I love traditional Japanese clothes, are so elegand and sexy too! Fortunately even nowdays is common to see some woman wear traditional kimono or yukata (in summer) with spledid colours and very surprising matches of colors as well. Here in the picture was raining and so the two women are wearing a raincoat over the kimono.

On Sunday in the central and more shopping crazy district of Ginza, in Tokyo is a no traffic zone and a lot of people walk in the street watching shop windows of the most elegant and expensives fashion labels of all around the world. Also the Kabuki Theatre is there, huge department store like Mitsukoshi and Matsuya, a huge Mac store, Sony have his five floors showroom, inside wich they give hospitality to BMW cars showroom! And many more.

Of course the main interst is the fashion competition, especially women exibit great and expencive outfits, no matter if traditional or western style, just do your best to impress.

In this case she succeeded in impress me! Not only her beauty is stunning, her skin white and very little make up add to her beauty, in addition her outfit is exquisitely elegant.

Dancer, actor and teacher Hanayagi san in his studio in Tokyo in summer 2007. All images are taken in natural light coming from a big window taking the whole room side and filtered by shoji, outside was very sunny and very hot. I left some neon light on the ceiling on to soften the shadows but keep the natural back light feeling.

Here Hanayagi san is performing a traditional dance with a fan, wearing a very formal outfit, black silk kimono called montsuki and hakama, a kind of very  wide pants. The small decoration on the chest and sleeves are called kamon, is the family crest.