Posted March 13, 2015 by Jonelle Patrick2 Comments Awesome Stuff To Do

Sexy Red Undies Opposite Day

So, there’s this street in Tokyo I’ve written about before that’s known as the “Grandma & Grandpa’s Harajuku” because it’s where all the oldsters go to stock up on the latest elderly comforts and fashions. My favorite store on Koshinzuka Street is the “Red Underpants” shop, which specializes in many, many, MANY styles of lucky red underwear (none of them remotely resembling thongs).* These powerful panties even come with special instruction for use, so you don’t find yourself kept awake by their mighty redness.

*The idea of wearing red next to your skin for good luck is so trending among the silver set that the gift of red clothing – especially red underwear – is a common 60th birthday gift.

Pink on the outside, red on the inside – with girlish ruffles to really throw them off – nobody will guess how superstitious you really are. Note that this naughty style even comes in wicked black for the secretly goth granny.

Not sure who these extra-tiny red undies are for, although babies are probably in need of good luck too (before they're old enough to roll their eyes and categorically refuse). — Not sure who these extra-tiny red undies are for, although babies are probably in need of good luck too (before they’re old enough to roll their eyes and categorically refuse).

There's even a wooly pair sporting a portrait of The Honorable Duck Butt of Sugamo, the street's inexplicable mascot. — There’s even a wooly pair sporting a portrait of The Honorable Duck Butt of Sugamo, the street’s inexplicable mascot.

SugamoOshiri — The REAL Honorable Duck Butt Of Sugamo, for comparison.

If you’d like to visit Koshinzuka Street – I especially recommend the always-entertaining street market they have on the 4th, 14th & 24th of each month – a map is on my website, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had.

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Clad only in giant red underpants (like most writers), Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Tokyo

“A genuinely gripping crime thriller which wrong-foots and perplexes the reader throughout, drawing us in emotionally . . . Highly recommended.” –Raven Crime Reads

For nine years, Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura thought his mother’s death was an accident. Then he gets a call, and his life begins to unravel. Because if it wasn’t an accident…what was it? *Read more*

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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!

2 thoughts on “Sexy Red Undies Opposite Day” Leave a comment ›

Eda says:

March 13, 2015 at 6:03 pm

We have an old lady store in this neighborhood but I’ve never noticed red knickers. Will have to check it out.

- Jonelle Patrick says:
  
  March 16, 2015 at 1:31 am
  
  Let me know if they have the red ones there!（笑）I’ve only seen them on Koshinzuka-dori, but I can’t say I often go into those rather forbidding old lady shops!