[How to wear a two-part type kimono]

  1. Place the obi on your belly and wrap it around your waist twice.
  2. Insert the obi front plate between the obi and the kimono.
  3. Wind the tare (sagging part) of the obi to the back and tighten the obi slightly. Then tie a knot. Make sure that the tesaki is facing up when you finish tying the knot.
  4. Twist the tesaki on the left to the right.
  5. Place an obi-makura at 35 cm above the end of the tare.
  6. Fold the obi around the obi-makura twice. Make sure not to make a ruck on the folding.
  7. Tie the obi-makura strings together at your right chest.
  8. Put an obi-age on the obi-makura.
  9. Pull the tare up and wind it approximately 3 cm over the top edge of the obi. Also, tuck the tare approximately 3 cm under the obi.
  10. Wind the obi-age around your body, fold both ends in four, and tie them together at your chest.
  11. Tuck the center portion of the knot of the obi-age under the obi.
  12. Tuck both ends of the obi-age under the obi.
  13. Make sure the obi-age is not rumpled at the front and cleanly tucked under the obi.
  14. Now you are ready to make the taiko (back knot).
  15. First, you must finish folding the tare tesaki (opposite end of the first tesaki) that was left folded in half.
  16. Fold the tesaki in half.
  17. Fold the tesaki from the right to the left and roll the tare under the tesaki.
  18. Pass the obi-jime through the folded tesaki and tie the ends together tightly at your belly so the knot does not come loose.
  19. Tuck the loose ends under the obi-jime.
  20. Now you are all set.