About Be JAPON
“be・JAPON (美・JAPON)” is a non-profit cultural organization based in Tokyo, Japan. 美 means beauty in Japanese, and be・JAPON set its mission to present the beauty of Japan showing “tradition and creation” of Japanese culture.
【Organization Name】
Non-Profit-Organization be・ JAPON
【Headquarter】
Kamitsuruma 7-17-14, Minami-ku, Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa-pref. 252-0302, JAPAN
Mail info@bejapon.jp
[Contents of Business]
Presentation of Kimono (Japanese Traditional Dress), Dresses from Kimono and other Japanese art works
Collection and Recycling of Antique Kimono
International Cultural Exchange, Senior Empowerment and Earthquake Comfort through Fashion Culture
[History]
1989 Founded as “Live Fashion Organization”
1998 Renamed as “Cultural Exchange Organization Asian Breeze 21”
2010 Established as “Non Profit Organization be・JAPON”
[Board of Directors]
Chief Director: Eiko Kobayashi
Trustee: Yasuko Ikeda Hiroko Otaki Kazunari Karasawa Yuko Hayashi
Supervisor: Kiyomi Kanokohata
【Director】
Ms. Eiko Kobayashi
As a Kimono Dress Designer and a fashion stylist, Eiko Kobayashi is creating and introducing modern beauty of Japanese Kimono, which is Japanese traditional costume.
She founded “be・JAPON” and has organized its original show presenting her world with music and dance, and the shows have been presented in various countries. Eiko was awarded as Japan Representative and Top5 Haute Couture Dress Designer in Fashion ASIA 2013.