#kotono

[maigeiko]

Seijin no Hi 成人の日 - coming of age day

Celebrated since 1948, it's a public holiday for those who turned/are about to turn 20 (the age was lowered to 18 in 2018) in the timespan 2. April of the previous year to 1. April of the current year.

Of course, hanamachi workers also celebrate. Sometimes the ladies are wearing family heirloom furisode, or furisode owned by their Okiya.

In 2025, the date for Seijin no Hi is 13. January. Here are some pictures I've collected over the years. Enjoy!

In order: Sanko 三子 from Sapporo, 1990's Kikuno 菊乃 from Nara, 1992 Ichiteru 市照 from Kyoto (Pontocho), 2017 Tsukushi つくし from Tokyo (Mukojima), 2019 (work Furisode) Ichina いち菜 from Tokyo (Kagurazaka), 2021 Kanofuji 佳乃藤 from Akita, ca. 2022 Chizuru 千鶴 from Osaka (Nanchi), 2023 Iroha いろ羽 from Akita, 2024 Maiko 舞衣子 from Niigata, 2024 (work Furisode) Kotono 古都乃 from Aizuwakamatsu, 2025 (work Furisode) Apart from Tsukushi, all pictures have originally been published on instagram. Source links for Ichiteru and Chizuru are dead, Kanofuji's and Kotono's pictures have been released as instagram stories and are therefore no longer available. Tsukushi's picture was from Futaba's Facebook I presume. But without Facebook account, browsing possibilities are limited.

[missmyloko]

April 20th, 2023: A new maiko has made her debut! Kotono (小との) of Shigemori (しげ森) in Miyagawa Cho is celebrating her misedashi! She is the imōto of Kofuku (小ふく), also of Shigemori, and is already the third maiko to debut from her district this year. Her outfit features a colorful shōchikubai (pine, bamboo, and plum) pattern with a golden karabana and shippō obi ^^ おめでとうさんどす小とのちゃん ^o^! Image is courtesy of My Kyoto Photo who has allowed me to use an exclusive image. 

[evoliravioli]

Doodle dump because i forgot this site exists again (⁠・⁠–⁠・⁠;⁠)⁠ゞ

[froqpi-art]

tada! my new hyperfixation, gachi koi nenchakujuu 💙💜🖤

[oddgirlposting]

cosukoto... i miss them....... i need to read their chapters again they're everything to me

[abletonsisters]

Roulette, by Ableton Sisters / HDGHGS

🧵🧶🦔////—Bandcamp—////🦔🧶🧵

[t-unmasked]

[Luna Logs] Kotono, Aya, and Michie Discuss Their Roles as Usagi, Ami, and Rei

[Luna Logs] Kotono, Aya, and Michie Discuss Their Roles as Usagi, Ami, and Rei #SailorMoon #セーラームーン

October 1992 Animage Interview Lunar Logs is a weekly series featuring full translations of interviews with Ms. Takeuchi and others — such as the directors, writers, voice cast, and more — responsible for making Sailor Moon into the massively popular franchise we know it as today. Though not every interview will directly address or even mention Sailor Moon, I find it an interesting look into the…

[miss-floral-thief]

she looks great

[lillithlycoris]

Same VA this shit is crazy

[baymaxcardio]

Kotono listened to Sakura's heartbeat

Anime: Idoly Pride

[whosyourfavevoicedby-polls]

[maigeiko]

hii! i'm a bit curious of the previous post about the higashiyama onsen hangyoku, how come her obi is taiko? i assume she's wearing yuiwata since she's close to becoming a geisha, however... why? is it common for geisha to also work in snack bars like that? thank you ^^

Hello there o/ I assume that dressing rules in Higashiyama Onsen are more like "house rules" of each Okiya. Since there are only two Okiya with Hangyoku, it's easy to see (so easy, yet I never noticed before...): Let's start with Hanayoshi 花佳. Here's a picture of Chiyono 千代乃, uploaded on twitter in 2014. You can see she's wearing Yuiwata and Taiko musubi. Since I don't really know when she debuted, it could have been taken in her first or last year of being a Hangyoku...

My oldest picture of Fuyuka 冬華, together with one of her younger sisters, probably March 2019. Both wear Yuiwata and Taiko musubi:

And another one - Kotono 古都乃 on the day of her debut. Wearing Yuiwata? Check. Wearing Taiko musubi? Check.

Now, let us proceed to Hananoya 花の家. Mai 真衣 was a Hangyoku from around 2006-09. Momoware and kôken musubi.

After her, Hananoya didn't have a Hangyoku until Iori 伊おりin August 2023. Unlike those who debuted before her, she has her own hair styled (I think it's Hanaogi mage 花扇髷) and wears kôken musubi like Mai. She recently had a katsura fitting (Momoware), so I'm curious if she will continue to have her own hair styled, or start wearing katsura regularily in future.

As for the snack bar. Good question. Perhaps it's owned by someone close to the Hanamachi, a regular customer? It is an extra opportunity of generating income in times of low demand for Ozashiki. Noboru のぼる, a Geisha/Okasan from Tokyo Omori said in an interview in 2020, that some of her employees work in snack bars, when there are no Ozashiki. It's not clear to me if this was separate from their Geisha job, or a part of it.

[missmyloko]

March 16th, 2023: A new minarai is making her rounds in Miyagawa Cho! Kotono (小との) of Shigemori (しげ森) is the imōto of Kofuku (小ふく), also of Shigemori, and is currently the second active minarai in her district. Her misedashi will be taking place in April after the Kyo Odori ^^ Image is courtesy of My Kyoto Photo who has allowed me to use an exclusive image ^^

[currytantou]

JJK VAs choose who they wanna hang out with! I also uploaded this on youtube but I'll eventually delete it (as it is a risky 'likely-to-receive-strike' video)

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[roseillith]

Sailor Moon R Image Single - Sailor Moon (1994)

[tithsokphanny31]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!