Attire for a Japanese summer festival: Why don't the boys dress up for the summer festival while their dates do?


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In the s2 finale, Takao, Nakai and Nishikata don't wear yukata's while their
dates / companions (resp Kimura, Mano and Takagi) do. **What's up with this?
Is it something specific to this series? Or in Japanese culture in general are
girls more likely than boys to dress up?**

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GKfTh.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GKfTh.jpg)

[![enter image description
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[![enter image description
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We can see this trend continue when Nishikata observes other couples / pairs:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eGM0K.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eGM0K.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rbrcm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rbrcm.jpg)

Hamaguchi (with Houjou) is an exception though. Good for Hamaguchi:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CO5vT.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CO5vT.jpg)

Kimura (with Takao) is an exception too.




> in Japanese culture in general are girls more likely than boys to dress up?

Yes. Girls just like dressing up pretty more than boys. I guess it is
universal.

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A quick search gave the
[following](https://media.hikkoshizamurai.jp/press/yukata/).

It shows the answer to question 'Do you have yukata?'. Only 23% of men(男性)
have it while 66% of women(女性) have yukata.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L6g8E.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L6g8E.png)

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This is just personal opinion, but generally Japanese traditional wear
(kimono, yukata) are less convenient than Western clothes. It is less
comfortable to move in, harder to wash, usually more expensive. So men, who
generally care less about attire, don't bother to wear them, except perhaps in
traditional Japanese inns ( _ryokan_ ), where yukata's are provided as a kind
of bath robe.




> in Japanese culture in general are girls more likely than boys to dress up?

Yes. Girls just like dressing up pretty more than boys. I guess it is
universal.

* * *

A quick search gave the
[following](https://media.hikkoshizamurai.jp/press/yukata/).

It shows the answer to question 'Do you have yukata?'. Only 23% of men(男性)
have it while 66% of women(女性) have yukata.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L6g8E.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L6g8E.png)

* * *

This is just personal opinion, but generally Japanese traditional wear
(kimono, yukata) are less convenient than Western clothes. It is less
comfortable to move in, harder to wash, usually more expensive. So men, who
generally care less about attire, don't bother to wear them, except perhaps in
traditional Japanese inns ( _ryokan_ ), where yukata's are provided as a kind
of bath robe.

