Well, I need to work on my pithy replies. I've got them down pat in English, but the real challenge is knowing what to say in Japanese, as I rarely get asked: "What do you wear underneath your kilt?" (or variations of the question), but the much more to-the-point: "Do you wear underwear under your kilt?" The prior version lends itself to many clever replies like "lipstick" or "shoes and socks" etc... But asking directly is a bit different, I recon.

The locals do NOT share the same Judeo-Christian hangups about body parts and bodily functions as we have in the West. People don't think twice about stripping down naked in front of dozens of people at a public bath, nor do people flinch at the prospect of being literally surrounded by people at the doctor's office while the doctor is examining them. Privacy curtains are not required. lol.