Monochrome Japan
Colorless Japan features photography focusing mainly on black and white tones. Photos are either in Black and White or are very limited in colors. Images were taken by Jim Atwood Photography at http://www.jimatwood.net.
The traditional white japanese wedding kimono is called shiro-maku. Shiro meaning white and maku meaning pure. The wedding kimono actually consists of two different kimono. The white wedding kimono is worn for the wedding ceremony and an elaborate rich patterned silk brocade kimono called uchikake is worn over the white kimono at the wedding reception.





