Kimonos

**__KIMONO__** The word kimono derives from two meanings. "KI" meaning wearing and "MONO" meaning thing. So the word kimono literally means the thing you wear. Kimonos are T-shape robes with collars and large sleeves worn by both men and women and are part of the Traditional dress of Japan. The kimono is always wrapped around the body left over right with the exception of attending a funeral. In more recent times kimonos are mainly worn by women and only for special occasions. Unmarried women often wore a different kind of kimono. The sleeves of this kimono usually reach all the way to the floor. Even sumo wrestlers are seen in kimonos because they have to wear traditional Japanese dress when ever they are in public.