In the first bizarre trend of the year, Japanese monks are taking to the inter webs to show off their moves in their robes.
Things kicked off when one of their own was issued a driving ticket for “driving in a kimono that could affect safe driving.”
For all you festival-heads returning from Falls, Lost Paradise and all manner of other festivals this week, be thankful we don’t have Japanese driving garment laws.
The monk, who was sporting a ritual Buddhist robe that fell below the knee, is refusing to pay and as a result has kicked off the “I can do it in a monks robe” craze.
Don’t step in a car if your rocking this in Japan
Using the hashtag which translates to the above catchphrase, monks are now posting videos of themselves skating, juggling, skipping &…other things.
https://twitter.com/detteiu1109/status/1079715414400163841
Feel free to let us know what this is called in the comments
僧衣を着ててもこんくらい出来るので、車の運転で僧衣が邪魔になることはないのです。#僧衣 #法衣 #僧侶 #お坊さん #リップスティック #安心安全の僧衣 #パジャマより気楽に着れちゃう pic.twitter.com/bFnjmVgxYV
— 麻田弘潤 僧侶で消しゴムはんこ作家です (@gokurakusan) December 30, 2018
The Monks are aiming to prove that driving in a kimono is a safe activity, as well as numerous other activities that we might not imagine Buddhist monks taking to straight away.
Perhaps the greatest thing produced by the trend is this Monk below wielding a light-saber, essentially proving himself to be a real-life Jedi.
#僧衣でできるもん #StarWars
改良衣ですが参加!
動きやすくてとても便利です。 pic.twitter.com/oXZEHv0Dw0— 祥山(療養中) (@showzan331) January 2, 2019
Is this any weirder than the Broccoli Latte trend that we saw last month?
Maybe, maybe not. But it’s an early reason in the year to smile, and we need as much of that as we can get around here.
エアロバイクだって乗れるし、車の運転は支障ないと思うんだ!#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/tB2eLkEczT
— 焼け石に肉 (@yakeishininiku) January 2, 2019