Monday, February 17, 2014

A Belated Celebration of Loincloth Day

People frequently gripe that Valentine's Day is a fake holiday hijacked by the greeting card makers. Well, Fundoshi Day, celebrating and promoting the use of traditional fundoshi loincloth underwear is definitively the creation of the Japan Fundoshi Association. 


 


 


Taking place February 14th, because of a date pun, the day would have people wear a sort of traditional underwear that became endangered after the popularization of western style briefs and trunks. Proponents say that fundoshi are the better option for preserving blood circulation.


 


They look like...



 


2013 Fundoshi Awards were announced last month,with prizes going to people likr Furuta Arata (live-aciton Ranma, Takashi Miike movies such as Zebraman and 13 Ronin) Miyuki Oshima (Tekkon Kinkreet), author Ito Seiko and metal band Ningen Isu.



 


RocketNews24 has a look at last year's festivites here 


 


a how to via @Comics212 - check out the acocunt and #fundoshiday for some more NSFW material



 




 




 


yep, that's Hello Kitty



Ral san from Gundam Build Fighters animation director Matsukawa Tetsuya






 


manga artist Aoki Toshinao




 


Some Vocaloid fun, referencing White Day reciprocal gift giving




 


Mushibuyo manga artist Hiroshi Fukuda (yeah, we posted this for Valentine's too)




 Some Tiger and Bunny fun




 




 




 




 


From Gintama superfan Habisan




 




 


Getter Robo fanart




 


Kud Wafter manga artist Bakutendou




 




 




 


Yaoi author Yuo Yodogawa






 




 




 


via スケ



 


via F-715Xa しげっち



 


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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

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