Kimono is traditional clothes in Japan, and there are a variety of fabrics in each region.

It is beautiful, even if you can not wear a kimono, just diplay it on your living room. A kimono will become established decoration of your home.

When you are satisfied to see a kimono as an art, simply fling it on like the right Monet's picture. Texture on the back fabric of a kimono is as pleasant as using for a gown.

Manners of wearing a kimono are difficult even for Japanese ladies. On our site, you can study the methods. We hope that you are interested in a kimono, and enjoy it at home, parties and so on.

Attraction and Features of Kimono

"Kimono" indicates the styles of all the clothes that Japanese people wore in the past days. So by the differences in the social status of people who supported it, and the region where it was produced, a variety of kimonos appeared and went off.

For the above, there are from naive kimonos to luxury ones, and have different attractions. Depending on each production, the methods of dyeing and weaving are quite different. Also fabrics are widely varied.

Cottons are used for Yukata, Japanese traditional robe or gown, and it is well absorbing the sweat and keeps our body cool. Nowadays, Japanese people always wear it at the summer festivals. In addition, hemp kimonos are also or cooler than yukatas.

Many of kimonos are made of silk or high-quality silk pongee, so have a pleasant texture and gloss. And a variety of designs and patterns decorated on it make a kimono more brilliant.

For example, Shibori Zome, the method of dyeing, is tying strings to fabrics before dyeing, and take the strings off after tinctured. In the result, the part of fabrics that were tied by strings are not tinctured, and beautiful gradations appear on the cloth. Images by Google

Yuzen, the method of dyeing, is directly painting pictures on fabrics, and produces detailed and precise designs on a kimono.

Weaving-skill using colorful dyed threads in Nishijin of Kyoto receives recognition in the world. Taking a glance, it is misunderstood of painting, however all the designs in Nishijin are created only by combination of threads.

Kimono is made from only a sheet of fabric; there are no complicated skills of cutting and sewing. It is so simple sewing that people can wash kimono with turning it back to cut fabrics.

When you wear a kimono, you can feel its simplicity. There is no upper or lower, only one piece of cloth. Flinging on a kimono, and tying Obi belt tightly, you will feel kind of the back straightened up.

Useful Information of Kimono

Select a kimono

Wear a kimono

→How to wear a kimono 1 2 3

→How to tie an obi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

→How to tie an taiko musubi 1 2 3 4 5 6
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→How to use kimono accessories

→→How to use an erishin

→→How to wear a Susoyoke

→→How to use a Datejime

→→How to use a corinbelt

→→How to use a maeita

→→How to use an obiage

→→How to use an obijime

Wear a yukata

Take care of a kimono

→How to fold a kimono 1 2 3

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