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**Koayrbzh** · 03-01-2006, 08:00 AM

My Hakama is tetron, and I wash it in a machine with no problems once or twice a month. It is getting a bit of wear - but I expect that after 3 years. I loved Neil's comments about dry cleaning! When living in Japan, I regularly had my hakama dry cleaned. It was only 200 yen, and it came back all pressed and folded PERFECTLY - it was like getting a new hakama every 2 weeks for $1.50! When I moved back to Hawaii, I took the hakama to the local dry cleaner (who assured me they knew what to do with it) and the pleats were DESTROYED. Live and learn!

Guess that clearly shows that's hakama-wearing MA's are far more common in Japan and thus the dry cleaning places have a lot more customers taking them there than any other place? XD

I've taken 2 different hakamas to dry-cleaning once each.
The first time, it was an indigo tetron hakama. As Tiki said.. the pleats were gone!!!!... they just ironed them out of there!!!!

They did exactly the opposite I told them..

Second time, it was my newest black hakama. Oddly enough, I took it to the same dry-cleaning place. Guess I was willing to give them a second chance. And it wasn't that bad, considering I told the attending gal that if they screwed up, they'd do it again =P And this time they did right!, very good I must admit. It looked as if the hakama was new. I was happy and it looked really neat.

03-01-2006, 08:00 AM	#11
Koayrbzh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	My Hakama is tetron, and I wash it in a machine with no problems once or twice a month. It is getting a bit of wear - but I expect that after 3 years. I loved Neil's comments about dry cleaning! When living in Japan, I regularly had my hakama dry cleaned. It was only 200 yen, and it came back all pressed and folded PERFECTLY - it was like getting a new hakama every 2 weeks for $1.50! When I moved back to Hawaii, I took the hakama to the local dry cleaner (who assured me they knew what to do with it) and the pleats were DESTROYED. Live and learn! Guess that clearly shows that's hakama-wearing MA's are far more common in Japan and thus the dry cleaning places have a lot more customers taking them there than any other place? XD I've taken 2 different hakamas to dry-cleaning once each. The first time, it was an indigo tetron hakama. As Tiki said.. the pleats were gone!!!!... they just ironed them out of there!!!! They did exactly the opposite I told them.. Second time, it was my newest black hakama. Oddly enough, I took it to the same dry-cleaning place. Guess I was willing to give them a second chance. And it wasn't that bad, considering I told the attending gal that if they screwed up, they'd do it again =P And this time they did right!, very good I must admit. It looked as if the hakama was new. I was happy and it looked really neat.
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