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7th February 13, 01:51 PM
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Colorado native in Japan
Howdy. I moved to Japan from the USA in 2001 and have been making a modest career here playing the piano.
I recently inherited a kilt from my dad since his passing last year. Having never owned a kilt before, I found this website very useful. I had actually taken up playing the bagpipes many years ago, but never have played them professionally or anything like that. But now at least I have the garb for it, and the Japanese seem to get a kick out of it too. Actually I was surprised to find out Tokyo has a pipes and drums band and hosts a Highlands event every October, so of course Scottish culture is not totally unheard of here.
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7th February 13, 03:11 PM
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 from Reno, NV
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.' Benjamin Franklin
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7th February 13, 03:13 PM
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from South Wales UK! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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7th February 13, 03:39 PM
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Welcome to the "Great Rabble!"  
Rev'd Father Bill White: Mostly retired Parish Priest & former Elementary Headmaster. Lover of God, dogs, most people, joy, tradition, humour & clarity. Legion Padre, theologian, teacher, philosopher, linguist, encourager of hearts & souls & a firm believer in dignity, decency, & duty. A proud Canadian Sinclair with solid Welsh and other heritage.
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7th February 13, 03:55 PM
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If you ever get up the gumption there is a bar in Motoyawata, Ichikawa that is Scottish themed, and has a fantastic selection of whiskey. It's called Bar Peat, and they probably have a web site. Be warned, it isn't very lively, in fact its quite quiet,but that makes it is a good date spot.
And welcome.
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7th February 13, 03:58 PM
#6
welcome from Germany
hejd@ jörg
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7th February 13, 04:14 PM
#7
Welcome from Southern California!
:-)
The Official [BREN]
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7th February 13, 06:44 PM
#8
Welcome, from 2 hours over in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Yes, there certainly some active Scottish culture here... I would suggest joining the St. Andrews Society of Tokyo and Yokohama. In fact, the Burns supper is next weekend, although I think the last call for tickets may have already passed. They are also the ones who organize the annual Highland Games.
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7th February 13, 06:48 PM
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7th February 13, 10:38 PM
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Yôkoso!!
I spent much enjoyable time with the St. Andrews Society of Tokyo. Their highland festival was a lot of fun, and the Japanese folks really seem to have gone for the haggis -- much to our surprise.
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