Before the Edo period, Japanese people wore kimonos. With the Meiji Restoration and the arrival of foreign culture, the clothing changed to Western-style clothing. From the Showa and Heisei eras to the present day, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to wear kimono in daily life. Nowadays, people only wear kimono on special occasions such as weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies, graduation ceremonies, Shichigosan, entrance ceremonies, and funerals. Nowadays, the government is encouraging the revival of the traditional kimono culture, for example, by incorporating kimono into elementary school educational programs.