Aloha shirts made by the Japanese? Introducing resort-style men’s coordination & recommended items using Hawaiian traditional clothing.

The “aloha shirt” is said to have originated when Japanese immigrants to Hawaii tailored the “palaca,” a Portuguese work shirt, into a kimono. Therefore, many of the patterns have a somewhat Japanese taste, and the appeal is that they are easy to blend in. Thanks to the recent trend of mixed coordination, aloha shirts have been incorporated into a variety of styles, and are used in a surprisingly large number of situations. In this issue, we will focus on the origins of the aloha shirt, its summer style, and recommended items!

Aloha Shirts, the most popular type of resort wear, have their roots in the Japanese!

Aloha shirts are open-necked shirts with printed designs such as resort-style tropical patterns. Silk, rayon, polyester, and cotton fabrics are often used. Nowadays, brands are offering button-down short-sleeved shirts and other types of shirts with tropical patterns other than open-collar shirts as aloha shirts. As you know, aloha shirts originated in Hawaii, where immigrants from Japan wore open-collared shirts called “palaka” when they worked hard on sugar plantations from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The origin of the shirt is said to be that they made the shirt from a kimono they had on hand.

Find Aloha Shirts

Next, we will introduce some of the most popular ways to wear an Aloha shirt!