JAPANESE KIMONO






"KIMONO" IS MY SPECIAL THING.

Nowadays most of Japanese peopele wear europien style clothes, 
and we occasionaly wear Kimono at our special days or some traditional situations.
For example,The new years day,The coming of-age ceremony,
wedding ceremony,summer festivals,7-5-3...e.t.c.
Long time ago and not so far,Kimono was the only cloth for Japanese. 
And we can't tell Japanese history without Kimono. 
Europien style clothes had came Japan only about 2century ago.  

Kimono became special cloth for us,but it's no matter how 
to wear kimono as every day cloth I think,and some peoples wear 
Kimono almost every day who loved it deeply their heart.
But Kimono as known by expensive and put it on only our special days.
So it's not [usuful] clothes for us right now. But or So, The act to wear Kimono 
is able to feel the spirit of Japanese for me with respect 
and preasure deeply all of my heart (and as an Japanese women  ;-). 
Also I am proud of them (who wear Kimono as their usual cloth) very much.

I wish and am going to wear kimono as my daily cloth from my age 30.

A KIND OF "KIMONO"

Kimono for WEDDING


BRIDE: Two kind of Kimono for Bride.Pure white called Shiro-muku, and hat is Tsuno-kakushi another color kimono called Irouchikake. Both of them are very traditional kimono for wedding. GROOM: Montsuki-hakama Mon (=a coat of arms) pointed 5 parts of the coat,and hakama is a kind of pants of Japanese style.

FURI-SODE


FURI-SODE=Long Long sleeves,This is for young or single women. Most of 20 years old young ladies wear it for the coming of-age ceremony. This is distinctive by long sleeves:These have 2.3ft-3.6ft long each.

TOME-SODE


There are 2 kinds of Kimono, black and colourful,and there are for the misses. Both of Kimono has Mon, 5 parts of top of the body. Chest, sleeves and back. Usually wear Tome-sode for wedding.

HOMONGI


For misses, and wear it as formal wear. Most of popular Kimono for women.

7-5-3


We hold a festival called "Shichi(=7) Go(=5) San(=3) " on Novemver 15. 5 years old boys and 3 and 7 years old girls go to the shrines with their parents to thank for their health.

ENSEMBLE, YUKATA


Ensemble--Kind a suit of KImono and Yukata--Summer Kimono. These are Kids wearing both of type.

EXCEPTION


MAIKO-san of Kyoto.
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