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Originally Posted by JohnBraden
I hope you're not implying that kimonos haven't been worn for a long time. Every single day that I have traveled in Japan, I have seen a woman in a kimono.
Matador outfits aren't normal street clothes; they are purpose-designed costumes.
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Oh no no, I just mean that they aren't everyday life for most people in Japan any more, like some gaijin want Kimonos to be for themselves while they're in Japan. Apart from a minority, they're just for special occasions.
I'm not an expert on the subject though... I'm just going on what I've seen and assumed.
But Kimonos aren't normal street clothes
any more though, surely? I'm assuming these days they are also purpose-designed costumes.
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Originally Posted by RealJames
these customs are generally no longer practiced in their respective countries,
where as in Japan they are.
but, hundreds of years ago if a Japanese person came to Britain dressed as a knight, it would be weird 
or, if a Japanese person went to America a few hundred years ago dressed as a cowboy it would be funny as hell, and no one would have consider that Japanese person to be American regardless, not even that Japanese person  |
Not necessarily, in the town of Caerphilly here in Wales, every year for a weekend there is a festival called the Big Cheese where there are heritage performances including knights, craftsmen etc. I would consider that still being practised, as they'd need to be trained and all. I know the Kimono customs are a lot more serious than knights at the Big Cheese, but still...
And yes, agreed to the rest of it.
