Yukata special edition!

Yukata! And the places where they are worn!


*clap clap* Girl's from Shugo Chara clap twice to make their presence known to the gods on New Years, to recieve blessings for the coming year!

Here Usagi from Sailor Moon and her family are relaxing in yukata while staying at a hot spring resort. The literal translations of yukata is 'bathing robe' and often worn after baths.


What marks many Japanese festivals and pleasure activitys is the yukata. Yukata is a thin cotton robe which is tied in the back with an sash (obi) for special occasions or tied in the front for relaxing or after bathing.


Laura and Kana seem to be having trouble fisihing for water balloons. Yo-yo Tsuri are ballons filled with 1/10th water and bounced like yoyo's. Fishing for them is a traditional game often seen at Japanese summer festivals. The balloons are fished for with thin easily breakable strings, making it difficult to catch the balloons without the string breaking.

Oh! Caught one :) Good work Kana!



Here Tsukasa and her twin Kagami are scooping gold fish! This Japanese game is called Kingyo-sukui; Kingyo meaning "goldfish" and "sukui" meaning scooping in Japanese. The players get a small bowl and net made of paper to catch the goldfish. The paper is easily torn when wet and it can be difficult to catch a fish before breaking the paper.

Ohh! Caught one! Good job Kagami! :)

This is Sakura wearing a yukata. She is not a game and is not to catch...


I was mistaken! Nice catch Tomoyo :)<3 careful not to break her


This ends the yukata special. Stay tuned for more animebedroom specials! They might sneak up on you!