Four-year-old Tracy Nishihara of Ewa Beach got fitted with a kimono Sunday in Moiliili during the Okinawan Family Kimono Dressing event at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. Distinguished teacher Toshiko Chinen provided participants the opportunity to be dressed and photographed in the classic performing arts attire of Okinawa -- made from fabric dyed in the bingata style. Chinen shared her knowledge and collection of traditional clothing from the Ryukyu Kingdom.

 
Junko Uehara applied finishing touches to the hair of Ashlyn Arakawa, 3, of Kaimuki.