Websites

http://members.aol.com/hiroshimaraggedy/ann.html

 

Yumiko started painting many years ago.  In 1987 she opened one of the first painting stores in Japan called Raggedy Ann.  She began traveling to the United States to attend seminars in 1993.  In 1994 she founded the Hiroshima Happy Decorative Painters a chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters.  This chapter became one of the largest in Japan.  In 2002 she switched her shop over to Traditions.  She travels extensively throughout Japan teaching and educating with the Traditions products.  She spends 2 to 3 weeks each year at the Jansen Art Studio in Pennsylvania learning new techniques and products for education in Japan.  Yumiko produces DVD's, packets and books for the education in Japan.