Zōri
Zōri are flat Japanese thong sandals whose materials and form range from woven-straw workwear to formal footwear for kimono ensembles.
Social customs
Kimono
Kimono are straight-seamed wrap garments whose materials, decoration, layering, and accessories communicate season, occasion, age, taste, and formality.
Honne and tatemae
Honne and tatemae contrast inner feeling or intention with a publicly appropriate position, but their relationship varies and should not be equated automatically with deception.
Bowing in Japan
Bowing in Japan is a flexible bodily practice used for greetings, thanks, apologies, respect, ceremony, work, worship, and performance, with formality varying by context.