page_title: Obi (sash)
section_title: Children's obi
hierarchical_section_title: Obi (sash) / Children's obi
caption_attribution_description: العربية: طفلة ترتدي الكيمونو. English: A little girl wearing kimono. A simple soft obi is tied around the waist. Suomi: Pikkutyttö kimonossa. Vyötäisillä yksinkertainen pehmeä obi. Français&#160;: Petite Japonaise portant un kimono du Nouvel An. Svenska: En liten flicka klädd i kimono. En enkel och mjuk obi är klädd på midjan.Have you ever wear Kimono?
context_page_description: An obi is a belt worn with both traditional Japanese clothing and uniforms for Japanese martial arts styles. Originating as a simple thin belt in Heian period Japan, the obi developed over time into a belt with a variety of different sizes, lengths and methods of tying, with a greater variety of women's types of obi than men's.
  Despite kimono appearing to be held shut with an obi, many obi – mostly women's – are too stiff and wide to actually function in this way, with a series of ties known as koshihimo, worn underneath the obi, used to keep the kimono closed instead.
  Obi are categorised by their design, formality, material, and use, and can be made of a number of fabrics weaves, with heavy brocade weaves worn for formal occasions, and some lightweight silk obi worn for informal occasions. Obi are also made from a variety of fibres, such as cotton, hemp and polyester; for formal occasions, however, only silk obi are worn. In the modern day, pre-tied obi, known as tsuke or tsukiri obi, are also worn, and do not appear any different to a regular obi when worn.
context_section_description: Children's obi are generally soft, simple sashes, designed to be easy and comfortable to wear, though older children may wear simple, stiffer obi made short, such as hanhaba obi and kaku obi; as they age, children begin to wear kimono outfits that are essentially miniaturised versions of adult kimono and obi. The youngest children wear soft, scarf-like obi.
caption: A little girl wearing kimono. A simple soft obi is tied around the waist.
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