In addition to the unbalance in age and gender, we must consider the fact that all survey participants are registered in an online international pen pal service, which may or may not mean that they are overall more internationally and less traditionally oriented than the average Japanese. Many non Japanese associate Japan with arts, crafts and traditions such as the tea ceremony, kimono and kabuki. In this month's survey, we wanted to find out how today's young Japanese relate to those traditions. In our first question, we asked the survey participants how frequently they wear kimono. One out of three respondents indicated that they have never worn a kimono.
Women wear kimono more frequently than men.
As for yukata, a cheaper cotton version of the kimono, the percentages look quite similar, but yukata enjoy a little bit greater popularity than kimono. After all, one third of the respondents indicated to wear a yukata once per year. The yukata, too, is more popular among women than men. One of the most famous Japanese traditions among foreigners is the tea ceremony. About half of the respondents have participated between one and five times.