Konnichiwa from Japan...

**Splash_4** · 23rd July 08, 04:48 AM

I seem to recall that we had another member on the board who was from Japan, I just can't remember his handle.. Congrats on continuing to expand the reach of the kilt!

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 23rd July 08, 04:53 AM

Youkoso

Welcome from a former resident of Japan!!! I wore my kilt a couple of times in Japan (in Yamaguchi prefecture) and the reaction was very positive with my friends. I'm hoping to get a few of my Japanese friends kilted at my wedding party in Scotland next month.

Nice tartan BTW.

**robthehiker** · 23rd July 08, 05:04 AM

from Oakville, Ontario

**CDNSushi** · 23rd July 08, 05:30 AM

Thanks for the kind welcomes everyone! You know, I never imagined that I'd be the only one in this country running around in a kilt, but much to my surprise, it seems I'm in good company with other X-members as well. I found this old thread:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/k...271/index.html

LOL.

Well, if any of you are currently in (or find yourselves on a trip) to Tokyo, give me a holler! We'll don our kilts and paint the town red! (Or at least go down to the local for a few pints).

I suspect that for many, wearing a kilt might be a stretch, mainly because tartans and especially kilted skirts are VERY popular womens' wear here -- from schoolgirls to brand name fashion houses... In fact, I did a bit of a search on the Tartan Authority's site, and there are several categories for Japan, including corporate, personal, fashion, just to name a few.

In fact, here's a bit of interesting history about one of them.

The Sachie Hara tartan (ITI#6228)

The design is a combination of the Douglas tartan and the Japanese flag.
At the visit of the Crown Prince of Japan in 1991, the then first Japanese Consulate General in Edinburgh in honour of the hospitality he had recieved wore the Douglas tartan with Highland dress at the formal banquet held in Edinburgh Castle thus establishing the connection with Japan and the Douglas tartan.
Sachie Hara is a present day (2002) actress and presenter of the Asahi National Broadcasting Company for whom the tartan is produced.

I also distinctly remember seeing a very pink one online once -- something that had to do with being inspired by cherry blossoms or something.

**Spc. Scott** · 23rd July 08, 05:35 AM

from Ithaca, NY!

The Czech National is a very nice tartan.

**12stones** · 23rd July 08, 06:08 AM

Dozo yoroshiku.

Welcome from another former resident of Japan (Okinawa). I can't wait to make it back there some day.

**Galician** · 23rd July 08, 06:43 AM

Ohayo and

from the Big Apple.

I was inspired to wear a kilt and directed to my first source by a young man who works near my office and always wears one. He came to kiltwearing through his stint as an English teacher in Japan too!