"Furoshiki" as eco-bag
"Furoshiki" is reusable and multipurpose. Each year billions of plastic bags end up as litter; reusable bags, such as Furoshiki can help reduce the impact to our environment. Its versatility allows you to wrap almost anything regardless of its shape or size.
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Do you know that there is various size to a furoshiki?
Size of a furoshiki generally expresses size by a unit of "width(haba)."
This size is based on about 34cm the width of the cloth of kimono.
34cm is assumed to be "one-width", and 68cm(twice of 34cm) is called "two-width".
For how to choose size, you put a thing to wrap centrally, and the size that right and left become
by a one-third is done with an aim.
| Mediumu width | About 45cm(18inch) | As for this size, the chirimen(crape) furoshiki becomes a main current. It becomes an accessory case by wrapping a small empty box , and so on. |
| Three width of scale | About 50cm(20inch) | It might be called medium width by a place. The thing of a cotton material is to the cover of a lunch package and box tissue. |
| Two width | About 68cm(27inch) | It is suitable for wrapping a present and a color and a design are the abundant and most general sizes. It uses for wrapping a bottle or wrapping a present instead of wrapping paper. Since there are many silk crape furoshikis, it is convenient to wrap a round thing. |
| Width of two shakus | About 70cm(27inch) |
| 24 width | About 90cm(35inch) | When you wrapp a little large thing. When a thing of cotton material wraps two bottles. |
| Three width | About 105cm(42inch) or more | It not only wraps a thing, but it can use a tablecloth cushion cover tapestry etc. for the interior design of the room. |
| Four Width | About 128cm(50inch) |
Kimonos are traditional Japanese style clothes. "Kimono" meant "something you wear" originally. Long ago, people in Japan wore kimonos every day. Now, people only wear a kimono for special occasions such as formal ceremonies.