One thing I notice about traditional Japanese clothing that I find is different than the old English clothing. is how they do not dramatize the proportions of the body. non of the waste accentuation no bustles or bust lifts. it’s all about the cloths themselves the fabrics and simple patterns and how specifically they must be warn. their all quite modest I don’t know if this was on purpose but it is a very fascinating culture difference.
Hi Led san. that's interesting analysis of cultural difference. Yeah kimono's usage of fabrics is not to dramatize bodies' proportions, but is just a simple way :D
Thanks for posting clear directions! I love studying clothing, and it's nice to see how these outfits come together. The hakama looks very comfortable to wear!
You should do a tutorial on your kendo method! It would be great as this method would probably take a long time. At least at first. It took me way longer than his tutorial! lol
Thank you for the detailed description of how to wear a hakama properly. I recently purchased a haori and was looking for all the proper garments (and how wear them) to wear for a nice formal outfit if and when I go to Japan or a formal Japanese ceremony in the States. All your videos truly show how beautiful the concept of wabi sabi is interwoven in everything the Japanese do. Each fold and tie has a purpose and reason, when done completely shows the elegance of not just the garment but the process in itself. Out of curiosity, is it true that with the hakama you should maintain your pleats as each one represents a virtue and in some way, much like tying a knot, shows your regard for said virtue and that of the ones around you? (Basically dress the best you). Thank you again for this well illustrated education video. Best health and well wishes.
Wore mine for the first time today (for Hatsumode) with the help of this video and it worked great, even had random people come up to me wanting to take a picture with me!
I’ll be making a kamishimo outfit for my textiles major project and I wanted to know what the most common material the Hakama and Kataginu are made out of? Awesome tutorial!
どうもありがとうございます for your tutorial. It's the most clear and it's my favourite one. Can you please post a video where you explain how to fold hakama and to do knots on a folded hakama ? Thank you again 🙏
Ty for the video.I am wanting to learn Iaido but the problem is I live in the middle of nowhere and the closest school is over 200 miles away. So I look up to content creators like yourself to help me in my Iaido journey. Ty again my friend and beautiful Hakama btw
So the way the Hakama ties on, if you needed to use the bathroom you could just pull up one leg to go. (modern Hakama have zippers in front) But if you need to do the other thing, you just untie the last part of the Hakama the the backside will fall down enough to do your business. You don't even need to take the Hakama all the way off it seems. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong
Hi thank you for yours great explainations. Can you tell us in witch circumtencies it is appropriate to wear hakama and/ or cases it's higly innapropriate to wear it please?
what country are you from? for example, in the US, www.amazon.com/KYOETSU-Japanese-Hakama-Pants-Small/dp/B06XVWSXLV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AV7O770PYIEL&keywords=hakama+kyoetsu&qid=1681901987&sprefix=hakama+kyoetsu%2Caps%2C294&sr=8-1
I understand, even in Japan, some people ask me why I wear kimono, like wedding ceremony today? or like firework festival tonight? Let's enjoy hakama at home online ;) show me when you wear it
Can a woman (Caucasian) wear this and not look offensive? I'm a girl and I loooove this style of clothing :( I'd love to wear it at least once, I find it more beautiful than the kimono or yukata
Hi, Yes they can! University female students wear colorful hakama on gratuation ceremonies. brown and black hakamas are for male but colorful hakamas like green and red are for female. enjoy hakama! :D
Hmm, two dislikes. Probably from people who don’t know how to tighten it... I have tried several different ways but this one seems solid. I’ll try it at iai practice tonight. Domo arigato gozaimashita.
@@wkimono I have a couple questions about the kimono. Is the kimono a thin or a thicker lined style? Is the kimono split at the bottom so you have two leg portions? I know that some hakama are split into two legs.
@@michaelholton3448 The kimono goes down to the ankle. When you wear kimono and Hakama, pull bottom rear of Hakama and tuck over and inside obi. So you can be flexible and poop. Make sure you wear underwear because when sitting, you can see under Hakama.
I genuinely wonder why this was worn or why this is the specific process? Is it due to some royal artistic expression? Elites creating something complex just to flex artwork which seems so prominent in Asian cultures. Like a focus on mastery of whatever you do.
I have a question, whats the width and length of the obi that you used in this video? I want to make a Obi, it's for cosplay ^^ Thank you in advance :)
I have a question pls,this is a bakama right?(lantern hakama-middle diveded) can you make a video about diveded hakama,what kind of kimono do you wear when your hakama is not divided thank you.
In case of hakama & pee, hakama's hem is wide enough to pull out the thing. In case of hakama & poo, untie the second knot in front, and take off the board on the back, so that your hip shows up.
Unfortunately I cannot wear my Hakama on my waist because they’re one size large. And I would have to wear them around my belly button like western pants. Because if I wear them around my waist the Hakama will be touching the floor.
We can wear hakama with haori or without haori, depending on the situation. Basically it's formal with haori. But you need to take off haori when you enter tea room in tea ceremony though it's formal.
@@wkimono No, it was good. The thing is that people sometimes write a phrase from a video that they think it's funny. This, by no means, it's meant to make you feel bad or anything, it's just that me and other people thought that “tighten it” was funny because it was something that you repeated each step of the process. It's just a silly thing that's meant to remark something on a video.
I guess this explains why Samurai liked to get up at dawn...
absolutely!!
No they probably spend all your time doing this
I get up at dawn anyway...so this would be fine. 😅
want to go to the village town and grab some groceries? sure just give me 45 minutes to don my hakama!
cool we can go together, i'll wear my mawashi!
Immagine you need to pee before the duel 😂😂😂 that's explain why Musashi always late on duel
One thing I notice about traditional Japanese clothing that I find is different than the old English clothing. is how they do not dramatize the proportions of the body. non of the waste accentuation no bustles or bust lifts. it’s all about the cloths themselves the fabrics and simple patterns and how specifically they must be warn. their all quite modest I don’t know if this was on purpose but it is a very fascinating culture difference.
Hi Led san. that's interesting analysis of cultural difference. Yeah kimono's usage of fabrics is not to dramatize bodies' proportions, but is just a simple way :D
Thanks for posting clear directions! I love studying clothing, and it's nice to see how these outfits come together. The hakama looks very comfortable to wear!
Very comfortable, just got mine yesterday and wow is it nice
I have so much respect for Japanese culture. This looks incredibly comfortable and functional. I wish I could wear it everyday.
Very interesting. I'll try this sometime. The way I've been taught to tie them for kendo is much simpler!
You should do a tutorial on your kendo method! It would be great as this method would probably take a long time. At least at first. It took me way longer than his tutorial! lol
I really like your tutorials. They are informative and easy to understand.
Thank you, that was very informative.
It's great to keep Japan's wonderful and respected traditional culture.
Thankyou for teaching sir.
I am John Souza from Hong Kong.
Thank you for this sir.
Respecfully, your english is outstanding.
Thank you!! Saving this for Halloween when I need to remember how to do this again lol.
I’m a beginner in kendo and I was so scared and confused on how to wear the hakama. This helped a ton, thank you 🫶
Thank you for the detailed description of how to wear a hakama properly. I recently purchased a haori and was looking for all the proper garments (and how wear them) to wear for a nice formal outfit if and when I go to Japan or a formal Japanese ceremony in the States. All your videos truly show how beautiful the concept of wabi sabi is interwoven in everything the Japanese do. Each fold and tie has a purpose and reason, when done completely shows the elegance of not just the garment but the process in itself. Out of curiosity, is it true that with the hakama you should maintain your pleats as each one represents a virtue and in some way, much like tying a knot, shows your regard for said virtue and that of the ones around you? (Basically dress the best you). Thank you again for this well illustrated education video. Best health and well wishes.
A very good in depth video with out tying it to a gi belt which so many people do... thanks for making this
Very clear English explanation. Thank you very much !! とてもわかりやすくて英語で説明してくれてありがとうございます。
とんでもないです。You're very welcome :D
I just bought my first Hakama today and I love this video! Thank you for the tutorial!
Wore mine for the first time today (for Hatsumode) with the help of this video and it worked great, even had random people come up to me wanting to take a picture with me!
I’ll be making a kamishimo outfit for my textiles major project and I wanted to know what the most common material the Hakama and Kataginu are made out of? Awesome tutorial!
どうもありがとうございます for your tutorial. It's the most clear and it's my favourite one.
Can you please post a video where you explain how to fold hakama and to do knots on a folded hakama ?
Thank you again 🙏
I notice among the different how to tie a hakama videos, variations in how they tie on the Obi & the Hakama.
nice clear explanation or demonstration, thanks to you to!
Ty for the video.I am wanting to learn Iaido but the problem is I live in the middle of nowhere and the closest school is over 200 miles away. So I look up to content creators like yourself to help me in my Iaido journey. Ty again my friend and beautiful Hakama btw
Amazing tutorial. Easy to follow. I need practice!
Your video is very informative and helpful in understanding Japanese fashion. I look forward to seeing more videos. Thank you for sharing.
I feel weird because I came here just to know how Goemon from Lupin III dresses but now I'm just fascinated. Maybe that's just good ^^
Thank you. I need to dress my son for Shichigosan and I'm having to dress him without any help.
So the way the Hakama ties on, if you needed to use the bathroom you could just pull up one leg to go. (modern Hakama have zippers in front)
But if you need to do the other thing, you just untie the last part of the Hakama the the backside will fall down enough to do your business. You don't even need to take the Hakama all the way off it seems.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong
I think that's right :)
It’s very elegant! Great video 😄
Hi thank you for yours great explainations.
Can you tell us in witch circumtencies it is appropriate to wear hakama and/ or cases it's higly innapropriate to wear it please?
It's formal to wear a hakata, it's like wearing a tie in western fashion. We wear hakama at some ceremonies.
I like this but please we need know what is size
Samurai pants are awesome
Just a person who's wondering about tsukasa's outfit-
ME IDK HOW TO WEAR HIS COSPLAY AHHHHH
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Outstanding
Thank you so much! This is exactly the kind of tutorial I need!
Hi from England. Thank you for this demonstration. I was struggling.
I need a kimono like yours 🥺 where can i buy it from over seas?
what country are you from? for example, in the US,
www.amazon.com/KYOETSU-Japanese-Hakama-Pants-Small/dp/B06XVWSXLV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AV7O770PYIEL&keywords=hakama+kyoetsu&qid=1681901987&sprefix=hakama+kyoetsu%2Caps%2C294&sr=8-1
We need know what this size the Hakama for you please 🙏
I wish I could get hakama since Malaysia did not sale it.... btw love your content
You can get one online,you can buy from shopee, if you want I can recommend a store
I always have admired how elegant Japanese clothing has looked. I wish it had caught on in the rest of the world
looks lovely! how do you eject fast when nature calls 💩😅? sorry just curious
😀 in toilet, you can only untie the backside string.
Hakama is some of my favorite type of clothes but it is weird to wear it in America for no reason :(
I understand, even in Japan, some people ask me why I wear kimono, like wedding ceremony today? or like firework festival tonight? Let's enjoy hakama at home online ;) show me when you wear it
Wooow I love it Thank you for showing us 👍
Can a woman (Caucasian) wear this and not look offensive? I'm a girl and I loooove this style of clothing :( I'd love to wear it at least once, I find it more beautiful than the kimono or yukata
Hi, Yes they can! University female students wear colorful hakama on gratuation ceremonies. brown and black hakamas are for male but colorful hakamas like green and red are for female. enjoy hakama! :D
Not gonna lie, man’s went a little too fast but i rewatched it and it helped
As a girl i love to wear that style hakama. 😎😏
Hmm, two dislikes. Probably from people who don’t know how to tighten it...
I have tried several different ways but this one seems solid. I’ll try it at iai practice tonight. Domo arigato gozaimashita.
Do you still wear a juban underneath the kimono?
Yes, I didn't wear juban in this video but you should wear juban too, because it would be a formal situation when you need to wear hakama.
Thank you
Sugoi, sugoina,.. honto desu..
Can you tell me, please, what kind of fabric is the kimono made of? What is the composition of the fabric?
Hi Olga san,
This kimono in the video is polyester. But silk, cotton, linen and etc. are used for kimono.
こんにちは! When going to 茶道 in Japan would 袴 be too formal?
こんにちは、Chantolahさん。 No, it's better to wear Hakama for tea ceremony. Generally tea ceremony is a formal situation.
This was very helpful!! Thank you!
This looks really complicated.
I would like to purchase the black clothing you are wearing under the hakama. What is it called and where can I get one.
Domo arigato gozaimasu
Hi, I'm not sure which you're talking about, but this black cloth is kimono. Or, bottom part of undergarment is called Suteteko.
Dou itashi mashite
@@wkimono I have a couple questions about the kimono. Is the kimono a thin or a thicker lined style? Is the kimono split at the bottom so you have two leg portions? I know that some hakama are split into two legs.
@@michaelholton3448 The kimono goes down to the ankle. When you wear kimono and Hakama, pull bottom rear of Hakama and tuck over and inside obi. So you can be flexible and poop. Make sure you wear underwear because when sitting, you can see under Hakama.
I genuinely wonder why this was worn or why this is the specific process? Is it due to some royal artistic expression? Elites creating something complex just to flex artwork which seems so prominent in Asian cultures. Like a focus on mastery of whatever you do.
I have a question, whats the width and length of the obi that you used in this video?
I want to make a Obi, it's for cosplay ^^
Thank you in advance :)
Hi, the rat lover cosplay san. The kakuobi i wore is 9.5cm x 400cm. Does this make sense? Thanks!
I have a question if the kinomo is end at the ankle, hows does it parts way when the hakama is a pleated skirts that has two holes?
no, kimono isn't separated in two holes hakama. but it ends at the crotch. this way works enough
I-I can't find an obi 😔
I have a question pls,this is a bakama right?(lantern hakama-middle diveded) can you make a video about diveded hakama,what kind of kimono do you wear when your hakama is not divided thank you.
OK, recently i created a pants type hakama's pattern but the video tutorial is not ready. I'll try to make it soon.
Got that right 👍
I have a question...
What kind of a Kimono I can wear with a undivided hakama?
Greeting from thailand
You should wear formal kind of kimono with hakama. because generally hakama makes your coordination formal.
seriously, how do you go to toilet with traditional clothing?
In case of hakama & pee, hakama's hem is wide enough to pull out the thing. In case of hakama & poo, untie the second knot in front, and take off the board on the back, so that your hip shows up.
@@wkimono :0 :D That's a funny explaination!
I think elevation is enough.
Is there a specific reason they have holes on the sides or is it just how its made?
They are there so you can place an Iaito, a Katana or a Wakizashi between the Gi, Hakama and Obi (:
@@powerqualle ah I see, thanks :)
Well.
Now demonstrate how to take it off quickly for a bathroom emergency.
And people think wearing a sari is complicated!!!
arigato gozaimashta!
How long should the obi usually be?
usually its 4 meter.
Unfortunately I cannot wear my Hakama on my waist because they’re one size large. And I would have to wear them around my belly button like western pants. Because if I wear them around my waist the Hakama will be touching the floor.
Sorry about the negativity, I thought that the straps were too short.
that's alright and thanks for the advice. I'll confirm with a kimono friend of mine next time I see him
When u do pee..... it will take a time....any zipper for it?
Can you wear a hakama with just a haori? Or kimono?
We can wear hakama with haori or without haori, depending on the situation. Basically it's formal with haori. But you need to take off haori when you enter tea room in tea ceremony though it's formal.
@@wkimono no I mean like nothing except the hakama and haori
@@leviackerman3313 well,naked plus hakama and haori ?
@@wkimono no like instead of juban, casual clothes?
this is vary hard ):..
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lol Was my English wrong? Some people pointed this out
@@wkimono No, it was good. The thing is that people sometimes write a phrase from a video that they think it's funny. This, by no means, it's meant to make you feel bad or anything, it's just that me and other people thought that “tighten it” was funny because it was something that you repeated each step of the process. It's just a silly thing that's meant to remark something on a video.
@@luckyenforcer ahhh now I understand what you meant :D
Thanks for the detailed explanation, so my English was ok but just funny ;)
*tighten it*
Lost me at" FOLD OBI BELT IN HALF".
I am just going to pee and poop my pants x-x
Thicc one on top (｡・//ε//・｡)
Waaaay too long!
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