Autumn Kanzashi Gacha by Kisetsu

Hurry up to the The Gacha Garden! Kisetsu has Gatcha with delicate yet eye catching kanzashi pins. They are extremely detailed and look like RL items! There are Ginko tree pins, two pins with rabbits, two styles of tama balls and susuki pns(ones with pampass grass). These are all commons available in silver and gold. There are two rares, definitely worth winning. Thy consist of 2 pieces - Chrysanthemum hanakanzashi piece and maezashi with metal dangling parts called bira-bira. Available in Silver and in gold.
No matter which ones you win, they all are beautfiul accessories made with love and care for the details. All of those can be worn during autumn and some - might be even multiseasonal.

Available at Gacha Garden event (August 2019th): https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gimme%20Gacha%20Productions/127/135/26
After the event you can find these amazing Japanese hairpins in the Kisetsu shop, alongside with high quality Japanese footwear, bags, kimono, hairstyles etc: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Multitudes/122/141/18

November Kitsuke

Mizuekai odori is over but there is not time to relax on the soft futon - November is here and this means more classes to attend, more ozashiki to hold and events to perform at. Please do not be shy to visit our beautiful sim to enjoy the peak of the fall colors and a sneak peak into the lives of SL Karyukai members.

Hanafusa okiya members posing for photos in their November attires
from left to right: Maiko Kikune(green), Geiko Kikutsuru(beige), Geiko Kikumaru(marsala) and Maiko Kikushino(blue)

For November Geiko Kikutsuru has chosen solid beige kimono with a matsu(pine) design. Perfect kimono for autumn! Her obi is eye catching as it features Japanese giant festival floats appearing from the dark background. Obiage and obijime are of red color and go well with the flowers on the juban.
Geiko Kikumaru: This month you'll be able to see Kikumaru san wearing solid marsala hikizuri with bamboo design. The background of her obi is dark grey and the design on it is of same color as the bamboo on her hikizuri. As for the hair, it is a wig and is decorated with seasonal momiji pin, decorative kushi comb and a red Tama at the back.
Maiko Kikune is wearing a solid green hikizuri with flowery design. You can clearly see branches with chrysanthemums and ume(plum blossoms). Hanafusa okiya also has a sister kimono of this piece, with is specially made for Geiko san and Geiko Kikumaru wore it last month. In her hair she has colorful momiji hanakanzashi, kushi comb and a petite leaf maezashi pin.
Maiko Kikushino: Most colorful of all bunch, Maiko Kikushino chan is wearing beautiful solid blue hikizuri with a bamboo leaf and clams design. If you look closely onto the clams, you'll see red momiji and hexagons painted inside. Her obi is green and has a gold design. Seasonal kanzashi for Junior Maiko san are most eye-catching as they feature many elements and small flowers or leafs.

Mizuekai 2019 at Kyoto Kagai sim

On October 26th Miyagawacho Kaburenjo theater opened its doors to those who came to watch annual Mizuekai odori  - autumn dances and poems created by Hanafusa okiya Geiko and Maiko.
This year's participants were Geiko Kikuyu, Geiko Kikutsuru, Geiko Kikumaru, Maiko Kikune, Maiko Kikushino

Act 1: "Tsuru"

A young woman, while embroidering, throws a glance into the garden and notices cranes flying in the sky. A beautiful autumn sight, but it brings back memories of long gone past...


Written and choreographed by Geiko Kikumaru

Act 2: "Ode to Autumn"

Enjoy a fall dance while listening to the Fall poems by each Geiko and Maiko of Hanafusa okiya , let their movements bring you closer to an Autumn sensation

Choreographer by Maiko Kikushino

Act 3: "The forgotten girl in the garden"

A long time ago in a beautiful garden a baby girl was cursed to forever spend her life lost and forgotten among flowers and Autumn leafs...
But one day a stranger visits, will she be rescued?

Written and choreographed by Geiko Kikutsuru

Act 4: "An autumn trip to Kyoto"

Colorful leafs dance in the wind,
While we bring you with us to a day trip to Kyoto town this Autumn

Written and Choreographer by Maiko Kikune

Act 5: "Manzai odori"

There is no Mizuekai without the traditional Manzai Odori

This marks the end of the 2019  Fall dance performed in Miayagawacho

Memebrs of Hanafusa okiya would like to thank our guests, patrons and friends for coming to our Mizuekai 2019. We hope that you have enjoyed our performance as much as we did and we hope to see you next year