Hi, Kimonoko. Remember this video? When she was 2 years old, I wanted her
to wear a kimono for the ceremony. but she didn't want to. But lo and behold, this year
she wanted to be a princess in kimono. I'm so happy that she says
she wants to wear a kimono. So today we'll do a photoshoot
for the New Year card that we will send to you! Sutan, Sutan, let's get your hair ready. "Okay." "I'm coming!" Okay. "Hair?" Let's do it sitting down like we did
when you were a baby. "We're going to do it here?" Yes, let's do your hair and
put on the makeup. Then we'll change into kimonos
and take pictures. "Okay." "This is so soft and smooth, touch it." It's so cute and soft. "Look! There are two of them." The front and the back. "Front and back? It's hard to tell." - Are you ready?
- "Yay!" It's been a while since we've done this. Is there the green one
that Daddy bought for you? "That one." Oh, there it is, thank you. "That green one is the one that
I put on my cheeks with, right?" Oh, yes, but this time,
please don't put it on your cheeks. "Okay." It'll make a mess. "I'll do it." Don't do it. "I'll do it." Don't do it. - Okay, let's get into it!
- E-I-E-I-O! I'll get the bangs first. "I'm going to show it to Grandma today." Yeah, let's call them when you're ready. "Tell me when you want a rubber
and I'll give it to you." Thank you. Take it all out. "That's a big portion!" It's a big portion. "It's like a ball." "Fluffy." Can you tear off a piece of it? Hey, Moto, if I took a video of how I do her hair,
would people want to see it? Definitely! Even if they're from overseas? Yeah, they want to do it for their kids. Take the bangs and split them. "I'm not moving like this today." Thanks. "I'll look straight." Thanks, you've grown up. "Because I'm already 4 years old." "Of course I can." "That's weird." I'm sorry. I'm sorry I underestimated you. Oh, it's good, it's good! I can't believe you're helping me. That's wonderful. I'm dividing the hair. "Oh, my God." "What's this?" It looks like Minnie, doesn't it? "Cute cheeks!" "Wow! This is so cute." Oh, and can you make that one more? - "Okay."
- This much. "What? Show me.
Oh, about this much?" I divided the roots, bangs, two side ears,
and the bottom part into five sections. "Like this?" Yes, like that, and make it like a ball. Nice, nice job, Sutan! "Wow! So cute!" You're not putting it on your face today,
because you are no longer a baby. "I'm not putting it on." "I know, I will not." "I put it on!" Use that lid side, please. You've really grown up, haven't you, Sutan? "I'll use this one." Then, you won't be able to put makeup on later. Secure in the bottom part. Put a hairball inside. I told you, but you really won't be able to
put makeup on if you do that. "Oh, no." I'm going to shift it around, and then I'm going to secure it
together again with the root part with a hair elastic. If you want to make it good,
keep facing straight. "Something fell out." If you want to make it pretty,
keep facing straight. "Okay." I'm going to cover up the messy part. Next is the side. I'll do the same thing
in the back, front, and the side. I just did this one here,
but I'm going to put all of them in this root. It's really smooth, isn't it, Sutan? You've become a big sister. "Bangs?" Let your bangs hang down in front like this. Here, I'll secure with one pin. I'm going to bring it back. Please give me a tiny hairball. You look like a maiko, don't you? Put a finger-sized ball inside. The size of the side is for a small child,
so it's better not to stretch it too far to the side. Adjust the shape so that it looks good. All of the hairs are at the root, right? Now let's wrap the hair. Secure it with a pin in place and roll it up. Make the rolled part be rounded off like this. Wow, you've become an amazing maiko. - Isn't she?
- It's really amazing. She's totally different from before, isn't she? We have these shibori ornaments
called "Kanoko". Sutan's hair is still thin and small. - "Kanoko" is perfect on her.
- Wow, it's amazing. She looks like a princess all at once. "Show me, I can't see it." - "It's cute."
- Cute? You're so cute.
"Cute...!" "Daddy, look at my back." Cute! It's so cute! - It's so cute.
- So cute. "I look like a girl, don't I?" You look like a girl! It's called "Chinkoro". "It's so cute." Now it looks better. How is it? "It's cute." Do you like it? You look so beautiful. "I'm going to wear a kimono!" Wow! That's great, I'm a little emotional. Okay, let's get dressed
before she changes her mind. Please pick it up. - Do you want me to get it?
- Oh, yeah, yeah, I got it. This way, Sutan, here, put your hand in. "I want to show it to my grandma." Look straight ahead, and stand still. That's right, that's right, that's good,
keep standing like this. That's good.
Look how good she's doing, Daddy. That's so good. Keep straight! Good, good, good. You're so good at standing still,
aren't you, Sutan? Then, turn around. Come towards me. Wow, you're good, Sutan. One more time, stand straight! Wow, that's good! Okay. You're so cool! Hold it like this,
in front of your tummy. Yes, this is called "Obiita". - "Obiita?"
- Yes. Put your hands up. So surprising that she's doing it. That's amazing. - Do you want to put this ribbon on the back?
- "I don't." You don't want to? Let's take a look at the back,
we can put the ribbon on. It's cute. What do you want to do?
A flower or a ribbon? - "Is it real? This one?"
- No, it's fake. "Then I won't wear it." Only the real thing. What about this one?
Mommy wears one here too. "I'll put it on." You want? Come here. "I don't want it." It doesn't matter if you wear it or not. Do you want me to tie it in a bow? - "I like this one."
- Is that okay? If I put it on, it won't come out. It's going to fall off. Oh, do you want this on top of it? Mommy does it, too,
with this white thing to cover it up. "Yeah." "I don't like it like this." You want to do it like this? "Yeah, I want to put more of this on top." You want it like this? She's wearing this for the first time
and she has a way of wearing it that she likes. Maybe she's thinking about it
when she sees my kimono. What about the obijime? "Where's the other one?" What? You're holding it with your hand. "I don't like this." Come here, come here.
I have it too. It's the part called "Ohasyori". Look, Mommy has the same thing. Look, you can see it here, too. It's called "Ohasyori" in kimono. Everyone has it. "I don't want this to come out." Look, the white and gold ones are coming out. She's convinced. Oh, let's call Grandma. Oh, my God! Hey, let me show great Grandma! Oh, my gosh, what's happening? She's dressed! Are you going to Shichi-Go-San? Not Shichi-Go-San, but Sutan said
she wanted to wear a kimono. Oh, my gosh! You've become a big sister. You're so cute. You've become a big sister. Wow, you're wearing a proper obi. Let me see your head. Oh, wow! She's so cute! So cute! Did she put it on smoothly? Yes, it went on very smoothly, very smoothly. I thought she was someone else. You look so beautiful that
she couldn't recognize you. "I told you yesterday that
I was going to take pictures in kimono." Oh, I see, you are going to take pictures. Oh, yeah, go ahead, go ahead. We're going to take pictures
for New Year's cards now. "Where is Grandpa?" Grandpa went to work. He said he wanted to talk to Sutan. We'll send him pictures later, huh? Yeah, send me pictures
and I'll show them to Grandpa. See you later. Have a great day! It's so beautiful, so beautiful! It's so nice. "I put on a kimono." Hey, it's so beautiful! The red zori sandals are cute, too. "Look." Let me see a little bit of the back. Oh, wow, that's so cute, oh, it's so cute. The hair in the back is also very nice. "I put lipstick on too." Yeah, it's red, I can see it. "It's a New Year's photo." Oh, you're taking New Year's pictures?
I'm looking forward to it. - "I'll send it to you."
- Send it to me. "Bye bye." Okay.
Bye bye. - "Let's go."
- Good. - "Let's go!"
- All right, let's take a picture then. So cute. Can you see it? My eyes aren't good
enough to see much. That's so cute! Can you see this? This one? Daddy's coat. It's amazing! The yellow and red really stand out. "Yellow and red." Yellow and red. "Yellow and red and green." Green too. It's green. "Yay! Sutan, it's red!" Red's beautiful. It's a nice color, isn't it? Please sit still. I can't see anything at all. I can't see anything either. - "I can see."
- Sit straight, please. I'm sitting straight,
I can't make it any straighter. I don't like it because
it makes me look taller than you. - Be straight.
- I can't do it any more. Then, shall I put another one on top? No, just sit straight. Okay, sit a little ahead of me then. I look bigger than you. "Bye bye." Didn't we have the same scene last year? Okay, let's see who can sit first. Oh, already? Then, let's smile! Three, two, one, smile! Next, maybe you can close your legs
because it's embarrassing to open them. - Then you'll look so cute again.
- "One, two, three, smile." Then, can you stand Sutan?
You look so beautiful. Yeah, you're pretty. Wait a minute. Move back a little more. - This looks good.
- It's good, it's good. Cute! Say cheese and smile! Raise our hand again? Say cheese! That's nice pose, too. Pretty! What pose do you like to have? You were doing like this, right? It's the year of the dragon. "Sutan?" Yeah, you were doing it like this earlier. "No, like this." You did it like this? Then it's 2024. Can you do a heart? Isn't Sutan the 2? - "Zero is good."
- A heart with 0. Mommy with 2, Sutan with 0,
and Daddy with 2 and 4. Sure. It's good, right? - So cute!
- "I made my face like this." Cute. So cute! - Let's hug a little.
- Yeah, okay, just the three of us. That's good! "Let's go outside!" She wants to go to the park. Let's go eat lunch outside. Who wants to help me make a Christmas tree? Okay, let's go dressed normally, then. - Let's take off our clothes.
- "I want to take off my kimono." I am satisfied. Like at Shichi-Go-San,
it's expensive to outsource this, right? It cost more than 10,000 yen
to tie Sutan's Japanese hair. It cost tens of thousands of yen
to rent a kimono for her to wear. And how many tens of thousands
of yen to take pictures? So, if you keep the kimono in a safe place,
you can do it with just about nothing. Actually, I was thinking of
renting Sutan's kimono today. I thought maybe she can still wear
the same one when she turns 7 years old. I looked on Mercari, a flea market website. I bought a set for about 5,000 yen
that was in really good condition. It's great, isn't it? Now she can wear it
again whenever she wants to. Not just for Shichi-Go-San. On the New Year's, let's wear it
to the Hatsumode (first visit to a shrine). I'll make sure to buy
your tabi socks by then, too. Thank you. - "It was hot."
- Was it hot? Was it hot? Oh, my goodness. We'll be out in 20 minutes. What? In 20 minutes? Oh, no, hurry up! It's still a little messy. New Year's photo shoot is over! We did a great job! "Bye bye!" Where are we going now?
Let's go eat hamburgers. We're going to go eat a hamburger! "We're going to go eat a hamburger, bye-bye!" We'll go eat hamburgers,
and buy a Christmas tree. We make time once a month
for the whole family to experience culture. We're off to see our favorite musical
for November. See you later. I'm sure Kimonoko will receive a New Year's card
with the picture we took today. Please look forward to it! It's good. Can I make hamburgers next time?
With UMAMI Sauce. Oh, good idea! I want to make teriyaki hamburgers. This is good, isn't it? Right?
