Kimono are traditional Japanese garments, with a history dating back over 1,000 yeares. Originally Japanese kimono indicated all types of clothing, but it has come to mean specifically the full-length traditional garment worn by women, men, and children.
Today Japanese kimono are worn on special celebratory occasions, such as Shichi-go-san (for boys age three and five, and girls age three and seven), coming-of-age ceremonies and weddings. Japanese kimono are also worn when performing traditional cultural activities like Japanese dance and tea ceremony.
Japanese kimono are T-shaped, straight-lined robes that fall to the ankle, with collars and full-length sleeves. The sleeves are commonly very wide at the wrist, as much as a half meter Traditionally, on special occasions unmarried women wear kimonos (furisode) with extremely long sleeves that extend almost to the floor.
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