Police have received some 380 complaints after a rental kimono firm halted its operations and its managers disappeared just before the coming-of-age ceremonies Monday, leaving many young women without formal attire for the event.People who could not receive reserved kimono from the company called Harenohi, based in Yokohama near Tokyo, paid tens of millions of yen to the rental service firm, the police said. Most of them paid around 300,000 yen ($2,600) each.The police have also been consulted by those who reserved kimono at Harenohi for school graduation and entrance ceremonies in the spri…READ FULL ARTICLE
