Kimono 4 - Obi

Kimono dresser

Most people cannot wear a kimono by themselves. Instead, people ask a professional kimono dresser to dress them. (the price for kimono dresser is about 10,000 yen/kimono (or $100).)

Kimono has no buttons or zippers, but adjusts to one's body using only a sash (or "obi").

The formal obi is about 4 m long. Obi is wrapped around 2 times and tied to one's body in the back.
The back view of the obi is a part of kimono coordination.
Wearing a kimono is not so uncomfortable, it fits naturally.

Obi ribbon

Obi sash