We had sushi lunch today with Khanh at Sushi Zanmai. Zanmai has two location in Tsukiji, open an unheard-of-in-Japan 24 hours a day, with great prices and very fresh fish. Fine dining, it ain’t, but it’s definitely delicious.
After finishing up lunch, we were walking back to the station when I spotted a crowd of men and women marching towards us. The guys were, without exception, pantless. Instead, they were sporting loinclothes and happi that (usually) covered up said loinclothes.
I’m told this sort of attire is common at various Japanese festivals (matsuri). It was clear from the staggers and bellowing laughs of these guys that this particular event involved a fairly significant amount of alcohol.
Apparently I was lucky, though — This fellow gaijin has pics of random Japanese guys walking around with their loinclothes flapping in the breeze. My eyes!
omg. fundoshi, gotta love them =)
got myself a couple of instructions on how to “apply” them. kinda funny, there must be almost as many ways to tie your fundoshi as there are different tie-knots..
i personally would lack the courage to sport my loincloth in public…
Posted by: ziam at June 13, 2004 1:21 PM