Japanese clothing

Empress Kojun wearing a junihitoe dedicated to the coronation of the emperor in 1926.

Japan's daily clothing is just like typical Western clothing, pants and shirts are nothing new. Some outstanding clothing of traditional clothing can be said to be common in daily life. In addition, men generally wear a suit, or the uniform of pants with a mandarin-collar jacket.

Customs

It is a Japanese custom to remove shoes before stepping on the floors of houses, which are generally made of strong wood. This is because the Japanese have the idea that when they arrive at a house they carry bad vibrations from the outside in their shoes and, therefore, they take off the shoes they wear outside. Inside the house special sandals are used.

Parts that make up the clothing

Dresses

• keikogi
• junihitoe
• kimono

• yukata

Belt

• obi

Shoes

• tabi
• zōri
• geta
• waraji

Traditional clothing

The clothing, par excellence, and for being the most recognized for a long time, is the yukata or kimono, which is like a long robe that reaches the ankles, which makes you feel comfortable, is It is held at the waist by a thick ribbon, Obi, or belt, which is tied at the back making a kind of bow. The yukata is used, these days, only for popular festivals, women wear yukatas of various and cheerful colors, and men wear something more masculine, perhaps a piece of a dark color.

Another important part of Japanese clothing are the Geta (footwear) similar to wooden sandals, with two perpendicular pieces of wood as soles.

Influence of traditional clothing on current fashion

An important phenomenon that is worth noting is the type of clothing worn by young people today, since we could define it as a rather peculiar mix, in Japan there are a series of very diverse "styles", for example it is not It is unusual to see that young Japanese men (men) wear tight-fitting clothing, pants at the hip, and instead of wearing backpacks, they carry something that for some might seem like women's bags and wallets, it is also a trend to wear long hair with dyed shape and sometimes extravagant colors.

In the Japanese streets we can find all kinds of western styles, such as punks, casual, etiquette, also those looking for a more “American rapper” style with baggy pants with camouflage motifs, large T-shirts, caps and a marked foreign style, in the case of those who have more money, they tend to buy western-type cars, that is, large, and left-hand drive.