Lucky!
The other day I was in the basement hunting for a good shirt to wear for the upteenth passport-sized photo I've had to get as part of the JET application process. While I was poking around I found the happi coat I was given by that teacher's college in Nagoya when I was in Japan as part of the Far East Exchange Program back in 2001. Some of you have seen me in this because I wore it and a headband to a JAS Halloween party a few years ago. I was supposed to be a Japanese festival goer.
Not to long after that part grandpa washed the coat in something that didn't agree with it and there were these pinkish blotches on parts of the arms and back. I was pretty upset and put it away, writing it off as ruined.
Anyway, just of the heck of it I dug the thing out and had another look at it. The damage wasn't as bad as I remembered it being. It just sorta looks like a coat that got something on it and hasn't been washed yet.
It might not be in perfect shape, but I think I'll take it with me to Japan. Japanese folks sure would be surprised to see a gaijin who owns a happi coat. I've even thinking of wearing it to the mall or something once just for the heck of it.
Not to long after that part grandpa washed the coat in something that didn't agree with it and there were these pinkish blotches on parts of the arms and back. I was pretty upset and put it away, writing it off as ruined.
Anyway, just of the heck of it I dug the thing out and had another look at it. The damage wasn't as bad as I remembered it being. It just sorta looks like a coat that got something on it and hasn't been washed yet.
It might not be in perfect shape, but I think I'll take it with me to Japan. Japanese folks sure would be surprised to see a gaijin who owns a happi coat. I've even thinking of wearing it to the mall or something once just for the heck of it.