Kimono -- which is the plural of kimono -- are making a comeback among the young Japanese. Young women, and sometimes young men, wear them to go out at night, especially to watch fireworks. They walk as elegantly as the robe demands (the girls do; the boy's kimono are much looser and don't demand much -- seems to be more like wearing your pajamas). They are quite beautiful, when you start looking closely at the fabrics, the sashes (obi), and the small sashes (obihimo) that tie around the big ones. According to our guide yesterday, although really fancy kimono can be very expensive, they're a pretty good deal because a woman in a kimono doesn't wear jewelry, so "no diamond earrings, no pearl necklace."