[Paul11]

Ok. To be more clear and friendly:

A hotel yukata is most simple because its like a long robe and the obi is more of a long, narrower sash that can be tied simply. Like, not same, as a robe. You get out of a hot spring and are sweaty and hot and it's loose and cool. Jeans,t-shirt arer clingy when wet, tight and take more time to put on is such a situation.

But wear that in the street and I know J-folk will say, "Hen na gaijin." Every Japanese person I know will say that. You don't want to look like a "wierdo or strange gaijin." Especially in a country where most people don't meet foreigners let alone ones that understand them and their culture.

And anyone who can find me in California is welcome to drop by for a drink, some laughs and whatever other trouble they bring.