Asia, Japan

Tokyo – fun Yukata experience @ Day 3

Sometimes I see Japanese women wearing Yukata walking on the street – Yukata is the traditional Japanese woman wear. It looks beautiful and I wish to have one too!

My friend and I were walking in Asakusa and we found a Yukata shop. I immediately bought a full set of Yukata, including belt, ribbon and shoes. It costs about $6500++ yen (approximately USD$60) which I think is reasonable. My friend said that I am very lucky because it is not easy to find a full set of Yukata in a shop.

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

After I bought it, I realized a big problem. I don’t know how to wear it! There is no changing room in the shop, so I need to wear it in some other place. I asked my friend but then I realize a guy doesn’t know how to wear female clothing. >.< We kept studying and discussing on how to wear Yukata in outside of the female toilet, but it is really difficult! Aiks… It is not easy to be a Japanese female.

Then, a woman appears and saw our funny action. She offers help to me to wear Yukata. She is a very kind and helpful woman! If I wear it by myself, maybe it will take a day but she took only about 10-15 minutes. She is fast. This experience is really fun, hahaha 🙂

Wow, I am now a polite Japanese woman!! I have to walk in small steps! 🙂 Not solely because I wanted to pretend to be a Japanese woman, but it is really a bit difficult to walk in big steps with Yukata. I respect Japanese woman.

I asked my friend if I look strange by wearing Yukata walking on the street. My friend said that I do not have to care about others people’s eyes. This makes me touch and I totally agree with the saying, but how many times can I really not care about how others think about me? I wish to live confidently without caring others too much.

Nakamise Street, Tokyo, Japan

My friend and I walked in Nakamise Street. It is very interesting! It has a lot of shops with very ‘Japanese feel’. Some shops are traditional, and some are cute. The traditional Japanese umbrella is beautiful.

Nakamise Street, Tokyo, Japan

We walk through the temple and I tried the fortune-telling again. I did once yesterday, I got a good outcome yesterday but I got a terrible outcome today. It stated that I will have no happy moments and the person that I am waiting will not come. I am a bit sad because it reminds me of the bad fortune-telling result that I got from the Thean Hou Temple a few years ago, and the bad thing was realised. I don’t want to think about it anymore.