After 60... Ikebana Can Be a Hobby After Retirement!

[@peggybogar3059]

It looks sweet and you are kind.

[@ikebana.master]

Thank you so much for your kind comment🥰

[@doanetriggs6254]

This is such a delightful you tube site. While I don’t speak Japanese I do read the subtitles, but I do need to watch a second time to watch the design technique. I receive so much pleasure from the exquisite designs created. Since I live in Hawaii, it is necessary to mentally substitute flowers which would work with the design using it as a guideline. Many thanks for sharing your exceptional talents and narratives.

[@ikebana.master]

Thank you for watching the video few times! I wish I could speak English...Please show me a photo of your Ikebana designed in Hawaii🌺

[@mariettacole4076]

Can you recommend a beginners book for the design principles of ikebana ?

[@thedivide3688]

Akane Teshigahara Sogetsu Ikebana Flower Arrangement Textbooks 1-5 Japan. The best books. You’ll have to import them from Japan. The texts are in both Japanese and English.

[@thedivide3688]

You can use textbooks but it’s not difficult. It’s based on a rule of 3rds. And you can literally make an arrangement with 3 stems and 2 flowers. There’s enough videos and samples and training on KZbin for you to master the art.

[@ikebana.master]

Thank you for your comment! This book is written in Japanese, but you can refer to the 3D demonstration by scanning the QR code! kzbin.info/www/bejne/goOvlJlme62bm9Esi=I8zXkNhlIyCSQ3ri

[@Katana622]

I love your videos. I am 33 in ohio usa learning from you and others ikebana. My local chapter has all old people in their 70s. I would feel out of place among all the old women as 33 year old man. I wonder if I should go anyway?

[@jspencer119]

You should go anyway! I wish I had a group nearby… 😔

[@susanmcquillan9353]

I"m sure they will welcome you; older people generally really enjoy having younger people in their lives. And you won't be "out of place." You're all there to learn Ikebana and you'll be inspired by the others.

[@indistickney8654]

Go learn and have fun. You would be like a son/grandson.

[@sylviahardy4568]

Stunning in the simplicity of its appearance 💙💚💙💚💙

[@ikebana.master]

Thank you!!!

[@aculinda52]

I retired at 70 after working in the health care field for 50 years and am now in my second year of being in the Ikebana International Society and also taking Sogetsu classes. I love it and I’m so hooked on it! People are learning about Ikebana from my facebook posts too! Thank you for your videos and you have a great sense of humor too! 🙏🌸

[@ikebana.master]

The time doing Ikebana is truly soothing! So happy to hear you are into Ikebana from outside of Japan🌸I appreciate your compliments☺️