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Wearing A Kilt In Japan -
11-09-2010, 09:04 AM
I will be visiting Japan in November for 10 days at the end of the month. I am Scottish and regularly wear my kilt throughout the year I mentioned that I would be wearing it whilst travelling in Japan, and was told that most people would think, I was wearing a skirt, and would get unwelcome attention as a result.
I plan to travel during my 10 day visit and don't want to offend local customs or feel uncomfortable myself by being inappropriately dressed. I have had no problems anywhere else in the world, and imagine my friend ( a native Japanese woman) may be wrong. Any thoughts/advice? 
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11-09-2010, 09:11 AM
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Some will understand, some will think it is a skirt. I don't think anyone will be offended, but you might get some questions that will be fun to answer.
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11-09-2010, 09:46 AM
Jonathon Davis (the lead singer of Nu Metal band KoRn) is known for wearing kilts, & he's American. I think with the whole Visual Kei culture & young people's fashions like lolita etc., you should be fine. Maybe learn a bit of Japanese to say that its a kilt, & is an item of clothing from Scotland, much similar to what the kimono (or yukata) is for Japan
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11-09-2010, 04:42 PM
why shouldn't kilts be worn? IN the army the men with kilts and the Bagpipes scared the enemy to pieces I believe.
Be proud of National dress. a kilt represents the clans of scotland-- each clan has its own tartan. Be proud.!! why the heck shouldn't the men wear them? considering the way many women dress up--- Actually kilts were popular not so long ago-- but instead of tartans they had varied designs and the men look great as their kilts swings and shows their gorgeous legs.
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11-09-2010, 04:54 PM
You see A LOT of kilts on the day of Scotland playing in an international football match
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11-09-2010, 06:08 PM
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It's just that - because it's so uncommon - I know a lot people locally who would treat it as a joke or a laugh, or worse, a cause for aggression. I'm not saying those people are a majority, far from it, but it happens. I've seen people get mocked or bullied for the stupidest differences in appearance, and something like a kilt - which perhaps would be mistaken for a skirt, or treated as such - seems a lot more cause for attention. Even if that attention wasn' aggressive I could easily see some people making jokes or pointing or giving unwanted attention. I don't know about Japanese culture in specific in regards to this, but it just doesn't seem a good idea. . .
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11-09-2010, 07:47 PM
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I happen to appreciate a man who can wear a kilt properly and regularly. but as has been said, outside of the highlands it's not a common sight. I think the reaction you get, aside from stares (guaranteed), might depend a bit on how you look in it. I have watched many a young, thin, attractive man looked at as if he was either cross-dressing or an outlandish rocker of some sort. However, a older man of stouter build, perhaps with a fitting beard, seems to translate the look from skirt to kilt for almost anyone who has any stereotypical image of a Scot for reference.   Only an open mind and open heart can be filled with life. ********************* Find your voice; silence will not protect you.
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11-09-2010, 07:51 PM
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Thing is,if you do some research...Kilts are actually Egyptian in origin. they were brough over by egyptian soldiers working for the romans.
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11-09-2010, 07:57 PM
Well, my b/f KuronUSA... we met in England but he had moved from Scotland and now is off at uni in USA. He said he would never be seen in a kilt but I am on a drive to get him into one at least at our wedding and...well...I find them sexy on men perhaps rather the way men find short skirts on women
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