The is the
national costume of
Japan. Originally the word "kimono" referred to all types of clothing, but it has come to mean specifically the full-length traditional garment worn by women, men, and children. Kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes that fall to the ankle, with collars and wide, full-length sleeves. Traditionally, unmarried women wore a style of kimono called
furisode, which have floor-length sleeves, on special occasions. Kimonos are wrapped around the body, always with the left side over the right (except when dressing the dead for burial) and secured by a wide
belt called an
obi, which is tied at the back. Kimonos are generally worn with traditional footwear (especially
geta, thonged wood-platform footwear; and
zori, a type of
thong-like footwear) and split-toe socks (
tabi).
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