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Fundoshi (ふんどし/褌) is a traditional Japanese undergarment for males and females, made from a length of cotton.. Before World War II, the fundoshi was the main form of underwear for Japanese men and women. [1]
A yukata (浴衣, lit. ' bathrobe ') is an unlined cotton summer kimono, [1] worn in casual settings such as summer festivals and to nearby bathhouses. The name is translated literally as "bathing cloth" and yukata originally were worn as bathrobes; their modern use is much broader, and are a common sight in Japan during summer.
Traditional loose-woven two-piece clothing, consisting of a robe-like top and shorts below the waist; the seams connecting the sleeves to the body are traditionally loosely-sewn, showing a slight gap. Worn by men, women, boys, girls, and even babies, during the hot, humid summer season, in lieu of kimono. Jittoku (十徳)
Japanese women performing a traditional Japanese dance Yosakoi in navel-exposing attire in the Yosakoi Matsuri 2006 at Kōchi. Japan has long had a special regard for the navel. During the early Jōmon period in northern Japan, three small balls indicating the breasts and navel were pasted onto flat clay objects to represent the female body ...
The New York City Police Department was strictly instructed to arrest any woman wearing a swimsuit by the commissioner of parks. [158] In Chicago, a 19-year-old female beachgoer was fined US$100 for wearing a topless swimsuit on a public beach. [158] Copious coverage of the event helped to send the image of exposed breasts across the world.
A sarashi (晒し, "bleached cloth") is a kind of white cloth, usually cotton, or less commonly linen, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] used to make various garments in Japan ...
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A pair of okobo with a woven bamboo top surface. Okobo (おこぼ), also referred to as pokkuri, bokkuri, or koppori geta (all onomatopoeic terms taken from the sound okobo make when walking), [1] are traditional Japanese wooden sandals worn by young girls for Shichi-Go-San, young women during Coming of Age Day and apprentice geisha in some regions of Japan.