Kim Kardashian and North Immerse Themselves in Japanese Culture
Kim Kardashian and daughter North immersed themselves in Japanese culture while on their luxurious vacation to the country.
Kardashian, 42 shared photos of her trip to Japan on Instagram with her oldest child. In the snaps, Kardashian — who shares North, 10, son Saint, 7, daughter Chicago, 5, and son Psalm, 4, with ex-husband Kanye West — rocked a lavish leopard print coat while North wore a light pink kimono.
The duo took selfies with Kardashian’s friend Ashley Yano Everleigh, her daughter, joined them on their mother-daughter vacation.
Kardashian’s vacation wardrobe has made headlines throughout the week. While she shared other sweet pictures of their time together — including her and North donning matching headbands, as well as the preteen channeling her inner Rapunzel and wearing hair so long that it had to be carried by her friend — the Kardashians A star was also criticized for wearing a Kimono.
Fans recalled the controversial debut of Skims in 2019 — then named Kimono. She quickly changed the name of her brand after backlash. She originally named the collection Kimono but changed it quickly to Skims when she faced backlash.
“I understand and have deep respect for the significance of the kimono in Japanese culture and have no plans to design or release any garments that would in any way resemble or dishonor the traditional garment,” she told the New York Times At the time. “I made the decision to name my company Kimono, not to disassociate the word from its Japanese roots but as a nod to the beauty and detail that goes into a garment.”
Regardless of the backlash — then and now — Kardashian held tight to her love of Japan.
“Japan is our happy place 🇯🇵♥️,” she captioned the images of her and North.
Kardashian shares her fun and loving adventures with her four children, in addition to the trip she took with North.
She took Saint to as much professional soccer as she could this summer. This included the Miami vs. Cruz Azul, PSG vs. Al Nassr, and many more. In July, she gushed to CNN, “He is obsessed with soccer, and I will do anything for my babies, so I travel the world.” She explained, “We do soccer trips and it’s not stopping, all summer we will go to different exhibition games.”
Psalm was praised by Kardashian on his birthday in May. “Happy 4th Birthday my beautiful smart curious baby boy Psalm. I’m just so happy you chose me to be your mommy. You teach me something new every day. I can’t wait to go through this life with you and that cutie smile of yours with your little fangs.”
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She also posted a heartfelt tribute to the youngest of her daughters in January. “I’m so so proud to be your mom, it’s the best feeling in the entire world,” she gushed via social media. “You are the cuddliest sweetest silliest most independent caring girl in the whole world and I just love you so much!”
Kardashian has also been candid about protecting her kids from their dad’s controversial opinions and subsequent social media backlash.
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“In my home, my kids don’t know anything that goes on [in] the outside world,” she said on a December 2022 podcast episode of “Angie Martinez IRL,” referencing West’s public outbursts. “I am holding on by a thread. I know I’m so close to it not happening. But as long as that is the case, I will do everything I can to protect it. My kids don’t know anything.”
She explained her complicated relationship to West in more detail, telling Martinez, 52: “It is hard. Coparenting is really f—king hard.”