There are two types of dress: the traditional dress and the modern dress.
The modern dresses there are three. There are the three typical modern dresses. Lolita, ganguro and cosplay.
Lolita with elements of Rococo and subcultures gothic and punk.
Ganguro with elements of Rococo but she put a very very embrace accessories
And the cosplay is a dressing up a character that of Japanase anime.
There are the traditional dresses of woman. There are the kimono is basical on festivals
The yukata, only used on summer. Jûnihitoe, similar to a kimono for nobels.
There are the traditional dresses for men.
The hakama is a pleated trouser when riding to protect the legs
The yukata is similit to kimono but for men and only used on summer.
The men's hanbok is utilize by nobels.
The principals accessories are the:
OBI: put this with kimono and it is very complicated to put this.
TABI are the socks with separate big toe.
GETA - wooden sandals
ZORI – Low sandals
Now we tell you the national festivals and the traditional festivals.
The national festivals are the Seijin Shiki Festival, the Hanabi, the Hinamatsuri, the Tanabata and Omisoka Festivals.
The tradicional festivals:
Shogatsu Festival.
New Year's celebrations are the most important and developed throughout the year in Japan. Before New Year, the houses are cleaned, debts are settled and prepare or purchase osechi.
Hinamatsuri:
It is the day that families pray for happiness and prosperity of their daughters, and to help grow healthy and beautiful. The girls wear their best kimonos and visit the homes of friends. May 5. The long-stemmed Japanase iris is a flower symbolic long narrow leaves reminiscent of the sharp blades of words.
Tanabata
This festival It originated in China a popular legend about two stars, Vega and Altair, of. Tanabata was named for a girl weaver in a Japanese legend called Orihime, who believed he was doing clothes for the gods. The people, in this festival, write romantic aspirations in long narrow strips on colour papers.
New Year’s Eve (Tochi no se)
Then the houses are decorated in the traditional way: a sacred straw rope
with strips of white paper. It is customary to kadomatsu, an array of three bunches along the driveway. On a special altar, kagamimochi stack (rice cakes round and flat), sake (rice wine), persimmons and other foods in honor of toshigami
Shichi-Go-San Festival:
The Shichi-Go-San held on November 15 is the feast in which children 5 years old and girls from 3 to 7 are taken to the local shrine to pray for a safe and healthy future. This festival has its origin in the belief that certain ages were especially prone to bad luck and therefore need of divine protection. Children usually wear traditional clothes for the occasion and after visiting the altar many people buy it sold Chitoseame
Japanese cuisine has a long culinary past has evolved into a sophisticated dining refined and specialized for each station. The Japanese food is classified into three: shushoku, okazu and wagashi.The shushozku are the standard food. Among the most used shushoku are: Gohan, rice japanase; the congee, rice porridge; the doburi, rice with meat or vegetables together in the same cup; sushi, rice cooked with fish, meat or vegetables; soba; udon and ramen.
Okazu are the accompanying food. Okazu best known are agemono, fried food for example tempura; yakimono, food fried or grilled bread, for example okonomiyaki, teriyaki; nabemono, food served steam, for example sukiyaki and oden and sashimi, sliced seafood.
Wagashi are the snacks and sweets. The most popular are the kakigori, kompeitô, dagashi and yôgashi. The traditional drinks are the green tea in soft drinks but to alcoholic beverages highlights the sake, the awamori and umeshu.
