To provide a towel which is easy to grip even for children, and is hard to slip or slip off, and by which a washing motion such as washing the back while holding both ends of the towel by hands on the back can be easily performed.

Pockets 4 are provided on external sections 3 and 3 which continue from the outsides of gripping sections 1 and 1 on both sides in the longitudinal direction. Thus, a step 5 due to a difference in the thickness is formed on the borders between the external sections 3 and 3 and the gripping sections 1 and 1. Then, the gripping is stabilized by the step 5.