My strange collection: Kimonos

One Japanese woman living in Sweden collected over 500 kimonos with an aim to preserve the cultural heritage from Japan.

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00:00My name is Shinko Nakano, I'm from Japan, I'm living in Norrbotten, the north part

00:27of Sweden, and I've been here for about 10 years.

00:32I grew up in a small island in Kagoshima, where I started to collect kimono about 10

00:42years ago, when we moved to here in Gunnashyokun.

00:55I liked very much kimono from the beginning, because I think it's really wonderful textile

01:03heritage from Japan.

01:05I usually, you know, buy kimono when I go back to Japan at the flea market or some kind

01:14of antique shop, or I buy a lot from the auctions.