KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan ... The traditional Japanese designs received a favorable response even from the Indian ambassador to Japan.

The kimono is the most famous garment worn in Japan. Kimono literally means “thing to wear” – it is made up of the Japanese words ki, meaning “to wear”, and mono, meaning “thing”.

As far back as 1966, All Japan Kimono Promoting Association designated 15 November as Kimono Day, a day when Japanese families with a 5-year-old boy or a girl aged 3 or 7 celebrate the Shichigosan ...