Interesting facts
- Jeans and t-shirts are very popular for teenagers in Japan (Stefoff, 1999).
- The art of putting on a kimono is taught to girls my their mother (Lin, 2012).
- Cotton is popular because it is softer and lighter weight (Lannom, 2010).
- New kimonos can cost up to thousands of yen ("Japan").
- There are two kinds of shoes worn with kimonos: geta which are like wooden clogs and zori which are either rubber or straw sandals (Netzley, 2000).
- Middle school and high school students have to wear uniforms with a badge telling what grade they're in (Hoehner, 1999).