Monday 11 June 2007

2.Special Cloth for Matsuri

←tabi(shoes)
←maekake


2. Special Cloth for Matsuri
Whan we carry Mikoshi we wear special cloth. Especially Happi is very important to show which town you live in Yotsuya. Without wearing Happi you can’t join in carry the Mikoshi, but don’t worry it doesn’t mean that people who don’t live in Yotsuya can’t join this festival. We can share or lend you Happi. There are special pants and shirts and tabi which are shoes. This special pants and tabi are very hard to wear when you try it on first time. These are picture of them. If you want to be real Japanese who love Matsuri there is one more item to wear which called maekake. It has pocket close to your stomach, so it is very useful to put in stuff you carry. Carrying your stuff with your bag might give you a expression “ Oh it is too crowded…”