yukata

Yukata are made using various textiles and dyeing techniques. Traditionally they were made with a technique called Nagaita-Chugata, where fabric was dyed on both sides with stencils.{{Cite web |title=Inside the Atelier; Matsubara Nobuo |url=https://www.motoji.co.jp/blogs/information/inside-the-atelier-matsubara-nobuo |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=銀座もとじオンラインショップ |language=ja}} As this technique is expensive, a technique called Chusen was developed in the late Edo period to replicate the double sided cloth.{{Cite web | url=https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/1026_001.html | title=New Designation of Tokyo Honzome Chusen as Traditional Craft under the Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries | website=www.meti.go.jp | date=2023-10-26}}

{{transliteration|ja|Yukata}} are worn by men and women. Like other forms of traditional Japanese clothing, {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} are made with straight seams and wide sleeves. Men's {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} are distinguished by the shorter sleeve extension of approximately {{convert|10|cm}} from the armpit seam, compared to the longer {{convert|20|cm}} sleeve extension in women's {{transliteration|ja|yukata}}. A standard {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} ensemble consists of a {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} {{transliteration|ja|obi}}, and sandals or geta worn without socks. The outfit may be accessorised with a foldable or fixed hand fan and the addition of a traditional carry bag known as a {{transliteration|ja|kinchaku}}, used by both men and women to carry cellphones and other small personal items.

As with all kimono, the left side of the {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} is wrapped over the right side, and secured with either a stiff, one-layer {{transliteration|ja|obi}}, or a softer, also one-layer {{transliteration|ja|obi}}. An outer jacket may be added for cool weather.

Traditionally, {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} were mostly made of indigo-dyed cotton; however, since an increase in popularity in the late 1990s, a wide variety of colours and designs are now available, worn by both men and women.

File:温泉たまご (46347383121).jpg|A family in {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} in an {{transliteration|ja|onsen}} town

File:A Japanese lady wearing a Yukata.jpg|A Japanese woman wearing a yukata

File:Yukata tokyo.JPG|Women in {{transliteration|ja|yukata}}

File:Yukata, Shibu Hotel (4424277299).jpg|Folded {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} and {{transliteration|ja|obi}} at Shibu Hotel in Yamanouchi, Nagano

File:Endo Shimpei LACMA M.84.31.296.jpg|Endō Shimpei, 1887 woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

File:Summer Kimono (Yukata) with Illustrations from the 1802 novel 'Hizakurige' (Shank's Mare) by Ikku Jipensha (1765-1831) LACMA M.2006.37.6 (5 of 9).jpg|19th-century {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} at LACMA with illustrations from Hizakurige by Jippensha Ikku

Though historically, {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} were worn traditionally as a bathrobe all-year round, in the present day this is uncommonly seen, and is mainly confined to {{transliteration|ja|onsen}} resort towns such as Atami, Kinosaki and Kusatsu, where {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} are still worn as bathrobes, commonly given to guests as part of their stay at a specific hotel or inn.{{cite web |title=How to Wear a Yukata |url=https://visitkinosaki.com/faqs-visitor-info/guides/yukata/ |website=Visit Kinosaki |access-date=2018-10-18 |date=2018-03-22}}{{cite web |title=How to Stay at a Ryokan: Dress (Yukata) |url=https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2029_dress.html |website=www.japan-guide.com |access-date=2018-10-17}}

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