Flower of Japan
Welcome to the Flowers of Japan charity! Here we are celebrating over 70,000 pages of posts, 100 Kimonos and Yukatas, and over 10 years of service! This is where you will find all info relating to us, the Flowers of Japan Charity, and the base of our charity, the Flowers of Japan Foundation.
We are here to help grant wishes, one Kimono, Yukata, or Furisode at a time!
We are here to help grant wishes, one Kimono, Yukata, or Furisode at a time!
- First Post: News, Rules, How to get a Kimono/Yukata/Furisode, Donations, and Misc. F.A.Q.
Second Post: Updates About The Charity, Current Events, & Special Announcements
Third Post: Joining Rules, Kimono/Yukata/Furisode List (Database)
Fourth Post: Donations
Fifth Post: Solving Disagreements Within the Thread
Sixth Post: RP
Seventh Post: Link & Affiliations List
Eighth Post: Events
20/06/10 - Want free items? We do too. Just come and sign up for the contests in the guild! There will be a contest held every other month. You must sign up for each contest if you wish to participate. Thanks to Yuuka Kurokawa for generously donating her time to make this happen! heart
20/02/10 - Hello, Flowers! It's a New Year, (Gung hey fatt choi if you celebrate Chinese new year! wink ). I've made a thread so we can celebrate with others on this joyous occasion... oh, did I mention that it's also been another year for Gaia itself? We've been really grateful to have all you awesome people constantly support us throughout the years, what with the friendships that have been made. Like any family, there have always been little blurps in the road, but we get over them. Anyway, come down to the FoJ-Gaia-'Versary thread and celebrate!
12/09/09 - That's right folks, Secret Santa! is back, for another year running! Once again, hosted by our wonderful friend Yuuka Kurokawa. Stop by the guild and enter! wink The rules concerning Secret Santa are posted in that thread, but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask here! smile Also, if you're actually reading this post, you might be wondering why you can't take a look at the thread. This is most likely because you're not part of our guild! If you are a recurring member of the Flowers of Japan (Fancy Talk; That just means if you've been here more than once!) thread and family, we will be more than glad to accept you into our guild.
09/07/09 - Flowers of Japan will be having our annual Halloween Celebration this year -- but there's a twist! Prizes will be given out, and we will be expanding. What's THIS, you ask? Well, you'll just have to wait and find out. =P (Special Thanks goes to Yuuka and TheBlackSword for helping, as well as Mokoni, Forever Zero, and VKM
07/30/09 - The Flower of Japan Clan - It's rather empty, but I know FoJ has a lot of users who do play zOMG. Don't worry, contests are still being planned but for the most part have been put on hold due to time constraints. <3 We apologize for the delay!~
06/20/09 - VKM is looking for helpers to organize contests/"mini-events" within our thread! If you have any questions or want to take the time to fill out a survey she has prepared, please ask her! Also, there's a contest currently running in the guild to gain more banners for us! The Banner Contest In The Guild Also, if you haven't noticed or been informed yet, we don't only give out kimonos, yukatas, or furisodes anymore - we do the whole Japanese theme now. wink Stay tuned for more updates soon!
05/15/09 - Flowers of Japan has been listed at the top of Popular Topics on the Gaia Homepage!
Congratulations to all of our Flowers! heart Many kudos to VKM for helping us revamp our first post heart
09/07/09 - Flowers of Japan will be having our annual Halloween Celebration this year -- but there's a twist! Prizes will be given out, and we will be expanding. What's THIS, you ask? Well, you'll just have to wait and find out. =P (Special Thanks goes to Yuuka and TheBlackSword for helping, as well as Mokoni, Forever Zero, and VKM
07/30/09 - The Flower of Japan Clan - It's rather empty, but I know FoJ has a lot of users who do play zOMG. Don't worry, contests are still being planned but for the most part have been put on hold due to time constraints. <3 We apologize for the delay!~
06/20/09 - VKM is looking for helpers to organize contests/"mini-events" within our thread! If you have any questions or want to take the time to fill out a survey she has prepared, please ask her! Also, there's a contest currently running in the guild to gain more banners for us! The Banner Contest In The Guild Also, if you haven't noticed or been informed yet, we don't only give out kimonos, yukatas, or furisodes anymore - we do the whole Japanese theme now. wink Stay tuned for more updates soon!
05/15/09 - Flowers of Japan has been listed at the top of Popular Topics on the Gaia Homepage! Congratulations to all of our Flowers! heart Many kudos to VKM for helping us revamp our first post heart
The Flowers of Japan has expanded from this one thread, into an entire guild! Go check out our community at the Flowers of Japan Guild!
- 01. Thou Shalt Read the First Page in its Entirety - Thou shall be berated by members of Flowers of Japan if thou should decide thee be above reading the first page and do something stupid.
02. Thou Shalt not bump - Thou shalt not not "bump" this thread. Bumps be not welcome here, this thread doth be bumped through conversation. A bump doth be a generally meaningless post, wherein the sole objective doth be to push, or "bump", the topic to the top of the forum. Bumping doth be is the act of posting multiple bumps. If thou wishes to bump, thee be requested to please converse with others. If alone thou art, make something creative and non-bump. Furthermore, the punishment for evil bumping here is transformation into mouse, and then we will have the resident nekos and kitsunes chase you around. *smiles wickedly*
03. Thou Shalt Donate to Accountant of Japan - Thou shalt donate to the account of Accountant of Japan. Thou hast no need to ask permission, may donate when you see fit, and doth be under no obligation to! If thee be of a mind to donate, much thanks in advance! Donations of any size be accepted.
04. Thou Shalt Not Beg - Thou shalt not constantly ask "When will I get my kimono?" Thou shalt be crucified by annoyed members. Greed shalt not be appreciated here. We want you to come here for the friends, the kimono or yukata is just a bonus. This also includes any form of begging for gold from any members in here. Start your own thread in the charity subforum if you're looking for handouts, don't come here bugging our members.
05. Thou Shalt Follow Procedures for Addition to the Kimono List - Thou shalt post in Flowers of Japan and meet new people. After one week, you may PM Recruiter of Japan with thine username and kimono or yukata of interest. Any PM sent to Kenchan or Astellus regarding admittance to the list shalt be ignored. Thou shalt read Recruiter of Japan's post if additional information doth be needed. Thou shalt not receive a kimono or yukata simply because you donate a lot. Thou shalt receive your kimono should you be worthy in our eyes. Should you be removed from the list, fear not! Likely we hath not seen you around the thread recently and removed you. You may PM Recruiter of Japan POLITELY to be re-added to the list.
06. Thou Shalt Display Good Manners - Thou be requested to be kind and courteous to the other members.
07. Thou Shalt Not Heavy RP - Thou shalt reserve all advanced roleplay for the FoJ guild. To elaborate, there are two kinds of role play that have sprung up on Gaia; simple and complicated.
Simple role play is allowed in the FoJ, some examples of SIMPLE role play are the following:
~ *Takes the pot of tea from the burner and pours herself a glass before offering it to others*
~ *Walks into the FoJ and slumps on the couch, pulling a blanket over his head.*
~ Any form of "glomps, hugs, kisses, snuggles ect..."
This does NOT include "families" that spring up in the FoJ. Since Gaia families are basically causing the same problem as COMPLICATED RP, they are not to be used outside of the guild as well.
Examples of COMPLICATED RP which is not allowed in the flowers of Japan thread and is reserved for the thread in the guild is as follows:
~ *Picks up his sword, dusting the intricate lettering off before showing it to you.* "I'm Vah'an, seventh guardian of the realm of fire. I control the four elements and have a backstory the size of a mac truck, come, I shall sweep you off of your feet now."
~It also consists of any backstory your avatar may possess. Every person IRL has a backstory, that's fine, that's IRL and is more than welcome to be discussed in the thread, but not every avatar needs to have a backstory, nor do we need to discuss it in the FoJ thread (again, that is what the guild is for).
~ FoJ Families, or just any Gaia family in general is NOT to be role played in the thread. It causes confusion, deters newer members from joining, and basically weirds people out. Keep it in the guild, that's what it's there for.
08. Thou Shalt Have Fun - Thou shalt try to have fun and get to know our other members. Receiving a kimono or yukata doth be second to making friends here. We want people to stick around for the friends, even after they receive their kimono or yukata. The more active you doth be in the thread, the more likely you are to get a kimono or yukata.
09. Thou Shalt Spread the Word - Thou art requested to put a banner and possibly a link to our thread. This helps us draw more members and donations, meaning more kimonos and yukatas for thee.
10. Thou Shalt Worship Kenchan's Hair - Thou shalt purchase a lock of Kenchan's hair on eBay and place it upon an altar for worship as described in the Handbook for Shrine Maidens of the Church of Kenchan. (Kanelon fiber wigs may be used as subsitute)
