盛り花：Moribana (headed-up flower arrangements)

盛り花の練習です。
Here are some Moribana arrangements by our students.

Arrangement by Chie

Arrangement by Miwa

Arrangement by Katsurako

2014年初生け: the first class of 2014~the first arrangement of 2-14

明けましておめでとうございます。2014年の初生けをしました。こちらは、Sayakaさんの作品。二種生けです。
A Happy New Year!  We had our very first class of 2014.  It's called "hatsuike" (the first arrangement of the New Year).  This is the arrangement by one of the students, Sayaka.  Her arrangement is "Nishuike".

残念ながら写真がないのですが、山岡先生はお着物でクラスのご指導を、そしてお屠蘇をご用意くださいました。風情に溢れる中、2014年の山岡いけばな教室のはじまりです！
Yamaoka-sensei wore Kimono for this lesson and offered us "Otoso" (spiced medicinal sake traditionally drunk during New Year celebration in Japan) before the class was started.  Yamaoka Ikebana Class started for 2014 filled with a lot of Japanese flare.

本年も宜しくお願い致します。
Cheers!

こどもいけばな教室（クリスマス）：Christmas Ikebana for Kids

こどもクリスマスいけばな教室がありました。下は5歳から上は11歳の男女混合。幅広い年齢そうですが、子供達は真剣に取り組んでいました。

We had Ikebana class for children.  The theme was Christmas.  We have a 5-year-old as the youngest and a 11-year-old as the oldest.  Both boys and girls joined the class.  The age range were broad; yet, all the kids were well focused on making their arrangements during the class.

たくさんの皆様にご参加頂き、お陰様で満席のクラスでした。本当にありがとうございました。こども達の作品も素晴らしいものばかり！先生も感激をしていました。この様に、季節などに合わせてこどもクラスを開催したいと思っています。

We are happy to say the class was full!  We appreciate for all of your attendance.  Sensei was very pleased to see the results from all the children.  All arrangements were exceptional!  We hope to have such classes for kids from now on.