The Kimono

While we were in Japan, we went to one of the big department stores in the city of Nagoya. A mannequin on display wore a kimono with a "bow" bustling out of the back like a giant silk butterfly. It was beautiful.
A few days later some friends of Jim's parents came to English class in their kimonos. How fun!
On the night before we left Japan, we went to dinner at a traditional Japanese restaraunt. We ate sushi and skiaki. The waitress wore an elegant kimono.
By now, I had fallen in love with the kimono. While we were in the airport waiting for our flight, Jim bought the older girls a kimono to share. What I didn't realize until then, is that although the bow of the kimono is beautiful, it is almost impossible to tie.