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Hachimaki facts for kids

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Takeru Kobayashi wearing hachimaki

A hachimaki (鉢巻, "helmet scarf") is a headband with styles that came from Japan. They are usually made from red and white cloth. People wear them to show hard work, or to keep sweat from the eyes.

History

Nobody is sure how hachimaki started. Most people say that Samurai wore them under their helmets for comfort.

Kamikaze pilots wore them before flying to their deaths.

Styles

Hachimaki are normally decorated with words, such as "Nippon Ichi" (日本一, "the best of Japan"), and with the rising sun between the kanji characters.

Images for kids

  • Hinomaru Hachimaki in 2011

    Hachimaki sold in a store

  • Ensign Ogawa flightgear

    A kamikaze pilot wearing a plain hachimaki

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    Another kamikaze pilot wearing a hachimaki decorated with the kanji raijin (雷神, "thunder god")

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    A kamikaze pilot ties a hachimaki on his fellow pilot

  • Kōshirō Matsumoto IV as Sakanaya Gorobee by Sharaku

    Kōshirō Matsumoto IV as Sakanaya Gorobee by Sharaku

  • Tom Coronel 2011 WTCC Race of Japan (Winner of Race 2)

    The winner of a 2011 WTCC race wears a hachimaki

  • Shinya Hashimoto

    Professional wrestler Shinya Hashimoto seen wearing a plain white hachimaki, a staple of his entry costume.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hachimaki para niños

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