{"product_id":"hachimaki","title":"Hachimaki","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJapanese headband with a red sun and two brushed characters, in black or white\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA red sun between two characters, tied round the head. This is the hachimaki, the headband of the exam hall, the festival and the kitchen, a long strip of smooth cloth with a red disc at the centre and a brushed character on either side of it, tied at the back of the head in a bow or a knot with the ends hanging. It comes in black, with the two characters that mean certain victory, and in white, with the two that mean ninja.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cheapest thing in the shop that changes a face, and it is worn by students before an exam, cooks behind a counter, and everyone at a festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one, and it means a wrap for the head, which is what it is. It has been tied on before hard work for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band is a smooth cloth, printed with the sun and the characters at the centre, long enough to go round a head and tie with ends to spare, and hemmed. The black is printed white on black; the white is printed black on white; the sun is red on both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTie it at the back with the sun on the forehead, the ends hanging down or tucked, which is how it is worn for work, or at the side, which is how it is worn for a festival. Over a jinbei, a happi or a plain tee it is the finish of the outfit; on its own it is a message.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two versions are two messages: the black says victory, and it is the one for an exam, a match or a kitchen; the white says ninja, and it is the one for a child, a party or a person who does not take themselves seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print is the detail: the characters are in a bold brush hand, and the sun is a clean disc with a slightly soft edge, printed rather than sewn, so the band lies flat and ties without a lump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a band with a red dot on a forehead. From close the characters show their strokes, the sun its edge, and the cloth its smoothness. It is the headband for a festival, an exam or a kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool and dry flat; iron on low if it needs it. It rolls up to nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. The band is long enough for any head with ends to tie and hang, and it is worn by adults and children the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":59207746945372,"sku":"14:1254#04","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":59207746978140,"sku":"14:691#01","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/hachimaki-1.jpg?v=1790585458","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/hachimaki","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}