THE LONG HAIRED WOMEN OF OSHIMA ISLAND, JAPAN

Finding a good website for information on the special Kimono styles and interesting long hair culture of Oshima Island is like looking for a piece of salt on a stick pretzel after you ate it.

In any case, their Kimono's were different than the "standard" forms you'd see in Tokyo, Yokohama, and etc., and long hair to the ground was their "thing".....among other interesting things.

In the above photo, notice the narrow black OBI with no tie in the back. It is tied in the FRONT, out of sight behind her arms. Notice the "apron like" covering in the front as well.

Here's a link to the local traditional style as it has evolved in 2007. In some of these pictures you will notice the narrow black OBI tied in the FRONT, with the "apron" hanging down from just under the tie -- as opposed to a MAIKO style that would have a long "tail" in the rear.

I will be very happy if a flickr expert signed on with a comment to explain it better !

Miss Oshima 2007 : www.izu-oshima.or.jp/work/osanpo/osanpo.html.html

Here's a pic of an Oshima Kimono and front-tied Obi in Pre-WW2 days : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2569213059/

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Taken on: June 17, 2008

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