This is a video interview with an owner of a local kimono shop in Japan. The six minute interview shows the inside of a kimono shop with a furisode display (a furisode is a type of kimono with long sleeves). The video is divided into 4-5 short sections in which each section starts with a question and is followed by the owner’s answers which explaining what kimono are, who wears them, when they wear them, how much they costs, etc. This video clip is accompanied by a full vocabulary list, featured sentence patterns, relevant questions and some suggested classroom activities and tasks. (This video was made in cooperation with Tomita-ya, Obu City, Aichi prefecture, Japan. July 2011)
