This is a photo shooting service in and around the Tokyo area, by bilingual artist Ai Matsusaka.
Ai offers a unique photo session with Kimono beautifully tailored for newborn and pregnant body.
Photo sessions either in the studio in Yokohama or home visit is possible.
Ai Matsusaka is an experienced artist awarded in international bodypainting festivals, in company events and in shows for 10 years, and taking maternity and newborn photography for 8 years.
Specialized in Japanese design inspired by Kimono and traditional Kyoto culture, Ai offers you the best maternity photosessions with bellypainting for your special occasion during pregnancy with costumes made of Kimono fabrics.
[ Maternity photo session ]
- 2 hours session
- 25,000 JPY *Weekends and holidays + 5,000 JPY
- 70-100 photo data (Retouched)
- 3 Kimono outfits (Or 1 your own outfit + 2 Kimonos,)
- Family and couple photos
- Accessories and flowers
- Color retouch for free
- You can get a photo book for free if you book both maternity and newborn session.
[ Belly painting session ]
- 2.5 hours session
- 27,000 JPY
*Weekends and holidays + 5,000 JPY
- 70-80 photo data (Retouched)
- 2 Kimono outfits ( Or 1 your own outfit + 1 Kimonos, 1 with bellypainting.) If you want to wear 3 kimonos (or 2 kjimonos and 1 your own outfit), another 5,000 JPY.
- Family and couple photos
- Accessories and flowers
- color retouch for free
- You can get a photo book for free if you book both maternity and newborn session.
[ Maternity photo session with small children ]
- 1 hour special fast session for the family with children under 6 years old.
- 22,000 JPY
*Weekends and holidays + 5,000 JPY
- 50-80 photo data (Retouched)
- 2 Kimono outfits (Or 1 your own outfit + 1 kimono)
- Accessories and flowers
- color retouch for free
- You can get a photo book for free if you book both maternity and newborn session.
[ Hair & make-up]
- Professional Hair&Makeup by Natali 16,500JPY
[ Retouch ]
- Usual color retouch for free
- Removing scars and stretch marks 3,000 JPY
- Please do not put any make-up materials (foundation, concealer) on your belly. It might damage Kimonos.
- Deforming body line and face line 5,000 JPY +
Ai also offers you the best newborn photo sessions with costumes all made of Kimono fabrics.
Studio or home visit photo sessions are possible. All the equipment and costumes will be brought to your house with Ai.
【Kimono newborn photo】
- 2 hours session
- 70-100 photo data (Retouched)
- 2 Kimono + 1 color swaddle
- Accessories and flowers
- Baby nude is possible
- Newborn & family photo session in Yokohama studio 22,000 JPY
- Home visit newborn & family photo session 30,000 JPY + transportation fare
- color retouch for free
- You can get a photo book for free if you book both maternity and newborn session.
【Safety first】
For the safety, Ai doesn't make newborn baby do unnatural poses.
Ai won't use flash lights to protect baby's eyes.
Ai will use safety strap on the camera to avoid accidental drop.
The swaddle is made of 100% cotton for baby's comfortability.
Ai has finished COVID-19 vaccination and take care of her condition when she visits client's house.
Artistic design photo book with hard cover album.
- 24 pages
- Hard cover
- Date and time of birth, weight, height, and message insertion
- Fancy design
- Price 5,000 JPY
Save 5,000 JPY and get free album by booking both maternity and newborn photo session!
- Making copy by only 2.500 JPY / Piece
Message from the artist
～ As a mother of a child ～
My first pregnancy was in 2018.
I recognized, for the first time in my life, the miracle of life, and the preciousness of getting pregnant as a woman. I felt that every woman is a warrior to get through this tough and amazing work.
The experience of pregnancy and giving birth to a baby is much honorable as our ceremony of being adult and wedding. So I want to praise the moment of pregnancy with the most beautiful and gorgeous attire in Japanese culture - Furisode Kimono, which is used for other important ceremony for woman.
Every time I take maternity photo and do bellypainting for my clients, I feel so happy and be passionate to be a maker of their beautiful memory.
Sanitary and Safety :
Ai has done both COVID-19 vaccines. In Studio and in client’s house, Ai always has alcohol spray and masks to prevent infection.
Access
Kimono maternity photography, Japanese design belly painting and newborn photography near Yokohama, Yokosuka, Tokyo, Kanagawa, please visit our studio!
Address :
6-12 Mitsuzawa Nakacho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Coin parking nearby
Tel:080-6600-4157
Open: 10:00AM-4:30PM
Close: Every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays
To know more detail about the route, please go to ACCESS page.