Originally posted by RobG I am seeing a lot of women in tourist areas of Japan in traditional clothing, but they are mostly Chinese tourists who have hired the clothes for their photos.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for commenting.
You are quite right, there are areas where this is the case. But in general my observation is different. When you see women in department stores, supermarkets, railway stations as well as on trains, in other words ordinary everyday activities, then it is obvious it is the real deal.
The younger generation is really taking to it albeit in their own style and sense of fashion. They usually wear Kimonos which move away somewhat from the tradition and go for brighter colours inappropriate for the season. Like these two young ladies in my post.
The older women tend to follow tradition which means wearing the correct Kimono according to the season. There are strict rules. Spring, summer, autumn and winter colours and patterns. When you take into consideration a traditional Kimono sets you back anything from US$8,000,00 to 12,000,00 it is quite an investment. For off-season storage each Kimono is carefully folded up (which has to be learned) with silk paper in between and put into a box.
Originally posted by RobG PS In Kanazawa they are also serving soft-serve icecream with a layer of gold leaf on top!
Right, I had noticed but I opted for the gilded cake and a hot cop of coffee.
They put gold leaf on the most unlikely things. Toilet paper anyone ? All in the name of tourism I guess.
Cheers
Last edited by Schraubstock; 10-27-2018 at 10:40 PM.