Place the wide flap over the narrow one, and tie a slipknot. Now, take the remaining length of the obi and fold it back along itself.Īt this point, you should have two flaps sticking out from the obi, the creased, half-width one from when you started wrapping it around yourself, and the full-width one you just formed. Once you get to your right hip for the second time, stop. You should have enough material to make two trips around. The ideal height is with the upper edge hitting near the bottom of your navel, not high on the hips. Now, wrap the rest of the obi snugly around yourself, going past your left hip and behind your back. Place this creased section in front of you, with the open edge facing left. Take the end of the obi and crease a section of it a little longer than the length of your hand.
You can even use a regular belt in a pinch, or skip this step entirely once you get used to tying the obi. To keep everything in place, take any thin strip of cloth ( yukata sold in more upscale department stores usually come bundled with them) and tie it around your waist. A slipknot is fine since we’re going to be removing this later. Make sure the left flap is in front of the right (just like a man’s button-up shirt), since putting the right over the left is how corpses are wrapped before cremation. You want a large overlap, with the front right edge stretching to your left hip, and vice-versa.
Yukata is a look you can rock at festivals, fireworks shows, or just about any entertainment venue during the warmest months of the year. Despite the tradition involved, putting on a yukata isn’t really any harder than tying a necktie (and if you haven’t mastered that yet, you really should have your dad teach you before you go off to college).įirst, fold the robe around yourself.
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Today we’ll be covering how to tie the sash (or obi) on a man’s yukata summer kimono. It’s not that we are trying to make it seem less special, but we would like to turn it from a land of social and cultural barriers into the participatory place our team loves and calls home. Part of our job here at RocketNews24 is to demystify Japan.