🇯🇵 Japan, Kyoto - Kimono Photoshoot @ Gion
We did an AirBnB experience that came with the kimono rental and the photoshoot in Gion, Kyoto! Wearing the kimono is quite an interesting and novel experience, but I don't think we'll do it again. It wasn't too cold in the fall, but it was challenging moving around being bundled up and with the footwear. I'm glad we got some photos as a keepsake!
We shot around Hokan-ji, crowds were already returning, but fortunate it was also not as crowded as it typically was pre-covid.
We found this experience on AirBnB, comes with the kimono rental and ~1h photoshoot at $300SGD. If you don't need a photographer, you can easily find kimono rentals in Kyoto (price varies based on the kimono you choose, starts around $50 per pax). I wouldn't highly recommend the particular experience we got - initial communication was good, very detailed instructions on how to get to the kimono shop and what to do, but the photographer overestimated the time and we had to wait over an hour for him to arrive. Understandably it's to buffer for potential crowds and delays but it just came as a surprise. Unfortunately at the end of the shoot, it also took the photographer almost 2 months to get back with the final edits.
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