[Tenugui Is Comfortable]

Do you use a tenugui on a daily basis? Let me tell you about how I have recently felt so much lighter just by changing from towels to tenugui.

The towel is used every time you wash your hands or get wet with water while cooking, and is kept tucked around the sink or on your apron. Once you stand in the kitchen, they gradually get damp. Just by switching to a tenugui, I am less likely to worry that it is somehow damp. I had always been somewhat reluctant to wipe my hands with a damp towel, and changing it several times a day would increase the amount of laundry I had to do. In such cases, tenugui are of a good thickness, and natural materials such as cotton and linen are pleasant to the touch and absorb moisture quickly. And in no time at all, it is almost dry, so it can be kept clean. Of course, towels are fine, but there are times when it is not possible to immediately wash a towel that is getting damp, and I am concerned about this. If I decide to use a tenugui in the kitchen, it is not bulky when washing or storing, and how comfortable it is.

Next, when you wrap it around your head after taking a bath. After wiping the moisture from your body and hair with a towel, wipe your head with a dry tenugui so that air can flow between your hair and use it as a hair band. While taking care of your skin and cooling off a little, the towel absorbs the moisture in your hair and allows it to evaporate appropriately, so a hair dryer afterward takes only a short time and is a breeze. It is especially recommended in the summer because it is lightweight and does not get steamy when wrapped around the head. If you wrap it around your head for a few minutes before using the hair dryer, it will not flatten your hairline or get into strange habits.

In hot weather, heat tends to build up on the head, so tenugui is also useful as a heat stroke countermeasure. Wet the tenugui in water, squeeze it tightly, and wrap it around your neck or head. The moisture in the tenugui makes it cool when the wind blows on it, and its good ventilation helps release heat.

Above all, my favorite point of Okai Mafu Shoten's Linen Tenugui is that the natural texture of the linen material and its moderate firmness and elasticity make it stylish even when wrapped around the neck or head as an anti-heat or anti-sunburn measure. It has become a must-have item when going out or traveling during the hot season. I am very much looking forward to taking it out to festivals and outdoor music festivals in the coming summer to protect myself from the heat in a fashionable way.

Okai Mafu Shoten's Linen Tenugui
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