This doll is about 100 years old.  She came to Orkney from Kobe, wearing a kimono very like one given to a Scottish bride who sailed to Japan in the 1920s to get married. That kimono has come down in the family together with the doll — but has never been worn.

Will her Orcadian great granddaughter be the first to try it on?

Come to Kirkwall Library and find out more about how Orkney and Japan are connected, and more about kimono and weddings too.

Photo exhibition 24 March to 7 April and on Saturday 29 March:

a talk at 1:30 pm in the MacGillivray Room (advance booking suggested through this link)

a Boro sewing workshop from 10:30 – 1:30pm at the Lend & Mend Hub (SOLD OUT)

Presented by OJA in conjunction with the Consulate General of Japan