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8 Useful Things to Know About Vintage Japanese Kimono
What you need to know to start your vintage kimono collection. You’ll learn what are authentic vintage kimono, how to select the ones that suit you & how to take care of them!
1) What is the difference between vintage, second-hand, and antique? 0:42
2) What types of kimono can you buy? 1:17
3) How to tell the age of a kimono? 3:03
4) How to choose an obi for your kimono? 3:33
5) How to take care of your kimono? 4:27
6) What kind of figure suits a kimono? 6:54
7) When to buy a kimono? 7:30
8) How to tell the difference between men’s and women’s kimono? 8:44
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  • @puri_pon
    @puri_pon 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Billy Matsunaga

  • @Megu2403
    @Megu2403 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have a question, how important is it rhat some material peeks out under the front of the obi, i got a two piece kimono while i was in Japan nut it wasnt measured to my exact height properly so the top is too short in the front and doesnt hang out of the obi

  • @bee7747
    @bee7747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this cunty bow

  • @ninareichel9368
    @ninareichel9368 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful after buying my first gorgeous original Japanese Kimono on Auction.Thanks !

  • @jordyv.703
    @jordyv.703 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fold lines on my yukata don't seem to match up to align the seams. Is it different with a man's yukata or is it something else?

  • @jasminnemcdonald94A
    @jasminnemcdonald94A 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This looks very hard.

  • @jane1044
    @jane1044 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for this!

  • @ajc4439
    @ajc4439 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video! My obaa-chan, mom, and I are selling kimonos at the obon festival here soon. And ironically, i was having trouble putting on my own kimono! 😂 so im glad i found this lol

  • @duyluu3354
    @duyluu3354 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bought a thing Zabuton mat made by Beams Japan. I like how it smells like the grass material of a tatami mat. Other than that, it’s not as comfortable as a pouf.

  • @AeriyaValkyrja
    @AeriyaValkyrja 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks but you did the tie a normal bow way too fast

  • @indrelauciute1138
    @indrelauciute1138 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤣 And then I'm done. Can you show?! So useless!

  • @sharonrimsza7960
    @sharonrimsza7960 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thrilled to find this channel. I watch all your videos on your Billy Matsunaga. I learn a lot and it is interesting. Thank you.

    • @TealCheetah
      @TealCheetah 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      she has her own youtube channel too, Billy Matsunaga

  • @tidalfriction5301
    @tidalfriction5301 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I CAN BARELY DO IT, AND I CANT DO IT FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE, BUT MY BACK FEELS MUCH BETTER AFTER TRYING!!

  • @sybilleelsner4082
    @sybilleelsner4082 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! Do you wear a scirt or a trousers?Are there trousers for woman?

  • @bobocute4675
    @bobocute4675 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do ypu keep the right side from falling down thats the one part I have trouble on??

  • @nanthapolpanlert3855
    @nanthapolpanlert3855 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't have a vintage kimono but this video is infomative, in Thailand we can find and buy kimonos from an imported Japanese secoundhand store or from online kimono store 👘

  • @mr.sakara
    @mr.sakara 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤

  • @inezy6329
    @inezy6329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    TH-cam subtitles: My name is Pyramid Naga.. Me: Oh wow.

  • @venus_liv
    @venus_liv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there a way to wear a kimono without the obi? At least without the ribbon in the back? I’m disabled and I doubt I’ll even be able to stand long enough to tie the kimono but I definitely won’t be able to tie the ribbon in the back

  • @SaberRiryi
    @SaberRiryi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never did I imagine my inflexibility would be so offensive

  • @mikecarmona6726
    @mikecarmona6726 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the shoulder bag & backpack furoshiki

  • @denis.l4194
    @denis.l4194 ปีที่แล้ว

    Numb legs when sitting in seiza

  • @kurissujuhrissu7753
    @kurissujuhrissu7753 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been looking for ways to improve my posture but I am unsure wether I should attempt these with a lower spine hernia :c

  • @sierranelson-liner8621
    @sierranelson-liner8621 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, Thank you for your informative video. I bought a used kimono and, as it was secondhand, I gently washed it. Now I know that was a mistake because it released the chemical mothball smell that is toxic to humans. After drying in the sun is the chemical in the fabric still present? Is the fabric too toxic to wear? Thank you so much for your help.

  • @WorldDancer84
    @WorldDancer84 ปีที่แล้ว

    TYSM!!! どうもありがとうございます between learning how to iron 2 on a floor-based half ironing board and then learning how to fold them, I now know why older women are so hunched over 😅😭🤣. Had to roll my back out, spine curve, cat/cow. WOOOO. Now, the process of putting them on my friend and I tomorrow to go to Shofuso in Philly.

  • @CheapExplorer
    @CheapExplorer ปีที่แล้ว

    i didn't know there were ties in a kimono!

  • @jenniferjasper7346
    @jenniferjasper7346 ปีที่แล้ว

    HELP!!!! I bought a kimono clearly post war from what you say on your videos. Only paid $50 in antique shop for it. Knew was dirty so I carefully washed it multiple times and decided to separate seams and put back together in appropriate size. Do you have a tutorial for putting the pieces back together or is there a pattern for the longer sleeved one that you can share. This kimono is so beautiful even with remaining stains. Needs to be put right. I am an excellent seamstress and have made many clothes from pattern.

  • @Kexgoija
    @Kexgoija ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish I were a Geisha!❤

  • @maroulio2067
    @maroulio2067 ปีที่แล้ว

    arigato gozaimasu

  • @PatPattycakes7
    @PatPattycakes7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love 💕 Japanese culture and I am going to an international festival tonight, and needed to know how to properly wear my kimono. Thank you 😊 “arigato go Zai mas”

  • @BoliNihon
    @BoliNihon ปีที่แล้ว

    Try to seiza in a concrete

  • @kiseljack7774
    @kiseljack7774 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't move my legs i tried for 5 minutes

  • @Cotton_Cloud4792
    @Cotton_Cloud4792 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m gonna cosplay soon and go to an event and i will need to sit on the ground in chinese robes and i hoped this would help me but i’m still stuck on not ruining my “skirt” when sitting :’) Tho this was helpful for my normal life since i really adore japanese/chinese culture ^^ So tysm for that

  • @luckyluciano2707
    @luckyluciano2707 ปีที่แล้ว

    cultural rape at its finest

  • @sbaumgartner9848
    @sbaumgartner9848 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know why more of the esthetics of Japan are not commonly known, appreciated or used in other countries. It's all so calming and a beautiful piece of art to have with you.

  • @dreamer_deer
    @dreamer_deer ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't that Yukata? So why is the title kimono?

    • @thoughtsandslayers3917
      @thoughtsandslayers3917 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A yukata is just a summer kimono. The literal translation of "kimono" is "thing to wear"!

  • @tealablu3759
    @tealablu3759 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought my first vintage kimono last year! It turns out it is a furisode (and I’m now 27 😅), but I didn’t know about the traditional age requirements at the time. It’s beautiful and I love it! It’s blue with red and white and gold, and I have a gold and orange obi and a red, pink, white and gold obijime. I even got a proper hair accessory to wear with it!

  • @blackberrybunny
    @blackberrybunny ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here to learn furoshiki, but now I want to learn how to style my hair like yours! Beautiful!!

  • @nemonemo6285
    @nemonemo6285 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love watching 1960's samurai films. Always wondered what was going on with the ladies dress belts. Looked like they had a water bottle, or a pack of sandwiches stuffed in there. But now I know, thank you. However, the diameter of the dress doesn't look functional? And what about going to the loo, it's going to take half an hour? Well that said, next is hats as people always seem to be walking around with some ridiculously over the top lampshades as hats. Apparently, they had something to do with their status. Anyway, you wouldn't laugh at these hats unless of course your name was Zatoichi!!! Update, yep just as I thought. had a look at the Japanese straw hats and many look absolutely stupid and probably on purpose to start a fight. Check it out, monks literally walking around with waste paper bins on their head. Still when in Rome! If everyone is walking around with a stupid hat on, you're going to look really odd if you don't have one. Anyway Japan is such a cool and rich place. Thank you for the informative video.

    • @muurrarium9460
      @muurrarium9460 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those hats are there to protect against the fierce sun and sometimes downpour rain. So yes..they are shades. They are utilities, not fashion statements. ( though most clothing eventually has the double function). If your main food is rice... you also will have a lot of stems, leafs etc. left over from growing it. So it makes perfect sense to use those for a lot of things.

  • @YumixNightmare
    @YumixNightmare 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just bought my first vintage kimono -- made of silk, $40. :)

  • @theancientsam
    @theancientsam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder what people with pets do, can you sit on a table or surface so that you are not directly on the floor

  • @theancientsam
    @theancientsam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saving this video

  • @theancientsam
    @theancientsam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is being harder to find lately. Please like and share, too many westerners with back problems could benefit from this

  • @kovumanus5303
    @kovumanus5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My obi is to thick and doesn’t look right I’ve tried so mucch 😢😭😭

    • @shonen84
      @shonen84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Perhaps you have a kaku obi or men’s obi? They tend to be thicker and stiffer and don’t fold like how Billy showed in this video..

    • @muurrarium9460
      @muurrarium9460 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@shonen84 Afaik womens are wider than mens. My yakuta-belts are stiff enough, but my formal dress obi can almost stand up by itself (thick embroidery) and is hard to fold. Just by some scarflike material if you want this type of quick-tie.

  • @friendlydaisies
    @friendlydaisies 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. I always wanted to be able to sit this way but my knees have never bent that far. I am not flexible at all and am worried about not being able to sit on the floor when I visit. I can’t sit comfortably in any of those positions

    • @TaínoN8iv
      @TaínoN8iv ปีที่แล้ว

      There's exercise seiza two different videos one video u can find him namazu ryu saiken title "the great secret of seiza..." Something and other one too video called upright health the title "how to sit on your heels..."

  • @sati59
    @sati59 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wanna sit like anime 🎐

  • @kakumee
    @kakumee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tip 1: you could ware decritve wrist/arm warmers or decorative gloves for the yukata too! (Especially for those of us who are bigger size then yukata!) Tip 2 you could tie your sleeves back too if they are too long

  • @rainynight02
    @rainynight02 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm just trying to figure out how to stop my legs going numb after just a few minutes in seiza... 😭

    • @TaínoN8iv
      @TaínoN8iv ปีที่แล้ว

      There's exercise seiza two different videos one video u can find him namazu ryu saiken title "the great secret of seiza..." Something and other one too video called upright health the title "how to sit on your heels..."

  • @nosugar9170
    @nosugar9170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much . Lucky I have watched your videos before I got my antique kimonos . I knew how to keep them well now. Thank you very much, Billy. Love your kimono fashion styles. 😍😍😍Make more videos about kimono , please. 🫶💪

  • @ilovelegobutihatethelarges547
    @ilovelegobutihatethelarges547 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! I was wondering if it is ok to wear casual flower hair accessories bc I have got my yukata today and I want to see if I can accessorise but I don’t want to be disrespectful