Mineko is 13th owner of Tondaya. She is carrying original family business as Kimono wholesaler and opened to the public her house as Nishijin Lifestyle Museum when the house was resistered as National Cultural Asset. She is also running Kimono and Japanese manner school, Wado-Kai to teach how to wear Kimono and Japanese mannaer. She has done many lectures and seminars about Japanese traditions and their lifestyle in the old days. She was also an instructor at Doshisha University in Kyoto and provides the lecture about Japanese sprit from our ancestors to motivate students to preserve the beauty of Japan. Another passion is to introduce Japanese culture and spirits to foreign people thought various events and her activities. She had successfully done Kimono Show, hold in Vancouver Canada in 2005 and in England 2008,2009. Also, she published several books about kimono and Japanese sprits. Her aim is to tell and preserve the traditional sprits that she felt and learn from her experience.

 Current Activities and Membership

• Instractor at Doshisha University

• Director of Business Women Club of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Director of International Association of Kyoto Studies

• Director of Nishijin Textile Association

• Judge of Small Business Owner’ Home Page Contest

• Member of Kyoto Venture Business Club

• Member of Kyoto Tourist Association

• Member of KVBA

• Member of Kyoto City Value Oscar　Club

• Member of AJDA (All Japan Defense Association)

• Member of Kyoto Defense Association
  
  

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