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Last weekend I went to Kyoto city which was called Miyako in famous Hollywood Geisha film " Memoirs of a Geisha ." I visited there a few times in the past. But this time was kind of new experience because I wore kimono all the time during my trip. Do you know what kimono literaly means in Japanese? It means "thing to wear." Yes, that simply means "cloth." In the old days everyone wore it in everyday life. Now people wear it occasionally only for special events such as New Year's day, coming of age or wedding ceremony. Most of us do not wear it casually. Even in Kyoto, you...

A Candadin man experiences FUNDOSHI, Japanese traditional male underwear, swimming suit and custume for festival. Read Chapter 1 first. “Hi, Taro” Jacques greeted him. He met him in a situation he never wanted to meet in. But surprisingly Taro wore Fundoshi swimwear as well. Red Fundoshi. Jacques asked him “you came here for swimming” in English. “Yes, in this...

Joined demonstration march in Shibuya, most crowded shopping and entertaining district in Tokyo. Estimated around 400 people participated. 12 ospreys were deployed in Okinawa,...

Two films are stories about Afro-Americans in the U.S. Both of them described hard situations that Black people had experienced in the past and maybe even now. "The Help" was a story of...

I hope some day I will be a very sexy muscular man. Now I am like this.