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Young women wearing kimono with obi at Nanzenji Junsei
Photo by Betty Swartz, July 19, 2003

sash for kimono

Obi are made out of cloth 4 meters long and 60 centimeters wide. Formal obi are 30 cm wide and tied in the back. Casual obi can be as narrow as 10 cm. Men's obi tend to be stiffer and narrower.

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