Yukata

Casual cotton kimonos, summertime garb known as yukata, are hugely popular. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The yukata is a light fabric robe that's used year round. ❋ Unknown (2010)

'I remember that around the house he always wore a blue-and-white floral patterned yukata, which is like a casual kimono, and he always had a ponytail. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So you can put on your bright summer cotton kimono, called the "yukata," and you can go dancing in the parks, and you can write your wishes on brightly colored paper (as described here!) and tie them to a plant (in Japan, it would be a bamboo tree). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Eating at the inn in your "yukata" robe is part of the Japanese hot-spring experience. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was a dance festival for a local festival where people wearing traditional clothing such as yukata performed a folk dance originally from ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was a dance festival for a local festival where people wearing traditional clothing such as yukata performed a folk dance originally from Shikoku Island known as Awa Odori. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Clothing: The "yukata" store has the "Kazari Kizi" - Decoration Cloth "yukata" kimono, the best selling item to the foreign community and their cute "yukata" wearing teddy bear. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The e-catalog features various items from jewelry, toys and sports goods to engraved Japanese kitchen knives and "yukata" (Japanese casual kimono made of cotton). ❋ Unknown (2009)

"yukata" instead of kimono, the restaurant is packed with customers each night in summer … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Matoi pursues her teacher with steely determination, adopting his trademark yukata, building a shrine to him, and following him everywhere. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They wore their new summer kimonos, the yukata, and he was painfully aware that he was still in winter garb, and sweating because of it. ❋ Nick Lake (2010)

God, the yukata, I say, fingers pressed into the corners of my eyes, as if I could force the tears back in. ❋ Kristin McCloy (2010)

The girlfriend changes into a yukata, a casual summer kimono, to go see the fireworks, and then they stay overnight at the Hotel Ohnoya. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also to be taken into account is that after the onsen, you can put on your yukata (a bathrobe-like garment provided by every ryokan) and eat wonderful food — the culinary quality at Japanese inns is amazingly high. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[The scary guy] who wears [shades] in [Legal] Drug is good at modifying male Yukatas. ❋ Scarredby The Chocolate (2005)