My husband and I rented kimonos here, finding the shop by accident somewhat.
The ladies let me choose a kimono from hundreds of different patterns and styles, and then helped me find an obi to match. I asked them to do my hair in a traditional Japanese style and left pretty much most of it up to them to do, they added accessories and so on which was nice. They did a lovely job of transforming me and my husband, and we walked around Arashiyama for a couple of hours, taking some lovely touristy photographs. Well, we are tourists after all, so it's a fun experience to try!
When we returned, they let us pose with a parasol, and a katana for the guys, which was fun!