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In contemporary Japanese settings, kimono is often shorthand for "this character appreciated the traditional [[Good Old Ways]]". Even people who wouldn't normally even think of abandoning the comfort of Western wear, will go out of their way to wear fancy kimono for formal celebrations and events. For more information about kimono, see [[Kimono|the useful notes]]. For specifically kimono-flavoured [[Fan Service]], both sexual and [[Pandering to the Base|not so]], see [[Kimono Fanservice]].

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In modern Japan, the skill of dressing up in a kimono and carrying it is largely limited to dancers, geisha and such, and afficinandos. Being able to dress oneself up in a kimono is oh-so-WOW, while yukata-wearing skill is more like a citizen responsibility. Kimonos are also [[Crack is Cheaper|not cheap by any means]]. Thus, daily kimono wearer characters have a certain aura of elite in the Japanese mind.

Note that simply wearing yukata does not qualify a character to be ~~[[Kimono Is Traditional|~~Traditional In Kimono~~]] -- it~~'s considered a different type of garment altogether in Japan, and has different connotations. Similarly on the opposite end, wearing an ''uchikake'', i.e. a loose, unfastened outer kimono on top of the normal kimono, in normal conditions (outside weddings) [[Up to Eleven|multiplies all the traditionalness, class, and wealth indications]] the kimono itself gives to a character.

Note that simply wearing yukata does not qualify a character to be '''Traditional In Kimono'''—it's considered a different type of garment altogether in Japan, and has different connotations. Similarly on the opposite end, wearing an ''uchikake'', i.e. a loose, unfastened outer kimono on top of the normal kimono, in normal conditions (outside weddings) [[Up to Eleven|multiplies all the traditionalness, class, and wealth indications]] the kimono itself gives to a character.