Thank You for Over a Decade of Support

Fundoshi friends, the time has come to retire this blog. Over the past few years, the demands of life have left me less and less time to organize quality content for Fundoshi4All. Although my love of fundoshi remains undimmed (I’m wearing a fundoshi right now), the time and energy to craft a meaningful blog are just not available in the supply needed for me to feel good about the end product.

I don’t plan to delete the blog or any of its content. Fundoshi4All will stay right here. I may even occasionally publish a new post. I welcome people to continue to reach out and share their own fundoshi experiences and photos, ask questions, or just talk. My contact info can be found in the nav bar above. I’ve met many wonderful people worldwide through a shared appreciation for this simple, versatile strip of fabric, and those cherished relationships will carry on.

The past year has been very rough on me, personally. I’m doing okay, I’m safe and working my way back to a happy and stable place. But there’s still work to do, and I need to re-dedicate myself to that cause.

It has been an honor and a pleasure to post about fundoshi here, over the past 14 years. I hope many of you will feel inspired to wear and share fundoshi for many more years to come. Perhaps you’ll start your own blogs, or clubs, or friendships that also spring from this millennia-old Japanese wrapped garment.

Thank you for all the support and encouragement!

Ryan Rokushaku 

p.s. if you use Twitter you can follow my new profile @RyanMIRokushaku

Fundoshi Art Tour

I enjoy finding artwork inspired by fundoshi, where it’s clear the artist loves the garment as much as I do. Whether classic, romantic, or erotic; fundoshi lends itself to sensuality in art! I’ve left all signatures and watermarks intact so the authorship of these images is obvious. Please support these artists!

Fundoshi Gallery

Meet the Readers: Icarian

For men in Japan, wearing fundoshi is a traditional activity. Outside of Japan, many people (including myself) discovered fundoshi through pictures, articles, or the internet. Inspired to try it for ourselves, we learn to tighten Japan’s historic loincloth and to pay tribute to its rich cultural heritage.

In recent years, I’ve been honored to learn that some of you have learned to tie a fundoshi through reading this blog. It is truly gratifying to know that others have found the path to a fundoshi lifestyle here, and I pledge to continue spreading the word.

For the first post published in 2022, I was privileged to have a conversation with Icarian, a fundoshi enthusiast residing in Sweden. You can read our conversation after the page break.

Meet the Readers: Fundoshiguy & susushi999

susushi999 

As I'm sure followers of this blog already know, reader interactions are my very favorite content to share. If I could only blog reader submissions for the rest of the year it would be amazing!

There's a link in the page navbar that initiates your own photos appearing right here in these venerable pages ;) 

Here are two fundoshi enthusiasts I started following on Twitter: @susushi999 and @fundoshiguy. Drawn in by their posts, I reached out and asked if they might enjoy being featured here at Fundoshi4All. 

I encourage everyone to follow them and see more of their content! Find pictures and their fundoshi experiences in their own words after the jump! Let's go:

Kuroneko Fundoshi

Fundoshi Men