Kimono Luncheon

Every few months AOSA and AWA do a joint event. AOSA is the Atsugi Officer Spouses Association which is open to all of the commands and squadrons and AWA is the Japanese equivalent. Since we are on a joint base, the Japanese Self-Defense military is also located here. This event was hosted by AWA and was the annual Kimono luncheon. The AWA ladies brought their Kimonos for us to try on and wear. It was so much fun! I can't believe all the garments and time it takes to get dressed. It took two ladies about 20 minutes to get me all tied up and dressed.
We then had a fashion show and a demonstration of the different types of knots the obi (belt part) can be tied in toto show the different types of Kimonos people were wearing. Mine was a casual style kimono because it did not have a fancy pattern, it just had a repetative pattern.
We had a to change before we had lunch because Kimonos are very expensive. So we changed back in to our clothes and had a great lunch. It was such a neat experience. I'm glad I got to be a part of it! Here is a picture of the fancier kimono during the fashion show. These guys cost thousands of dollars!