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How to Tie Women's Obi

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( Men's Obi / Women's Obi / Obijime )

You may wonder how to tie kimono obi. Or you may forget to how to tie. We hope our site helps. Illustrations below for women's obi.
=>　How to Tie men's Obi
=>　How to Tie Obijime

Lay the "tesaki" over your shoulder.

Put the "wa" side down, and wrap around your waist.

Hold the "wa" in both hands,and fasten up.

Put the "tesaki" down.

Hold up the part wrapped around your waist.

Tie the straps to fasten the upper part.

Wrap the "obimakura" with the "obiage" and put it into the "otaiko".

Put your right hand between the strap and the "obimakura", and adjust the amount of patterns of the "otaiko".

Stand up straight, and set the "obimakura" to the your back.

Fix up the bending part again.

Hold the obi in both hands.

Hold it up, and make the "tare".

The length of the "tare" is about the length of your forefinger.

Put the "tesaki" into the "otaiko".

Fold up the "tesaki" as if wraping the inside of the obi, and put it into the "otaiko".

Fasten the "obijime" tightly at the front to fix the "otaiko".

Take off the strings,
and adjust the "otaiko".