Kimono means something to wear in Japanese. Specifically, kimono refers to traditional Japanese clothes (kimono dresses).
People in Japan wear kimono in various occasions even though kimono dresses aren't worn as daily clothes in modern Japan.
It's important to wear appropriate kimono, depending on your ages/ marital status and the formality of occasions.
Kinds of Kimono Dresses:
Tomesode - Formal kimono with regular sleeves for married women. There are kuro-tomesoda (black ones) and iro-tomesode (colored ones).
Furisode - Formal kimono with long sleeves for unmarried women.
Young women wear furisode at wedding receptions, graduations, and so on.
Homongi - Semi-formal kimono for married and unmarried women.
Wedding receptions and tea ceremonies are some of the occastions.
Tsukesage - Semi-formal kimono for married and unmarried women.
Tsukesage is less formal than homongi.
Iromuji - Colored kimono with no colored patterns.
Komon - Casual kimono with small patterns.
Yukata - Casual summer kimono. Yukata can be a nightwear and people wear yukata in ryokan (traditional Japanese inns).
Shiromuku - white kimono for brides. *Japanese Wedding
Uchikake - silk brocade kimono for brides.
Suitable footwears for kimono are geta (wooden sandals) and zori (cloth sandals). Also, socks called tabi are worn. There are also kimono jackets called haori and hair ornaments called kanzashi.
Kimono should be wrapped around the body with the left side over
the right side. Kimono sash are called obi. There are various types of obi and ways to tie obi, depending on occations. It's not easy to put on kimono and to tie obi properly. It's not unusual for people to ask professionals to get them dressed in kimono.
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