How does Yukata sizing work?
Well, yukata do come in different sizes, but it’s often very difficult to find anything beyond the “average” Japanese size (which is somewhere in the vicinity of 5’3″ long and will fit hips in the in the 20, 30, and low 40-inch ranges. When you look at a yukata in the store, there are usually three measurements on the tag — the length, the sleeve length, and a fourth measurement that I haven’t been able to translate yet but I think is the measurement between shoulders. When you buy a yukata (or any kimono really) the idea length is somewhere within 10 centimeters of your height. But if you find one that’s long it’s okay, because you’re supposed to fold the yukata at the waist (for women only, men don’t do this) and adjust the length that way. You can even make multiple folds in the area that will be hidden by the obi, and in that way even a ridiculously long yukata can be made short enough to fit. It’s really a matter of learning the proper way to do it and then fiddling around until
