1st Kilted outing in Japan

[Magnus Sporrano]

Saltwater?

Yeah it's an inexpensive knock-off of Pakistani kilts made by poor laborers in Sudan.

[kilted Kiwi2]

Sorry Yaish

I ment to say that I was wearing my "Stillwater kilt" not Saltwater and I'm very happy with it as it fits very well and is a great deal, I'll be buying more kilts from them in the future as they provide a great service , good quality priced kilts for a resonable price

Kilted Kiwi

[Moosehead]

Saltwater?

Never heard of them? You have to wear your genuine Bolex watch with 'em.

Sorry KK, just playin' with ya. Well done. It can be strange enough wearing a kilt in a predominantly Celtic society like here on PEI. Can't even imagine doing it in the Far East.

[James Martin]

I'll soon be finding out what the Japanese think of kilts.
Going there for a holiday quite soon, and having nothing else to wear ...
One excuse, if needed, will be Scottish country dancing, which, believe it or not, has quite a following among the Japanese, and I shall be treaching dancing in a few places while I am there.
Should be fun -- if they understand what I'm talking about! I'm sorry to say, I certainly shan't understand much of what they are saying; my attempts to learn a few phrases from a book were quite without success! :confused:

Martin,
in Grenoble, France.

[flairball]

I plan to bring my kilt along on my next trip to Japan. I would imagine Japan to be one of the easier places to be kilted. I doubt a kilt would hardly be noticed in a city like Tokyo. My biggest problem with wearing a kilt will be my fiance. She is Japanese, and appearances are important to the Japanese. By apprearances I mean not appearing crazy, or too individual. Anyway, she conceeded that my kilt looked nice, and has offered a bit of kilt accessory fashion advice so,...
KK- If you get to Matsumoto there is a great biker bar there called Little Feat. Lots of fun, but I'd expect the regulars there would require a bit of kilt lifting. Lots of fun, but a lot more crazyness. There's an Irish joint there too called Old Rock, or something like that.

[auld argonian]

Let's hope that I express this in the spirit that it's intended...I love the Japanese People...find them just great...that being said, the fact that appearances, as you note, are so important to the Japanese actually should make your wearing the kilt quite acceptable...assuming that you observe all of the formalities of kilt wearing. I'm sure that any deviation from good kilted form will be noticed...not to generalize but it seems very "Japanese" to have a very good working knowledge of the ins and outs of all of the world's cultures and i wouldn't be suprised if you ran into folks who would know whether or not your gear was correct or not. In fact, I would think that wearing the kilt would be considered very right on and that you will get a lot of very positive feedback....smile and bow, my man, smile and bow.

...and don't forget your business cards!

...and be prepared to be photographed a lot...you'll probably have folks wanting to get into the shot with you so that they can show their friends that they met the kilted guy.

...and by all means try to go to Kyoto and Nara!

Best

AA

[Riverkilt]

You'd think the Japanese folks would be used to unbifurcated garments on men...weren't the samuri unbifurcated too?

We get bus loads of Japanese tourists here in the canyonlands. When my lady and I go out dancing at the local western bars they are always sneaking pictures of us. They don't ask, they pretend to be taking a friends picture and then sneak a sideways one of the funny man dancing in a kilt....at least that's what my lady reports...they like to take my pic from the back with the pleats swinging.

Ron