They outdid me.
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gurdymonkeyThis is what I get for slumming in yukata. They not only got the Japanese Granny seal of approval from the lady at Nichi Bei Busan, they had people asking to pose with them all afternoon. 
On the other hand, I was not complaining about being too warm (we passed a thermometer reading of 88 degrees downtown while heading back on the light rail) or struggling with the kite-like properties of my headwear, so the chambray check yukata wasn't what one could call a bad choice either. And if it wasn't for those particular outfits which appeared at a dance event one evening not all that long ago, I would never have met The Fabulous Kataginu Guys anyway.
With a bit of judicious cropping, I also managed to get a couple of nice shots of the UC Berkeley Taiko group that did the opening set. More here.
Rather than fight lines for the privilege of attempting to stand and eat street food, we went for a sit down lunch at the counter of Kumako Ramen. Their crab curry ramen was a messy slurp of heaven, with plenty of claws and chunks of Dungeness crab floating in a hearty spicy broth with plenty of green onion and zingy curry. I am partially mortified I couldn't finish mine. I blame the hanhaba obi.
I managed not to get into trouble in any of the J-town shops, however, I did acquire a festival tee shirt because I liked this year's design. And a blister on my right instep from my bunny geta, which tells me it's time to make new hanao. (OK, the lady from the SJ temple who sold me my T-shirt liked my yukata at least.)
Met a very nice young man dressed somewhat similarly to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bovil andkproche and complimented him on his look. Turns out he's a cosplayer and was hoping to get more historical cosplayers/costumers involved in local festivals. Evidently there's a Spirit of Japantown festival in September that might be worth trying to show up and be fabulous at. (Ooh, look, a reason to miss Mists Bardic, an event which is an excuse to sit around and eat too much while being pissed at myself for not being able to sing.)
On the other hand, I was not complaining about being too warm (we passed a thermometer reading of 88 degrees downtown while heading back on the light rail) or struggling with the kite-like properties of my headwear, so the chambray check yukata wasn't what one could call a bad choice either. And if it wasn't for those particular outfits which appeared at a dance event one evening not all that long ago, I would never have met The Fabulous Kataginu Guys anyway.
With a bit of judicious cropping, I also managed to get a couple of nice shots of the UC Berkeley Taiko group that did the opening set. More here.
Rather than fight lines for the privilege of attempting to stand and eat street food, we went for a sit down lunch at the counter of Kumako Ramen. Their crab curry ramen was a messy slurp of heaven, with plenty of claws and chunks of Dungeness crab floating in a hearty spicy broth with plenty of green onion and zingy curry. I am partially mortified I couldn't finish mine. I blame the hanhaba obi.
I managed not to get into trouble in any of the J-town shops, however, I did acquire a festival tee shirt because I liked this year's design. And a blister on my right instep from my bunny geta, which tells me it's time to make new hanao. (OK, the lady from the SJ temple who sold me my T-shirt liked my yukata at least.)
Met a very nice young man dressed somewhat similarly to
bovil andkproche and complimented him on his look. Turns out he's a cosplayer and was hoping to get more historical cosplayers/costumers involved in local festivals. Evidently there's a Spirit of Japantown festival in September that might be worth trying to show up and be fabulous at. (Ooh, look, a reason to miss Mists Bardic, an event which is an excuse to sit around and eat too much while being pissed at myself for not being able to sing.)
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Date: 2009-07-13 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-13 03:27 am (UTC)The Spirit of Japantown festival looks like fun--you should check it out!
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Date: 2009-07-13 03:50 am (UTC)Sigh.
I would love to have been there.
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Date: 2009-07-13 04:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-13 05:35 am (UTC)Those are fabu kataginu! (Although I have to admit Andy's fabric has inspired me to think evil thoughts about a Scottish tartan kataginu, which is Wrong and Bad but... hmm.)
A few years ago we went to a con down that way, which we found to be a sort of 'eh' con (SiliCon? I forget), and regretted having missed a festival in SF for it - only to realize there was one in SJ also! But woe, it had been on Saturday, and the Sunday after had everything closed and tired. Except for the fabulous Kumako Ramen folks, who not only fed us some of the tastiest ramen I've ever had, but were super nice about the fact that my wheelchair plus luggage practically took up the whole restaurant.
Mmmm...Tasty!
Date: 2009-07-13 12:48 pm (UTC)Re: Mmmm...Tasty!
Date: 2009-07-13 01:06 pm (UTC)Saturday I was off being fiber-artsy in a Japanese way at an event in SoCal. To my eternal shame, I ended up wearing a yukata, instead of my kosode, but given that the air conditioning in the hall was pretty feeble, that turned out OK.
Re: Mmmm...Tasty!
Date: 2009-07-13 01:16 pm (UTC)Re: Mmmm...Tasty!
Date: 2009-07-13 01:31 pm (UTC)Re: Mmmm...Tasty!
Date: 2009-07-13 03:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-13 07:29 pm (UTC)