Professor Kurashige was born in the Kochi prefecture
and graduated with a Master’s degree in International culture from Yamaguchi Prefectural University
Yamaguchi, Japan. 
After she married, she moved to New York and worked atthe Bank of Tokyo. Upon returning to Japan she enrolled at Ikenobo Kensyugakuin training school where she received the highest honor in all classes. 

Since 1986 she has travelled abroad to more than 50 countries to demonstrate ikebana. She was sponsored
by the foreign ministry and the headquarters in Kyoto.  During this time she was also teaching at the Ikenobo
Junior College and was a lecturer for the Doshisha University.  She has arranged at the Tokyo National Museum and the Bonn National Museum, and at the Akiyoshidai International Art Village.

In May 2010 she moved to San Francisco to accept an appointment as Head Ikenobo Professor and Managing Director of Ikenobo Ikebana North America.  She was appointed to this position to fulfill her mission of expanding the knowledge and study of Ikenobo Ikebana throughout North and South America and regions of Europe.

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