A total of four straps (in fact, thin pieces of cloth approximately 21.21-millimeter wide), one from the right and the other from the left sides of the top (or the bottom of the back pleat in case of the back cloth) are attached to the front and back cloths and are used to fix the hakama around the waist.
前布、後布には、それぞれ最上部（後布の場合には腰板の底辺）の辺の左右から一本ずつ、合計四本の紐（実際には幅七分程度の細長い布状のもの）が出ており、これで袴を腰に固定する。