帯【OBI】：5 Kinds of 帯【OBI(Sash belt) 】and other items you need to wear 着物【KIMONO】.

１．袋帯【FUKURO-OBI】
２．丸帯【MARU-OBI】The most gorgeous, formal OBI.
３．名古屋帯【NAGOYA-OBI】
４．半幅帯【HANHABA-OBI】
５．兵児帯【HEKO-OBI】

1．袋帯【FUKURO-OBI】Formal and semi-formal.

Back and front clothes are sewn together like a bag and there is no pattern on the back side.
It’s basically suitable for 振袖【FURI-SODE】黒留袖【KURO TOME-SODE】色留袖【IRO TOME-SODE】訪問着【HOUMONGI】, so on.
The wide is about 30 cm and length is about 4 meters 30 cm.

2. 丸帯【MARU-OBI（Whole Obi）】The most formal 帯【OBI】for brides, princess or traditional performances like 能【NOH】or 歌舞伎【KABUKI】.

The heaviest, longest and the most gorgeous OBI hold and sewed holding double-wide cloth. Patterns are on front and back, both. It is difficult to tie by oneself.
It’s rale and used for only bride costume of wedding, 芸者【GEISYA】／芸妓【GEIGI】, 能【NOU】,歌舞伎【KABUKI】, 日本舞踊【NIHON-BUYOU(Japanese traditional dance)】.

３．名古屋帯【NAGOYA-OBI】

Part wrapping about body is hold half and sow, and easy to wear.
It’s suitable for 付下【TSUKESAGE】小紋【KOMON】紬【TSUMUGI】.
Length is about 3m 60 cm, wide is about 30.4 cm.
一重太鼓【ICHIJYUU-DAIKO(One layered drum)】shape is orthodox to tie.

４．半幅帯【HANHABA-OBI】

半幅帯【HANHABA-OBI】literally means half-wide OBI. Wide is about 17 cm, length is about 3.6 ～ 4 m. It is suitable for casual 小紋【KOMON】and 浴衣【YUKATA】.

You need not 帯揚【OBI-AGE(cloth to hold OBI)】 nor 帯締め【OBI-JIME(string to hold OBI)】and easy to tie and very casual OBI.
Some of them are reversible and you can enjoy color contrast depend on shapes of tie.literally means half-wide OBI. Wide is about 17 cm, length is about 3.6 ～ 4 m. It is suitable for casual 小紋【KOMON】and 浴衣【YUKATA】.

You need not 帯揚【OBI-AGE(cloth to hold OBI)】 nor 帯締め【OBI-JIME(string to hold OBI)】and easy to tie and very casual OBI.
Some of them are reversible and you can enjoy color contrast depend on shapes of tie.

５．兵児帯（へこおび）

兵児帯（へこおび）is soft, tie-die crape OBI. It is used for 浴衣【YUKATA】of men or children.
Recently, women use for YUKATA, too.
Wide is from 50 to 74 cm. It’s very easy to tie, without any practice, just make a butterfly knot.

Kimono’s 格【KAKU（rank)】：”Painted” is higher than ”Woven” while about to Obi’s rank, ”Woven” is higher than ”Painted”.

There is a word “Painted KIMONO and woven OBI”.Instead of it, Woven Kimono and Painted OBI” is good.