Yukata

This weekend (by the time you read it, last weekend) is the Azabu Juban Festival -- a pretty big festival in central Tokyo. I'm going to wear my Yukata (Summer kimono) and just walk around, absorbing the atmosphere of the festival. This is the almost the only chance these days that I get to wear my Yukata. So it's getting harder and harder to recall how to wear it.
When I used to live with my family, my grandma use to dress me. She still wear her Yukata all summer, and it's nothing but a normal piece of apparel to her. But I tend to forget how tight the belt should be, or the length of Yukata, how to fold it, etc., -- all those trivial details.
What I can't forget, though, is the joy of wearing it to go to festivals or fireworks displays. Of course, I know that the wearer will suffer, especially females, from the heat, tightness, and
difficulty in walking with the crowds. But, somehow, it still excites me to wear one.