Demonstration by Our Teacher Advisors Kayoko Fujimoto began teaching Ohara ikebana in 1952 after coming to the USA from Japan with her husband and two young sons. She has distinguished herself not only in her local ikebana activities but has been recognized by the Emperor of Japan in 2010 with the prestigious Order of the…
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Sharon Krawetz (Wafu) studies ikebana with Fusako Hoyrup. She holds the Gakukan degree from Wafu School and serves on the board of the California Wafukai Chapter. Sharon is an active member and past president of Ikebana International San Francisco Chapter where she still serves on the board. She is also a member of the Ikebana…
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Michiko Shimoda is a Sogetsu Ikebana flower instructor in Saratoga, California. She has been teaching in Saratoga and Fremont community center and is one of the artists displaying at the de Young museum’s Bouquets to Art exhibition and Filoli Garden annually. In 1970, she studied Ikebana at the Sogetsu School in Japan under one of…
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Margaret Kurasaki has been a student of Ikenobo Ikebana for over 40 years in Tokyo and California. She has demonstrated and displayed her arrangements at Asian Arts Museum in San Francisco, San Francisco’s 50th Cherry Blossom Festival, Japanese Consulate‘s residence, Ikebana International programs, the Ikebana Teacher’s Federation and many service organizations. She is a member…
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Ohara opens the new season! We open our new season with a program representing the Legacy of Ohara. This program brings us together after the summer recess to enjoy the beauty of Ikebana and reunite with our friends following the program. Kayoko Fujimoto began teaching Ohara ikebana in 1952 after coming to the USA from…
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Yoshiko Gilli (Ohara) was born in Nagasaki, Japan. She moved to Los Gatos 10 years ago, to be near her son and family from Fresno. She is currently a resident at the senior facility in Campbell. She enjoys working in the garden and belongs to the garden committee at the center, which occupies much of…
DetailsKayoko Fujimoto began teaching Ohara ikebana in 1952 after coming to the USA from Japan with her husband and two young sons. She has distinguished herself not only in her local ikebana activities but has been recognized by the Emperor of Japan in 2010 with the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Golden and Silver…
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Yoshiko Williams was born in Yokohama Japan and came to San Francisco in 1969. She assisted in her Aunt’s flower shop while attending Business College. While working as an accountant she took the floral design course at City College of San Francisco where she started studying Sogetsu Ikebana with Soho Sakai. Yoshiko became a member…
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Alka Bhargava of the Ichiyo school is a formally trained event architect and floral stylist organizing weddings and events since 1982. Her work has taken her from design school in New Delhi to workshops in Europe and conferences in Japan. She has owned an event planning and floral design company for the past fifteen years,…
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Kayoko Fujimoto began teaching Ohara ikebana in 1952 after coming to the USA from Japan with her husband and two young sons. She has distinguished herself not only in her local ikebana activities but has been recognized by the Emperor of Japan in 2010 with the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Golden and Silver…
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