Here Pati the Polar Bear is wearing a kimono and traditional sash in genuine Japanese fabric...



Her name is a Japanese girl's name, it was from Finland and means "basket of fish".


Pati loves fish!






The kimono  is cut in one piece and edged with bias binding; the sash is japanese fabric mounted on a strip of bias binding. It is all fastened with velcro.


















She is standing in front of
Seiryuen Garden Nijo Castle, (picture from http://www.citypictures.org)