50L sale Yukata!

Yay! Geisha Dreams is having a 50L Yukata sale! There is also all nine of them in a pack for 300L. A yukata for any occasion this summer! There are also summer Zouri and Kinchaku or shoes and small handbags available in the shop. Kinchaku are tied up bags of cloth with woven bottoms that accent yukata's. So sweet! This sale is located in the Java Island shop location. Java is an all stop shopping mall for anything asian or oriental! Pick up your colorful yukata today!

Photos are of yukata's pool blue and sakura shower, both only 50L!


Geisha Dreams Java Island

First kimono

Ok, when you first go into second life. You are a noob. Your skin is noobish, your hair and your clothes. It's easy to spot noobies in SecondLife to those that have been there awhile. With that said, yes, I was noob and perhaps still a noob to veteran SL avatars. You begin looking for things to improve the way you look. Freebies are the first thing most people use in SL. Luckily, there are some nice designers that have free gifts to those that don't like spending money on the game. I've learned so many things along the way through this virtual place. This kimono was the first kimono I ever spent money on in world. I searched for a place that had the most ornate kimonos. Finally, I came across a kimono shop called Milky House. I thought it was elegant and beautiful and I still do. My fiancee is going to kill me for using these old pics though. Both of us have pretty noobish avatars at the time. *is going to hide from him* I wanted to show you how detailed the obi and dress were. I took some new pics of it today and here are some really old pics of my fiancee and I. Enjoy! *runs and hides*

Kimono: Milky House

Shrine kimono

||-(the past) She knew going to the shrine at night was forbidden and dangerous. She didn't care, she didn't care what it took. She wanted to see him, wanted to be next to him. He was samurai and she knew he would be there. If she could only catch a glimpse of him, she would be happy. No matter what the perils lay between her and seeing him. Her eyes were bright when she thought of him. Her formal kimono would reveal to most her status, and increase her risk even more. She heard there was to be a meeting after prayers were given at the shrine. She hid behind red wooden pillar. The glow of the lantern softly lit her pink skin. They would soon walk past her. Armor clacking loudly, she held her breath. He removed his helmet as he passed by. Turning his head slightly to glance at her and smile. She bit her lip. Did he actually see her? She didn't know the answer, panic insued as she ran quickly back home. Her heart racing, the kimono rustled between her legs. She smiled to herself. She got her wish, just to see him, but even more, it appeared he had seen her too.-||



My fiancee and I, roleplay. I hope you don't mind me incorporating some of our story into my blog. Sometimes the kimono's just beg for a story to be told. Taking you back to ancient Japan and the times of the samurai. Brave men and beautiful women walking the roads and paths in kimonos of all colors.

Isn't this a great kimono. Sakura and black, a formal furisode hikizuri. There use to be a shop called Flower and Willow in SL. Unfortunately, it has closed, but there use to be some of the most precious kimono's there. Like this one for example. I hope the owner will reopen soon, but I just wanted to show you this one, it needed some attention. ^^

A kimono for the spring, the komon.

||-Spring. It was in spring time when they met, she and her love. He is always fighting, always at war and away from her. She knows he will come home though. She prays for it every night, curling her slender fingers, one over the other, as she kneels before the kamis. Today, she strolls among the falling sakura and the trees burst with blooms of pink and white. A smile crosses over her pale pink lips as she remembers him taking her hand gently, and placing a kiss softly on her skin. For a samurai, he was extremely gentle with her, and for all his cold fierceness, she knew he could be warm. She watches as a gust of wind tosses blossoms in the air and pushes butterflies that flew around her. Would he come home before the last sakura fell from the trees? She truly hopes so, but for now, her soft smile, the pink blossoms and the trees will keep her company.-||




There are various types of kimono for all kinds of occasions. Refer to my table in an earlier blog. -Occasions- One such kimono I would like to highlight is the komon. It is a simple kimono that by definition has many fine patterns throughout the fabric. It is also an informal kimono for the most part, but you can dress it up with a formal obi. Both married and unmarried women can wear the komon. Mostly it is worn as a travel kimono. What better kimono to go Hanami viewing?

The komon I have here from GD or Geisha Dreams is an Edo komon. Edo komon have a special dyeing technique that originated with the Samurai class in the Edo period. This kimono can be worn for traveling and visiting others as a formal informal garment. You can find it now at GD for 200L.

Kimono: Cherry Usuai Komon at Geisha Dreams

More cherry blossoms? YES!! Sakura everywhere. Hanami, the viewing of blossoms has started. Where else do they look more beautiful than on a spring kimono. Who likes gradients? Well, I do! When one color fades into the next, a nice blending of two very different colors. This kimono was last year's special, the sakura kimono from Yumeji. She hasn't come out with the this year's, but I'm waiting! If you're into pink, she has many pink kimono at her store. Visit it soon!

kimono: Yumeji

April is the time for Sakura Festivals, or Cherry Blossom Festivals.

Usually from March 25th to April 4th starts the beginning of many Sakura or cherry blossom festivals in Japan. Viewing blossoms is what the Japanese call, hanami 花見, or literally, "flower viewing". I'll talk more about Hanami later. So, April has many festivals that include viewing Sakura at various castles and shrines, they also have parades and people dressed in early period custumes.

Why don't we have festivals like this? lol Well, we don't for our country, but we do have many Sakura Festivals in the US that celebrate that Japanese tradition. Washington DC holds an annual Sakura Festival at this time; so does Philadelphia as well as San Francisco. You might want to try going to these festivals one day, because you will see many people dressed in kimonos! Children and adults all wear kimono's during the festival.

Washington DC National Sakura Festival (Washington D.C., Va.)

The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco, Ca.)

Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival (Philadelphia, Pa.)


There are a few other cities in the U.S., but these are the major ones. ^^ If you live in one of these cities, go check them out and enjoy Hanami!

In SL there more places for Hanami viewing, one of them is the Pluto Cherry Blossom Fesitval. It started March 27th and will last until May 1st. The trees are incredible and they have several places to take pics with poses. Hanami is much more enjoyable when you're with someone you care about. My fiancee and I took some pics there. Hope you like them ^^!

Pluto's Cherry Blossom Festival

I'm wearing Mare Sakura kimono and he's wearing Kabukokimono from Barerose Tokyo.