Sorry, but I was very confused by this chapter! It starts with this: "That’s not how you… Oh." Since that was in a new paragraph after Noriko had spoken, I thought it was Akiko speaking--especially since hers is the first name after the line. I thought Akiko was saying something like "that's not how you walk into the shrine" and the "oh" was Akiko realizing that Noriko wanted to re-do her belt. It took me three read-throughs to realize that Noriko was saying "that's not how you do the belt" and the "oh" was because she wasn't wearing any underwear.

And this question also confused me: "do you always wear underwear with one?" But Noriko <i>doesn't</i> wear a yukata at all, does she? She's not a miko, and we only ever see her in a kimono.

And if the yukata was the underwear, what was worn underneath? I feel like some information is missing there!