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Today I would like to write about traditional clothing in Japan. Since it is the summer, I have seen many people wearing yukatas recently. It's popular to go to summer festivals and such while wearing yukatas. I think Japanese traditional clothing is very beautiful.

I have only one experience wearin a yukata. It was the summer of 2008, when I was in high school. I studied abroad in Aichi Prefecture. There was a big fireworks festival in Nagoya, so my host family took me there. They also bought a yukata for me. I remember feeling a little awkward because there were no other foreigners around and many people stared because I was wearing a yukata. However, it was really fun to experience fireworks and food stalls and games while wearing a yukata. It felt like a very Japanese experience.

However, these days in the West, many people do not like it when foreigners wear the traditional clothes of another country. They say that it is bad and that it is disrespectful to wear another culture's clothing. There has been a lot of backlash against magazines and models who use foreign traditional clothing in their photo shoots.

I think it is interesting to hear many opinions about this. Many westerners do not like it if other westerners wear yukata. However, I would like to know what Japanese people think. Most of the people I know have said that it is ok for them if foreigners wear traditional Japanese clothing. Some people feel it is a way to share culture.

What about you? Why do you think about this issue? Do you think it is ok for foreign people to wear yukata? Please let me know your opinion!

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