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Fun With Kimono Dolls, part 2!

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I had so much fun making the first Fun With Kimono Dolls post, I decided it might be good to do it again! Here are a few more reasonably accurate kimono dress-up games for you to play with when you're bored :) Have fun!

Elouai’s Candybar Dollmaker – This is NOT specifically a kimono dollmaker, there is an enormous selection of clothing, accessories, backgrounds, facial expressions, hair, etc. Sadly, no options for skin tone though. This one is mainly included because it's where I made the cute little avatar on my sidebar.








Mega Yukata Creator – Lots of options for traditional-style and modern sexy style yukata here. Great selection of hair, eyes, and skintones. Sleeves and kimono construction are not totally accurate, but it's still fun. :)








Folk Fashion Kimono – Nice doll with a few hairstyles, and a large selection of accurate kimono and obi.








Kokeshi Maker – Not exactly kimono, but totally adorable! Make your own kokeshi by selecting base skintone, hairstyle, and outfit.








Kimono Girl – Cute dress-up game with lots of hikizuri and fun accessories. Doll base (skin, face, etc) is not customiseable.







Bunny Geta

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I know I am starting to sound like a broken record, but I apologize for the gap between updates lately. I'm stuck in a perfect storm of being too sick to dress myself, too poor to buy new items, and too busy to catalogue old things, and it sucks. However, Kansai Gal sent me a box of all sorts of awesome stuff and these geta were in it, so here's a little something to tide you over. And yes, I still have that giant box of obi to work my way through.

There are no words to express how adorable I find these things. The straps are thick white chirimen, and they're embroidered with adorable pink bunnies and fireworks. I can't wait to be able to wear them with this awesome bunny komon.

Bunny Geta

Bunny Geta

Art Gallery – Adorable stylized furisode chibi

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This incredibly cute artwork was done by an artist with the incredibly cute handle of Sleepy Time. I let her choose the outfit she wanted to draw so I was thrilled when I received this one – if you're a regular reader you know how much this furisode means to me. :)

I really like the interpretation of the designs on the kimono. It may not be entirely accurate but it's such a fussy thing to draw that I think these designs were a wonderful compromise. She also put a lot of effort into making sure all the details were included, even the embroidery on the haneri and the lace tabi. I also think the face is completely adorable!

Navy yukata for a good cause

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After the devastating earthquakes in Japan just over a month ago, several of my friends decided to raise money by auctioning off items in their collections, with proceeds going to Global Giving for disaster relief. When I saw the adorable navy yukata that Jess had listed, I knew I had to have it. It's got such a fun, summery feel to it. I love the trellis-like design, and I can't wait to wear it.

Blue yukata

Blue yukata

I know it's going to look adorable with my green hakata. I just have to wait for the weather to improve! I love how I keep ending up with more yukata and nowhere to wear them.

Fun with kimono dolls!

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Have you ever had the urge to make a kimono outfit or play around with coordination, but didn't have time? Or perhaps your collection isn't big enough and you don't have a lot of pieces to play with? Maybe you're just too tired, and want to do something fun and relaxing! Fear not, the internet's come to the rescue again! There are plenty of very fun little interactive kimono dress-up dolls out there to play with.

http://www.wabitas.com/gallery/simulator/ – Fun simulator with tons of colour and pattern options for the juban, kimono, and haori. Solid colour choices for obi, no options for obiage, obijime, or zori.





http://www.kainoa.co.jp/simlet/kimono/# – Cute modern furisode simulator. You can choose the furisode, obi, obiage, obijime, haneri, tabi, zori, and hair accessory. Hairstyle and face are not customizeable.





http://dolldivine.com/kimono.html – Slightly ukiyo-e stylized geisha simulator. You can choose the juban, hikizuri (long trailing kimono), haneri, and obi as well as tons of customization options for the hairstyle, face, and accessories.





http://www.st87.com/japan/j/kisekae1/index.html – Simple simulator to play with colour options. (only works in Internet Explorer, unfortunately)





http://www.dressupwho.com/girls/cultural/kimono-girl-210.html – Adorable chibi-style simulator, with tons of kimono options, as well as obi, obiage, obijime, footwear, and hakama! Skin tone, hair, and face options too.




http://www.dressupwho.com/girls/cultural/yukata-girl-772.html – Modern yukataHIME style, with lots of crazy hairstyles, footwear options, three lengths of yukata, and plenty of customizable patterns you can layer for even more personalization.





http://www.dressupwho.com/girls/cultural/kimono-1620.html – Design a kimono. Choose the base colour and then choose patterns and accent colours. Doll itself is fixed.







Have fun, and if you make any awesome outfits using these, please share! :)