About Kanzashi Garden

I originally was inspired to create kanzashi after becoming heavily interested in Japanese culture. I've always been drawn to Asian designs and philosophies since I was little. In my early teen years I was drawn to Japanese anime due to it's expressive beautifully drawn images and to it's often interesting and sometimes controversial subjects. This then lead me to further look into Japanese lifestyle and history.

The designs and intricacies of the kimono caught my attention as did the traditional Japanese way of life ... I then came to admire the detailed and ornate kanzashi that geisha would don in their hair. I wished to have some of my own, yet they were far too expensive due to how limited they are and how far they would have to travel to reach me. Thus, after some time I decided to start creating kanzashi hair accessories for myself.

At one point this website was designed to be a store for my kanzashi, but with much moving around and a serious time two years of not be inspired, it sat idle. I was recently inspired again and decided to convert this site into an information site dedicated on thorough knowledge on the subject of kanzashi, such as the history, places to purchase them from, and how to make tsumami kanzashi. As this is an ever growing site, I will continually add more information to expand the knowledge of kanzashi.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, comments, ideas, or information sources you wish to pass on  ... or if you just want to talk about kanzashi; feel free to contact me at tantaga [@] tantaga.com or leave a post in the guestbook. Thank you :) .

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