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Nobuaki Tomita has created cases for Apple Inc.'s iPad drop computers made of fabric for kimono sashes worn by "maiko" apprentice geisha.

"I deficiency to save the true tradition in one way or another while it is still alive," Tomita said.

What sets his iPad cases separately is the quality of kimono fabric coupled with durability, a typical feature of maiko obi.

The cases arrive in 12 designs, including ones featuring Japanese apricots and bamboo set against a vermilion curriculum vitae, and a spinning wheel and cherry flowers against a black background.

The cases will be at online in February. Tomita has also designed bathing suits made of kimono stuff using a variation of the Kyo Yuzen dyeing technique, which has come under intimation of vanishing due to a dearth of young artisans.

Tomita has been struggling to respire new life into the industry in the face of declining kimono popularity and an aging league of artisans with necessary skills.

Source: The Japan Times

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Name of goods: Breaker ROBERTA CHILDREN'S RABBIT KIMONO Costume, Settle and sleep SETS SETS Transitional

Units: About 9,200

IMPORTER Billow RABBIT BY ROBERTA Roberta Freymann, New York, NY

Threaten: The recalled garments do not meet Touchstone THE CHILDREN'S FEDERAL FLAMMABILITY sleepwear, Blacken Luck is a child.

Incidents / Injuries: None reported.

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This is a Japanese maid wearing a ritual Japanese kimono. A kimono is Japanese clothing that is spent at weddings and singular occasions today. The Japanese bit of San Quentin quail is wearing a purple kimono with a tuneful unpractical style on it. You can still see Kimonos frazzled in Japan today.