Kikuko Kimura

Outdoor living enthusiast

Outdoor girl finds kawaii in a sleeping bag.

“I love the outdoors. Nearly every weekend, I climb mountains. If I don’t, I go camping instead. During my days off, I hardly ever stay home,” Ms. Kimura the “outdoor girl” explains. “The real thrill of outdoor activities is learning to be grateful for food, clothing, and shelter. There’s no electricity, so clothing is the only way to stay warm. When you can feel that you are alive, it gets you energized.” Colorful fashion is indispensable to this outdoor girl. Part of the outdoor spirit is trying different types of color coordination that wouldn’t occur in everyday life. In this way, the outdoor life is rather like cosplay, she jokes. Ms. Kimura thinks kawaii is “the moment when something right in front of you inspires you to imagine how you’d feel using it.” For example, very recently, when she purchased a sleeping bag for -27°C temperatures, she could imagine precisely how she could sleep in it, deep in the mountains.

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Paper fortune
おみくじ
Gyudon(beef-on-rice bowl)
牛丼
Decorate anything
デコる
Itsukushima Shrine
厳島神社
Shinjuku
新宿
Ramen Museum
ラーメン博物館
Harajuku girl
原宿ガール
Traditional Japanese guest house
古民家ゲストハウス
International Avenue
国際通り
Taketomi Island
竹富島
Awamori
泡盛
Village of Long Life
長寿の里
Japan
Hakuohki
Japan
Kiki's Delivery Service
Italy
One Piece
Indonesia
Kamen Rider The Next
Aburi-mochi
あぶり餅
Nurturing the arts
京都ギャラリー
Stay at a Buddhist temple
宿坊
Kyoto Proverbs
BRAIN WAVE CAT EARS
cutting-edge tech joins Japan’s “fetish” (moe) culture
TOTTORI YOKAI ROAD
where yokais and humans live together
AKIRA BIKE
enthusiasts create a dream machine from the world of Otomo’s AKIRA
GAME BAR
a gathering spot for grownups where old games are available
Metal tableware
金属食器
Japanese sake
日本酒
SIRI SIRI
SIRISIRI
Japanese knives
包丁
URUSHI
漆芸
ODEN
おでん
KATSUOBUSHI
鰹節
KAISEKI
懐石
HISASHI TENMYOUYA
TABAIMO
MANABU IKEDA
YAYOI KUSAMA
AWA ODORI
NACHI-NO-OGI MATSURI
NEBUTA MATSURI
SANJA MATSURI
NIHONBUYO
日本舞踊
NOH
KARATEDO
空手
KYUDO
弓道
KATANA-KAJI
刀鍛冶
KACCHU-SHI
甲冑師
SUKIYA-DAIKU
数寄屋大工
FOOD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
食品サンプル職人
GAME CENTER
GAME CENTER
e-Sports
e-Sports
GAME CREATOR
GAME CREATOR
FAMILY COMPUTER / NES
Family Computer / NES