Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

AMAMI, Japan - A model wears a kimono made of white "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee, a specialty of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with an "obi" sash of "Nishijin-ori" from Kyoto, western Japan, on the starting day of a kimono exhibition in Amami on Nov. 14, 2014.

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