{"id":84300,"date":"2023-11-15T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84300"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:37:29","slug":"the-mail-tests-out-a-new-holiday-wardrobe-rental-service-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/travel\/the-mail-tests-out-a-new-holiday-wardrobe-rental-service-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mail tests out a new holiday wardrobe rental service in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Hire your entire holiday wardrobe! Tourists can now travel luggage-free to Japan &#8211; with rented clothes ready on arrival. Our writer tests it out&#8230; and has a few trouser issues<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gareth Rubin tests out Japan Airlines&#8217; &#8216;clever&#8217; new clothes rental service<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He pays a &#8216;very reasonable&#8217; \u00a334 to hire a bundle of clothes for 10 days\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0I&#8217;m a train driver &#8211; here&#8217;s why leaves on the line are a problem<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What is wrong with your trousers?\u2019 I\u2019m in a cupboard-sized, six-seater micro-bar in Tokyo. A trendy young woman with bleached hair has stopped pouring me a drink to stare instead at my ankles, which are exposed to the elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s for the environment,\u2019 I explain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The&#8230; environment?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes,\u2019 I say. \u2018To save it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She looks back down to my feet and all I can do is smile and outline how and why wearing trousers that are too short for me is somehow good for the planet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/09\/77395233-12709709-image-a-1_1699089569930.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Rubin tries Japan Airlines&#8217; new clothes rental scheme. He pays a &#8216;very reasonable&#8217; \u00a334 to hire a holiday wardrobe for his 10-day trip to Japan, which begins in Tokyo (pictured)<\/p>\n<p>It goes something like this: Japan Airlines has just started a clever new service. Instead of taking a suitcase full of clothes with you when you visit the country, it will rent you a full set of tops and trousers\/skirts that have been bought either second-hand or from fashion outlets. You need only take underwear and shoes.<\/p>\n<p>A package of the items is waiting for you at your hotel, and you leave them to be picked up when you leave. The cost is a very reasonable \u00a334 for ten days.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s some choice. You get to select male or female sets, small, medium, large or XL; how many items you want; and whether they come from the spring\/summer or autumn\/winter collections. There are kids\u2019 clothes too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77395995-12709709-image-a-43_1699092807068.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth says that Japan Airlines&#8217; new service &#8216;benefits the traveller who doesn\u2019t need to haul so much stuff around&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/11\/77395235-12709709-Wrong_trousers_Gareth_wearing_his_rented_apparel_in_Tokyo-a-7_1699269151883.jpg\" height=\"577\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Wrong trousers? Gareth wearing his rented apparel in Tokyo<\/p>\n<p>The service, branded as Any Wear Anywhere (anywearanywhere.store), benefits the traveller who doesn\u2019t need to haul so much stuff around. The airline also saves significantly on the fuel it would otherwise expend carrying one more suitcase per person. And the environment is better off too, as the unused fuel is no longer turned into C02.<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s the theory. The practice seems to be trousers that don\u2019t reach all the way down.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m 6ft and medium-large build, so I\u2019ve selected a \u2018large\u2019 set, and it\u2019s October, so I\u2019ve gone for autumn\/winter. Of my three pairs of trousers, the first out the bag were the felty powder-blue ones that I am wearing but don\u2019t reach my ankles.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a pair of shiny, tight, silver-coloured disco-style trousers that would probably split if I went dancing in them, and a copperish brown pair with peasant-style drawstring at the waist that do, at least, fit me.<\/p>\n<p>I can combine these with a long-sleeved lumberjackish check shirt which is the only top that is not so thick that I boil in the 25c \u2018autumn\u2019 weather. The outcome is that I have just one full set of clothes that I can wear without exposing my shins, splitting my seat or fainting from heat.<\/p>\n<p>It must be said that this is not optimal, even if I have, by Any Wear Anywhere\u2019s calculations saved 4.23 kg of carbon emissions on my flights.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the slight embarrassment is the fact I\u2019m staying in Tokyo\u2019s newest, hippest four-star hotel, the Groove. As the name suggests, it\u2019s a fashionable style hotel (before I check in, I\u2019m sent an information pack on the artist who individually designed my room). And I can\u2019t help but feel a bit self-conscious in my peasant couture as I head down to dinner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77395801-12709709-image-a-42_1699092172536.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth travels from Tokyo to\u00a0Hakone, a &#8216;pretty town sporting a lake (above) replete with boat trips, views of nearby Mount Fuji and hiking trails galore&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But afterwards, for the sake of research, I bite the bullet and pull on the three-quarter length trousers and head for the super-trendy bars of Golden Gai, a district of winding lanes in central Tokyo, where I end up trying to explain all to the bleached-blonde barmaid who rolls her eyes and goes back to pouring imported whisky.<\/p>\n<p>The next day I escape the city heat for nearby Hakone, a pretty town sporting a lake replete with boat trips, views of nearby Mount Fuji and hiking trails galore. I set off on one of the trails, partly because I fancy a bit of cool, fresh air; but also because it means I won\u2019t meet another stranger who will stare at what I\u2019m wearing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s strange how my odd clothes make me want to hide away. At least the ryokan \u2014 a traditional Japanese inn \u2014 where I\u2019m staying is fitted out for the purpose of keeping guests apart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/10\/77395797-12709709-image-a-40_1699092151251.jpg\" height=\"297\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Hakone, Gareth stays at Kinnotake Sengokuhara (pictured), a traditional Japanese inn\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Kinnotake Sengokuhara feels quite like a Bond villain\u2019s lair \u2014 all sleek, silent, dark passages and you actually have to call the front desk when you want to leave your room so they can make sure you don\u2019t see another guest. I take the opportunity of solitude to try on some of the other clothes \u2014 there\u2019s the slightly furry green Ralph Lauren top, the too-tight unbranded black polo shirt or the 1970s-style brown velvet button-up shirt with odd detailing across the shoulders. I\u2019m spoilt for choice, really. But they all look bad. Not just bad, in fact. Awful.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s back to the lumberjack shirt and the peasant trousers.<\/p>\n<p>And as the sun sets behind plumes of steam bursting up from the nearby volcano, I assess the new service and the wardrobe it has given me. It\u2019s a great idea, it\u2019s a rubbish outcome.<\/p>\n<h3>TRAVEL FACTS\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Return flights from \u00a3990pp (jal.co.jp). Seven-day rail passes from \u00a3275pp (japan-rail-pass.com). Doubles at Hotel Groove in Tokyo from \u00a3250 B&amp;B (hotelgroove.com). Suites at the Kinnotake Sengokuhara in Hakone from \u00a31,560 full board (kinnotake-resorts.com). An eight-day tour with Tokyo pass, transfers, accommodation and local flights from \u00a31,971pp (japan-experience.com); full-day \u2018discovery tour\u2019 of Hakone with lunch from \u00a3205pp.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12709709\/Hire-entire-holiday-wardrobe-Tourists-travel-luggage-free-Japan-rented-clothes-ready-arrival-writer-tests-trouser-issues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hire your entire holiday wardrobe! Tourists can now travel luggage-free to Japan &#8211; with rented clothes ready on arrival. 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