4. For hundreds of years the Japanese people have worn kimono (kimounou). The kimono is a long loose robe of silk tied around the waist with sash. Though the kimono is still worn in the evening and on special occasions, it is expensive and not very useful. So city people usually wear clothes something like those you wear. School-girls wear navy blue skirts and white blouses, while school-boys must dress in navy suit. The shoes the Japanese wear with Western style clothes are very similar to what you wear. With the kimono. However, wooden sandals on two-inch blocks are often worn.
Title: _________ a. The Kimono
b. Japanese Clothing
c. Japanese National Costume
d. How to Wear the Kimono
Main ldea : ________ a. The Japanese people wear both the new and the old style of dress.
b. The Japanese people have worn the kimono for hundreds of years.
c. Wooden sandals are worn with the kimono on special occasions.
d. Japanese school boys and girls like to wear uniforms to schools.