Yukata and eggplants.

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I now own this yukata, and have learned how to put it on. Yukata obi are easier than Nagoya obi, but I still don’t have the motor skills for them. I’m also shaped like an eggplant. Kimono are designed for more cylindrically-shaped people.

I feel kind of rude about getting the yukata at Uniqlo. The shop where we went to for the class was also selling yukata for about the same price, and I kinda brought mine in still in the Uniqlo packaging? I’m not very classy.

Apparently, at least some Japanese kids get very excited about eggplants. In the grocery store today, I saw a little girl pointing excitedly to a display of eggplants, saying, “Mom, look, it’s eggplant! Get some eggplant!” I see kids doing this about strawberries, sweet potatoes, and curry (not together), but this is the first indication I’ve seen that eggplant is also a Kid Food in Japan.

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Comments

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

hahahah. But Japanese eggplant is not bitter like European eggplant, so I can see that happening.

I hate the "toilet paper roll" shape of modern kimono, but someone claimed to me once that all the padding and stuff was meant to make sure it worked for all body shapes. I don't buy it. I like the much older styles where you could have various body shapes--oh, and also still bend in it. :P

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I refuse to use the padding. It's bad enough wearing two to three layers of underwear under the thing and a bunch of cords on top. I will not pad it with towels that'll probably come lose and wander around anyway.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, I can just imagine D: