No Yukata?!

Right now, it is yukata season! There are so many festivals going on and so many people wearing yukata. I love any traditional clothing! I just find it so fun to wear! So needless to say I love yukata too! (Well it is more like an obsession, but either way!) I used to think that most people in Japan had a yukata, especially because I see so many people wearing them in the summer, but to my surprise, that is not the case. 

I actually borrowed this one from my boyfriend's mom! 

It was about a year ago. I was going to go to a fireworks festival with my boyfriend for the first time. I told him I was going to wear yukata. I thought that he would too! I was so excited to have a yukata date! When he picked me up he was in completely normal clothes! I asked him about it and he said he didn't have a yukata! 

My boyfriend and his aloha shirt! Haha! 

Yesterday, we went to a fireworks festival again and we were talking about it! He said a surprisingly large amount of Japanese people actually don't own any yukatas. This seems like a huge waste to me because they are so darn gorgeous! I actually have three...Hahaha.... Apparently, a lot of people rent them. They do this so that they can wear a new style each season. Plus, the yukatas are difficult to put on properly by yourself, so renting solves that problem too. Luckily, I have my boyfriend's mom to help me with that!  

My boyfriend is not the only person I know lacking a one. I am going to see fireworks again this weekend a friend. My friend is going to borrow one of my yukatas! 

It just goes to show, like with everything, generalizations are no good. They tend to not be true. 

How do you feel about yukatas? Do you own any? If not, you should definitely try one on!