We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Renting a yukata is popular when attending festivals, especially for tourists. There are many shops that rent outfits, some fancier and offering different items. Allyssa (in yukata in photo) rented the yukata and belts, shoes and had her hair styled. Rental of a yukata or kimono includes a free bag and pair of socks used with the sandals for the outfit.
At the end of January Allyssa Schoen completed a semester as an exchange student in Japan. A junior education major at Montana State University-Bozeman, she left for the southernmost island in Japan early September 2023 and returned back to start spring quarter the end of January. Now back home in Chinook at the end of the regular spring semester, Allyssa had some time to visit with me and share about her experiences at Kumamoto Gakuen University in the city of Kumamoto. The city of 700,000+ is on Kyushu Island and is actually closer to Seoul, Korea than it is to Japan's capitol city of Tokyo....
