Japanese Monks Take on ‘I can do this in monks’ robes’ Challenge

Buddhist monks across Japan are now banding together online to show their support for a monk who was fined for driving while wearing their traditional robe last year.

#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(声優) (@showzan331) January 2, 2019

With the hashtag “I can do this in monks’ robes” (僧衣でできるもん), monks across Japan are now posting clips on social media where they perform tasks like skipping ropes, playing the drums, and riding an exercise machine all while wearing their traditional garb, BBC reported.

あった。
回数微妙ですが二重跳び。#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/heMgVnv1wM

— 横山瑞法(Zuiho Yokoyama) (@zuiho_yokoyama) December 30, 2018

今年の叩き初め
#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/w8HUcxu5Ns

— 山田和孝 (Kossan) (@kossan1108) January 3, 2019

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

Some of them, however, decided to raise the bar a little higher by performing certain acts that require more physical effort and even precision.

スニーカーを履いていれば大体なんでも出来ますよ。
あけましておめでとうございます。#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/5iWW87OB6q

— その他の坊主 (@bayashi567) January 4, 2019

運転に支障があるとの事ですが、お坊さんの衣は足もちゃんと動きますよ。

#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/PVb1jepZQP

— とっしゃん@お坊さん大道芸人 (@tossyan753) December 31, 2018

話題なので・・！ 衣でも十分動けますし、運転になんの支障もありゃしませんw ついでにジャグリング納めです・・！#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/F1b8qemYeO

— てつっていう (@detteiu1109) December 31, 2018

これだけできるんだから、運転ぐらい困ることはないよね。#僧衣でできるもん pic.twitter.com/TneoRtCNMD

— へんも@ブロガー&足技で日本一の住職 (@henmority) December 31, 2018

On September 16 at around 10 a.m. in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, an unnamed 40-something monk was given a blue traffic violation ticket after a police saw him driving a light vehicle in his ritual robe. It was reportedly written on the violation ticket that he was “driving in kimono that could affect safe driving,” according to The Yomiuri Shimbun.

The monk, who was on his way to a ceremony and wore a robe that falls below his knees when he was stopped over by the traffic police, said that this was the first time he had been given a ticket in his 20 years of driving while wearing the same attire.

In Japan, road traffic law prohibits people from driving while wearing clothes that could severely affect safe driving. However, an official was quoted by the publication saying that not all Buddhist monk robes are subject to this violation, which certainly leaves the rules vague.

If he refused to pay the fine, the authorities may send the official papers to a public prosecutor for the violation and the case could possibly turn into a formal trial, but this scenario did not deter the monk.

“I’d like to clearly state at a trial that I can drive safely in a monk robe,” he told the media.

Featured image screenshot (left) via Twitter / tossyan753, (right) via Twitter / detteiu1109

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