yukata
Far from their traditional association with burnt rubber, squealing brakes and gritty endurance, tires lend a spot of delicate geometry to these kimono prints.
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A more comfortable way to enjoy the festival season while out and about in your yukata summer kimono.
Six patterns skirt Tokyo Disneyland’s no-cosplay rule, feature characters as famous as Mickey and as forgotten as Clarice.
Unbeatable deal in Yokohama includes full-course meal and your choice from over one hundred yukata and obi sash patterns.
Enjoy samurai-inspired fashion year-round with this new lineup of lightweight Japanese-style garments.
Anime-inspired traditional fashion items include a Cerberus ornament that clamps onto the yukata sash.
Before bathing? After bathing? As soon as you arrive? Or not at all? Find out when most people usually change into yukata when staying at a ryokan.
More than 50,000 votes have been tallied and the results are in! Which girl do you think won at the polls?
Wargo Nippon’s new collection of Sailor Moon kanzashi are here just in time for yukata season!
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