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>>479155 In addition to the info already provided, fundoshi are also considered swimwear for young boys in rural areas, and are tied carefully and tightly enough that they also act as an athletic support (for men, anyway). The thong aspect is just kind of a bonus for some.
And yeah, people wear them for festivals/matsuri a lot, usually in a happi, the coat that is in some of these pictures.
Japan must be one of the only countries where people are allowed to prance around in what basically constitutes as a thong on special occasions.
And of course, as with damn near all traditional Japanese clothes, trying to figure out how to fucking tie a fundoshi -- which is actually just a 239057243876 meter-long strip of clothing -- takes a step-by-step guide unless there's a Jap present telling you how to do it.
THE MOAR YOU KNOW
I'm a fan of this thread, obviously.
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