TOKYO KIMONO WEEK 2013 Opening Ceremony/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Shoichiro Sanshiki, Executive Committee Chairman of TOKYO KIMONO WEEK/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Shohei Niihara, General Manager of the Nihonbashi Urban Development Promotion Department at Mitsui Fudosan/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Yoji Naka, General Manager of Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya collaborate for the first time at Nihonbashi TOKYO KIMONO WEEK to promote the charm of kimono/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

TOKYO KIMONO WEEK 2013 Opening Ceremony/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Nihonbashi Takashimaya staff (three on the left), Kimono Queen 2013 Misaki Usuda (centre left) and Fuko Sasaki (centre right), and Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store staff/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Nihonbashi Takashimaya staff (three on the left), Kimono Queen 2013 Misaki Usuda (centre left) and Fuko Sasaki (centre right), and Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store staff/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE

Kimono Queen 2013, Fuko Sasaki (left) and Misaki Usuda (right)/ Photo by Yoshitaka Dazai (c)FASHION HEADLINE