A type of traditional Japanese jacket that is worn over other clothing.

It is often mixed up with other stuffed garments like the [[hanten_(clothes)|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.

Some well-known characters who wear chanchanko are:

* [[Kitarou]] from [[Gegege no Kitarou]]
* [[kitasan_black_(umamusume)|Kitasan Black]] from [[Umamusume]]
* [[Mito Mitsukuni]] from [[Mito Koumon]]

They also appear in a Japanese [[urban legend]] called the "Red chanchanko", a variant of "”Red Paper or Blue Paper”":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka_Manto#The_legend].

h4.See also

* [[Tag Group:Attire]]
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