At the Hirosaki City Cultural Exchange Hall Hall in Hiroro (Ekimae-cho, Hirosaki City), the “2015 Kimono Day Kimono Show” was held on November 1st.

This event is sponsored by "Aomori Wagokoro no Kai," which promotes Japanese traditional culture. The group, which is active under the keyword “I (read“ wa ”in Tsugaru dialect), Wa, and Wa”, aims to spread the connections between people in the region through traditional Japanese culture, and He goes to elementary and junior high schools and high schools and teaches manners such as dressing, standing behavior and how to fold furoshiki by opening a cultural course.

"I wanted to create a chance for Hirosaki citizens to take out the sleeping kimono in their closet and wear it by themselves," said Maiko Sakita, the chairman of the association. Up until now, members of the association had visited hospitals and welfare facilities to perform shows, but this time, the tenants at those destinations were asked to perform.

“Older people are used to wearing kimonos, but many of them have weak legs. Some of you may feel“ dangerous ”when you look at everyone on the stage,” Sakata says. We paid close attention to the safety of the stage, but at the same time, "to make people aware of the importance of barrier-free is one of the purposes of the show."

On that day, the wearing of pure white brideswear was also done on stage. “I want to explore new forms of relationship between people and the community, using traditional kimono, which I rarely see in everyday life,” says Mr. Hatada.