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Why don't Japanese women wear underwear when they wear kimonos?

Japanese women used to wear kimonos instead of underwear for two reasons. First, Japanese women did not have underwear at that time. Even though underwear and other clothes are imported from the west, these things are very expensive in Japan, and basic women can't afford them, so few people wear underwear.

The second reason is that the kimono worn by women is actually very complicated and cumbersome. Just a kimono, with seven layers of clothes inside and outside. There will be a pillow under the waist. If you wear underwear, the edge of underwear will be pressed under it, and it will be very troublesome and uncomfortable whether you wear it or take it off, so you don't wear underwear at all.

At that time, women basically didn't have the concept of wearing underwear, so it wouldn't be strange. It is said that they only wear underwear from the 20th century. At that time, a fire broke out in a shopping mall in Tokyo, and people evacuated people through the upstairs windows.

Japanese women don't wear underwear, so they will naturally run naked when climbing down. Many people accidentally dropped it to cover the key parts for themselves and fell off the tall buildings. Many people were killed at that time. Since then, Japanese women have realized the importance of underwear and started to wear underwear.

Whether this statement is true or not is unknown, but it also illustrates the fact that Japanese women did not wear underwear in the past, not for other strange reasons, but simply because reality did not allow it. But now, no one should stop wearing underwear. No matter what occasion, wearing underwear is a respect for yourself and others.