chanchanko (clothes)
A type of traditional Japanese jacket that is worn over other clothing.
It is often mixed up with other stuffed garments like the hanten, dotera or tanzen, but is easily told apart becomes it has no sleeves.
It was mostly used as clothing for kids, but there is a custom for people who are celebrating reaching 60 years of age to wear a red chanchanko. This custom has become less popular in recent times.
If you see a chanchanko in fictional works, there's a 99.99% chance it's one of the below:
- Kitarou from Gegege no Kitarou
- Mito Mitsukuni from Mito Koumon
- "Red chanchanko" (Japanese urban legend) - a variant of ”Red Paper or Blue Paper”.