a kid is so crazy to me that it makes me feel much older 😅 I hope your family can keep these beautiful and fun traditions and that we all grow up with Sutan to become more health and full of love/happiness. 🙏🏼🇧🇷
17:20 Princess sutan amused by her nose and saying "Buta mitai yo ne" 🐽 did it for me 😂 she's too hilarious. Love from France 🇫🇷
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Moto, Moe and Sutan. 🎅🎄🎁🎁🎁
Aww so beautiful and cozy Vlog
😌💙🤍
Sutan is growing so fast
Sutan is so cute and I love mochi☺️.
Very nice artwork from kimonos!
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎
I appreciate your feedback!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
新年が近づいています、そして私はあなたを愛しています、そしてあなたが最も美しい時間を過ごしたいと言います😚💞💋🍫
Looks so yummy! Such a nice video!
Definitely getting better. Mochi looks like it’s much smoother than last year.
Happy Holidays!
Suran is probably the most adorable kid I've ever seen :P This family is so wholesome :)
Merry Christmas Moe and Everyone!! 🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas to You and Your Family.
Have watched you and Sutan since day 1 and it is amazing how much she has grown and grown up. Her personality it a joy to watch. Well done Mom and Dad.
Happy Holidays!!
Beautiful Ikasu-Kimono artwork! I do the same with Japanese dolls and woodblock prints. I love the Japanese culture! Loved the mochi pounding segment as well - thank you for sharing the culture with the world. 🥰😎🎎🏯🎌🍙🥰😎
Hello, I’m Lena Okamoto from the video.
Thank you for your comment ❤︎
Are you upcycling as well?! Japanese dolls and woodblock prints sounds amazing, I would love to see the works!
Oh and yes we both share love for Japanese culture I guess ❤︎
Merry Christmas and happy New Year ♪
Go Sutan!
Sutann youre so cuteee😭😭❤❤
Sutan i ❤️ you soooooo much 😊😊 she is born to make the world happy...
Our family in Hawaii will be pounding mochi for the New Year soon as well. I did not think to combine mochi with some of the savory umami favors (though it makes perfect sense since we also have ozoni). We typically pair our mochi with anko, kinako, peanut butter, and other sweets (and also adding it to zenzai). Also, I love that you introduced ikasu. I too have a few kimono stored away that belonged to my mother who recently passed away. This gives me new inspiration on how to give beautiful kimono new life in addition to honoring my mother's memory and our family heritage. Thank you.
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Such a beautiful story from beautiful Hawaii!
I am very sorry to hear about your mother... Her kimonos are a great memory of her I suppose.
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You all make such a cute family.
In Italia sarebbe un successo!amiamo lo stile elegante e ricco di tradizione del Giappone!anche il cibo😋
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Grazie! I hope to have my works in Italy one day as well!
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I always enjoy that no matter what you’re making in the kitchen Sutan always finds a way to eat a little bit as you’re preparing.
Watching the process was so heartwarming. The effort of the family….and a large dose of….Sutan…😅
Sutan is growing up so fast! She's a very beautiful girl, like her Mom. I so enjoyed watching the mochi making process. It's very interesting, and delicious, yummmmm.
Wow thats such a nice design, i need to upgrade my home!
Yeah! Kimono art is beautiful and sustainable🥰🥰
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I have a book which teaches me about the different kimono patterns. I bought it after seeing a Japanese art and culture exhibition at the British Museum in London. I am learning the art of kintsugi . I love the Japanese way of not wasting things that can be used in a different way and creating art forms like this. Happy New Year from the UK.
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Kimono patterns becomes a passion once you know about them right?!
Kintsugi is also so inspiring! it's such an amazing philosophy! I made some kintsugi-inspired works recently.
Re-purposing the things is so deep in Japanese culture.
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My family is Indonesian and Japanese. Authentic mochi making is one of my favorite childhood memories. I miss doing this so with my grandparents and cousins so much. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Really love seeing this family happy its like my happiest therapy ❤❤ sutan is a happy pill she brings joy and happiness to my face lots of love from India .
In France I am sure a lot of people would love to have these pieces of art for decoration at home ! French have loved Japanese art for a long time and I personally find kimonos so beautiful
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Great work on the mochi!! 🥰 So many good looking yuzu fruit from your tree this year! Sugoi! 🍋 The Ikasu kimono panels are so beautiful!!🤩 They might be nice to see in waiting rooms of doctor offices, or used along side acoustic panels in home entertainment rooms, music rooms, & recording studios! Also might be nice to see at a "Bed & Breakfast" or other types of hotels & ryokan. 👀💖Happy Holidays, everyone! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🤶🤍💚❤🕯
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Music rooms and recording studios sounds great! I will definitely give it a try ❤︎
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@@lenaokamoto Best Wishes for a wonderful New Year 2024! 😊
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Little baby girl is cute
I think the art from repurposed kimonos is beautiful!!
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I love watching these videos. Such a wholesome loving family. Always brings a smile to my face 😊
I see some people using stand mixer to make mochi too. Look like alot easy.
I can see from today video Sutan grow up by alot. Marry christmas and Happy new to u and your family.🎄🎅🤶🧑🎄🎁🎁🎁
Sutan HAS grown a lot!! She's adorable, and you and you husband seem very happy. Best wishes for the New Year 💖💖😍😍🎈🎈🧨🧨🎉🎉
What a great way to create art…
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My lovely virtual family in Japan ❤ i’ve been missing you. Sutan has been growing up so quickly that i am shocked to see her being so independent and helpful to her family ~ i love her so much and her mama & papa 🥰
My husband and i are expecting our first baby together next early summer. We’re so happy and blessed and our families are too. i will be re-watching kimono mom’s early motherhood vlogs for inspiration and comfort.
Please try to visit America again and specifically New York City so i can meet you in person. I missed the time you guys came there last summer but was so happy to see your vlog.
see you soon:)
Happy holidays, merry Xmas 🎉❤
Loving the singing Sutan ❤
Being able to watch the mochi pounding live this year was fun. They were interacting with everyone, so it was like you were also part of this now yearly tradition.
BTW, you can join the live streams, cooking classes, and other wholesome goodness by being a member of the channel.
Hi kimono mom watching from south africa from Mrs zaheera Hamid love ur videos keep on making more videos like this love sutan😅😢🎉😂❤
I love that Sutan's cheeks are also like mochi
Love the Ikasu art pieces! Beautiful way to display pieces of Kimono.
Happy new year to Kimono family!!! Can’t wait to make our mochi this year :)
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we were so happy when we saw the paddington bear we gave to moto when we visited the store at the start of december.
The kimonos at ikasu look amazing!! Hopefully we can get some.
May everyone have a happy christmas and holiday season, and a fruitful 2024.
Mario and Aileen
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Unfortunately TH-cam algorithm deletes comments with links, so I can't paste it here, but you can find it in description to this video or just google "ikasu kimono".
Hope you will find the items you like and if not we accept orders for sizes, colors and patterns.
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Family cooking, fantastic thing ❤ And Sutan is a real star 🥰🥰🥰 Greetings from Poland 🇯🇵🇵🇱
Day spas or salons might be great places for her art pieces. High end sushi restaurants also might be a good place.
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Day spas is such a great idea, traditional patterns can create a really relaxing atmosphere! I will definitely give it a try!
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Sutan ❤❤❤ happy holidays 💖 💕 ✨️
スーちゃん腰が入ってて上手だねー😆👍
すごーい✨
Dear Moe - interesting to see and hear a redhead fluent in Japanese and not using any English at all. It gave us no idea where Lena was born. Is she American? Irish? The red hair and pale skins makes me think she has Celtic heritage. When I saw you at the premiere, I could immediately imagine you in a movie - Mother by daytime, secret agent by night! 😋
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I was born in USSR (it was still USSR when I was born, long time ago haha) but I've moved to Japan after senior high.
My redhead is actually blondhead, but I had some autumn inspiration recently and dyed it ww
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Wow Sutan is growing up quickly. She is as beautiful as her mum ❤
Merry Christmas to Sutan, mum and dad. ❤😊🎉
I just realized I hadn’t subscribed yet and i missed Sutan! Love you two!!
Как выросла Сутан, она недавно только была малышкой, а уже шустрая болтушка. Счастья и процветания вашей семье.
A very happy new year 🎊❤
So sweet. ❤
Wünsche euch ein langes und sorgenfreies Leben!
See you next week 🥰
I would love to see Kimonomom and Jun’s kitchen having a collab😍
Your english seems so much better. Sutan is a cutie!!
Such a lovely family! You are so lucky!🥰🥰🥰
I am a huge fan of Japanese anime and biggest fan of DOREMON ❤❤❤