Relay Column: The Notion of "Anyone Can Participate" – From the Perspective of Clothes Making & Japanese Traditional Music Studies (kengoshimiz)

My first experience making clothes was when I was a first-year high school student.
With the help of my grandmother, I managed to create several outfits by asking questions whenever I was unsure of something. Eventually, I began making my own clothes at a pace of one piece per week, guided by a thick book called "洋裁百科(Yousai-hyakka)."
I bought affordable fabric from Nippori Textile Town, created new clothes from patterns, and enjoyed my high school days in Harajuku with friends who loved fashion.
It was this experience that led me to choose a path specializing in fashion at Musashino Art University.
Below is a simple website where I have published photos of the clothes I have made so far.
https://kengoshimiz.jp/clothesphoto.html

On the other hand, when I turned 25, I started on the path to create new music, specifically traditional Japanese music.
I was fortunate to meet a master of traditional Japanese music, Motoya Miyauchi, but obtaining information was extremely difficult, and it was challenging enough to write a few pieces of music that were about four bars long each month.