On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Edward Becerra wrote:

Um... what's a happi coat? I don't think I'd want to wear one. "SWEETO!" :)

	Actually, it's a sort of coat that was popular in Japan
a few years ago, or so I'm told. Gary. After a while, happi
coats became a sort of Yakuza chic, and popular with the wanna-be
toughs of Tokyo, thereby falling back out of fashion for a while.

Hmm? Well, I suppose traditional clothing goes through popularity cycles.
I'm looking through the manga to reference one, but for now:

A children's one:

http://www.nbstore.com/6300.htm

(About halfway down)

http://www.japanesegifts.com/ahappi.asp 

Colleen



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