Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is holding a new event, Kimono Week by Mandarin Oriental from 23 October –15 November 2016. The hotel will host activities themed on the iconic Japanese garment, the kimono, to celebrate Tokyo Kimono Week 2016, an annual festival held in Nihonbashi district, the birthplace of traditional Edo culture. Kimono Week will feature the Premium Kimono Stay, a two-night luxurious Oriental Suite package priced at JPY3.8 million, where guests receive a made-to-order kimono, created by Chiso, a 460-year-old shop that specializes in kyoyuzen dyeing, and which comes with an authentic belt and accessories for one person. The package also includes dressing, styling, and photo shoot on the second night, along with a host of luxe beauty treatments, such as a facial treatment for one by French skin care brand Biologique Recherche, and other treatments by Margaret Dabbs, London. Other celebratory activities will include an on-sale orange-flavoured chocolate Kimono Cake designed in the motif of a kimono pattern from Bhutan, the “country of happiness”, a special Kimono afternoon tea served with Kimono Cake at the hotel’s Oriental Lounge, a Kimono exhibition in collaboration with Imagine Oneworld, which will display several one-of-a-kind kimonos from 23 October – 15 November 2016. To top it all, a Kimono photo contest will be held on Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo’s official Instagram account (MO_TOKYO) between 23 October -15 November. Entrants can participate by taking a photo that fits one of three keywords: “kimono”, “wa (Japanese tradition)”, and “Nihonbashi”, and posting it with the hashtag #TOKYO_KIMONO.The luxe Kimono stay package will be valid from 23 October 2016 – 23 October 2017. Bookings may be made until 31 July 2017. Enquiries can be made at motyo-reservations@mohg.com.
