#japan summer festival

[saradiation]

Aradia 🖤 

[tanuki-kimono]

Softest tones for this summer outfit, pairing a lovely obi with embroidered kani (crab), and a kimono full of cute seasonal patterns:

Tanabata/star festival themed: tanzaku (paper strips on bamboo), hoshi (star)

Summer treats : kaizukushi (assorted shells), suika (watermelon),

masturi/festival themed: mizufuusuen/water balloon, uchiwa (round fan), kingyo (goldfish), chouchin (paper lantern), etc

[gon-iii]

広がる踊りの輪

2019年、西新井大師盆踊り。

提灯も踊りの輪も広がってゆく。

[windlullaby-arts]

Boyfie Kuna casually winning the first prize for you 🧸🎇

[city-cost]

Dake Onsen in Fukushima Prefecture.  We arrived at this hot spring town on the slopes of Mt Adatara one late afternoon in summer last year.  The town was readying for a seasonal Bon festival with the main street - the delightfully named Himalaya Boulevard - decorated with lanterns and a small stage.  Taking a stroll down Himalaya Boulevard in the evening under the glow of the lanterns was magical.

[ikana-ko]

hot summer nights, mid-July

[tokyogems]

went to a summer festival with friends in shiki.

友達と毎年行ってた夏祭りが再開したので数年ぶりに行けた！

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[chen6]

Fireworks festival with LOVE

愛に染まるびわこ花火大会 🎇

[brownie-pics]

'23.8.5 若草山にて

前回投稿のアナザーカットと陽が落ちてからのレポート。

この日は奈良公園内では燈花会の初日。そして生駒と大和郡山、各々数か所で花火が上がりました。なので若草山からは夜景に加えてこれらが一望できるちょっと贅沢な夜ｗ（さすがに花火は小さくしか見えませんが･･）

そんなわけでどんな感じだったか、撮ってみました。･･ちなみに花火は比較明合成なしの1枚撮りです。

[corvid-language-library]

Sansa Odori. There were so many gorgeous and interesting outfits, so expect to see more of this over the next few days!

[hotdyke-hardstyle]

Victoria De Angelis DJing at Sziget Festival (2024)

[tanuki-kimono]

I just found your blog and I am absolutely enamored by all these designs! I did have a quick question though

I'd love to one day visit Japan, and I love the idea of attending a festival in a rented yukata. However, I'm concerned about if I could wear one or not due to the sleeves. I'm disabled and get around using forearm crutches, and have difficulty fitting larger sleeves in them.

I guess I was just curious about if either the sleeves could easily be pulled back to my elbows, or if maybe there are yukata with shorter sleeves (I've never seen them myself at least.)

Hi! I am so happy you fell in love with kimono fashion <3

As for your question, there is a fantastic way to accomodate your crutches: tasuki 襷 sleeves holders. Those are cord used for holding up sleeves out of the way (when doing chores, physical/messy activity, etc).

You can see below how tasuki are tied: basically think of an ∞ with the crossing on your back and the loop up front gathering up sleeves on your sides:

Depending on your mobility, you can pre-knot the cord beforehand then slip it around your body.

The "right" way of doing it is this one:

Though to be honest, most people do like this and call it a day xD:

I am not sure how your mobility is so I'll also add other options to mix and match in order to nicely enjoy summer festivals in kimono attire:

Happi 法被 (festival coat): if you don't feel confortable strolling all day/night in yukata (the tighness of around your legs might be cumbersome), wearing a coat like those over your "normal" clothes is a good option to still be in festival mood :) Some are sleeveless, some have tube sleeves, and if not pair them with tasuki sleeves holder and you'll be good to go!

(pic below from)

Nibushiki kimono 二部式着物 / nibushiki yukata 二部式浴衣 (two parts kimono/yukata): exactly what it says on the lid, those are kimono/yukata tailored in two parts, a skirt and a top one. Those might be harder to find in rentals, but have the convenience of being super easy to put on while being less prone to unraveling :) The two parts are also gentler on the figure as you can more easily adapt tighness etc. If you're are able to shop for a yukata beforehand, altering is pretty easy: chop in two, add ties and you're ready to get dressed ;)

Tsuke obi 作り帯 (two parts belt): in the same spirit as above, those are pre-tied obi belt, with a wrap-around part and a knot part. They are super common for children, but also exist for adult. Altering a pre owned obi is also super easy, see for example this past note (for nagoya obi styled taiko knot).

Yukata can be worn with hanhaba obi (half width belt), heko obi (soft belt), or kaku obi ("men" belt). Heko obi would be my recommendation as those are unisex, comfortable, and suuuuper easy to tie.

If you want to try hanhaba or kaku, I'd advise for karuta musubi, a flat, sturdy, and unisex knot pretty easy to tie.

Hope your travel project will come true and that you'll have fun :D

[gon-iii]

夏風に踊る

2011年、下町七夕まつり。

まだスカイツリーに赤白のクレーンがある。パッと見は出来上がってる風だけど、この時はまだ工事中のようです。

[heartp0p]

こんにちは、東京!! Last night was a dream 🖤 Loved every seconddddd

See u tonight again at

@summer_sonic

in Osaka for round 2 🌟

måneskin via twitter ! x

[dokuzadaiyuho]

神明の花火 2024

[yumartist]

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