melodie, koike, salt, lake, received, help, with, her, kimono, from, meg, uehara, kahala, new, year, dressing, festival, yesterday, university, laboratory, school, in, manoa, event, was, held, by, project, usa, kimonos, are, t-shaped, straight-lined, robes, that, fall, to, ankle, collars, wide, full-length, sleeves, wrapped, around, body, secured, belt, obi, which, tied, back, generally, worn, traditional, footwear, especially, geta, thonged, wood-platform, zori, type, thong-like, split-toe, socks, tabi, center, receives, yoshiko, bailey, left, nuuanu, noriko, sand, makiki, mother, midori, both, photographed, mayumi, ito, liliha, helps, anju, watanabe, moiliili, akiko, gets, hugs