On the way back from the office, I dropped by at Ichinokura, one of the famous antique/recycle kimono shop, in Matsuya department store in Ginza. I accidentally met with a hechima weist pad. A weist pad is often used to make a body line straighter, so that kimono's obi can be tied in a good shape and no drop as the wearer moves. For summer, however, it is hot and sometimes causes a rash on the skin (because of the sweat inside the pad), I have been looking for a better way to use a weist pad but to make a better, more comfortable condision to my body when wearing kimono in summer. This weist pad is made out of hechima (sponge gourd), and it helps to evaporate sweat a lot better than cottons or other artificial material with which weist pad is normally made of. I decided to give it a try on this hechima pad to see if it helps me to have a nicer kimono life this summer.
帰り道、銀座松屋デパートの壱の蔵さんに寄ったところ、へちまのウェストパッドを発見。夏にウェストパッドをしていたらあせもになり、なかなか治らないで昨年は困ったので、今年はそうなるまいと何か別の良い方法はないものかと思案中だった。へちまは化学繊維と違い蒸れないので、今年はこれが夏きものライフの強力な味方になってくれることを願う。
It looks like this when it spreads out.
広げるとこんな感じになっている。
