Sakura Cap - さくら Cotton cushion The rest of the shoe

The rest of the shoe stays deliberately plain to let the cords lead

The kimono layering speckled blue dapple under pale brushstrokes

The muted green background keeps all the attention on her

it makes floor dining and tea comfortable

Japanese Wooden Mask 'Shiata' — Hand-Carved Traditional Folk Design

Sakura Cap - さくら Cotton cushion The rest of the shoeThe sakura cap that carries two fleeting weeks of blossom Sakura bloom for barely a fortnight, and Japan built an entire way of seeing around that brevity the bittersweet awareness that beauty is fleeting. Hanami, the gathering under blossoming trees, has been celebrated for over a thousand years, with the first recorded flower viewing dating to the Nara period (710 794). This cap puts that idea on the front in thread: the word JAPAN arched above an