{"id":7225,"date":"2018-05-22T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=7225"},"modified":"2018-05-22T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:43:04","slug":"o-hanami-taiko-at-the-montreal-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/o-hanami-taiko-at-the-montreal-botanical-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"O-Hanami & Taiko at the Montreal Botanical Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Sunday, a few members of the Montreal kimono club got together at the Montreal Botanical Gardens<\/a> to have our own little O-hanami<\/a>. The climate here isn’t ideal for sakura, but we’ve got lots of crabapples which look almost as lovely and are almost as transient and ethereal.<\/p>\n

I had a blast. We met lots of awesome people, posed for a bunch of photos, and generally had a great time. Although it was slightly marred by me tripping at one point and pulling the hanao out of my zori. I spent the bulk of the day walking in tiny awkward steps, gripping my shoe with my toes to prevent falling off. Eventually I just gave up and walked around in my tabi, since they’d gotten dirty when I tripped initially. A bit gauche, I know, but better than spraining something. Especially since I’m still recovering from falling down the stairs a few weeks back.<\/p>\n

This post is going to be incredibly image-heavy, because everything was lovely and also we’re a bunch of silly people who like to ham things up. Click through for kimono, taiko drumming, and a lovely ikebana show!<\/p>\n

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Of course, we all used it as an opportunity to dress up. I wore my brand new large Kimonomachi kimono, and lent my teal one and a coordinating hanhaba obi to Isabelle, who has trouble finding kimono that fit like I do. Josiane wore a classic yabane komon and accented it with a bright orange haori, and Cheryl wore a beautiful houmongi with ume that were kind of reminiscent of the crabapple blossoms!<\/p>\n\n\t\t