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11/4/10 Yes, it was my mood to wear Yukata <3

11/4/10 Shiiii... Clothes have so much power. =)

11/4/10 From the back. =)

From the Top:

Pink yukata

• A gift from Mom
• Season: Summer

Silver and flower print obi

• A gift from Mom
• Season: Summer

Decision Making Process:

I wasn’t in the best mood. In fact, I was in a sad mood.

On top of that, I just saw a lot of photos of Japan on Facebook a friend of mine posted, which made me really homesick for a little while. I saw a girl wearing Yukata and walking around in Kyoto, and I missed that.

I have never walked round Kyoto in Yukata, but I have certainly walked in Kyoto and saw these beautiful things, went to temples and visited shrines and experienced these things. I have memories of my past being in Japan. I really wanted to wear Yukata.

So I did.

I picked the pink one out of 3 I have, since I have only worn it once, on the day I graduated from College.

Yukata is summer kimono and it is made out of cotton. It actually isn’t as hard as it seems to dress. And we don’t tie ourselves to death to make the waist small. If anything, the more “straight” you are, you will look better in it. The collar of the Yukata, has an order to which you place which side on top. The left side should be on top if you are a living person. The right side would be on top to dress for a dead person. (yes, you need to know this to wear it properly.)

Something about Obi, which is the cloth “belt” I have wrapped around myself. It is actually just a decoration. Some people may think that Japanese people has this package on their back on Kimono, but it actually just wrapped cloth and nothing in it. In Yukata, a typical thing to do is to make a bow out of the Obi. One can be little more creative and twist the side or change the color if the Obi is reversible like mine. Here, I have half of my Obi in one pattern, and the other half in the other color. I could have folded it on the front to show the other half of the Obi, and I forgot to do that… Maybe next time.

Wearing Yukata made me feel really good, and happy. Although I didn’t go anywhere with it, because 1. it was raining out, 2. I would be freezing if I did. 3. It’s not Halloween any more. but I spent really good half hour or an hour or so being in the clothes, and felt good.

Clothes has such a power to make one feel good. If you believe in it. =)

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