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HAPPI
Jumaat, 26 April 2013 • 6:43 PG • 0 comments 
Happi (法被, 半被) is a traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat usually
made of indigo or brown cotton and imprinted with a distinctive mon (crest).
They are usually worn only to festivals. Originally, these represented the
crest of a family, as happi were worn by house servants. Later, the coats
commonly began to display the crests of shops and organisations. Firefighters
in the past also used to wear happi; the symbol on their backs referred to the
group with which they were associated. In English, "happi" is most
often translated as "happi coat" or "happy coat".
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