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05-20-2011, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gahzirra View Post

One thing I found funny during my time in Japan...I really wanted clothing/hats that had a Japanese style to them but all I could find was Lakers or American surf company labels. When I asked my friend why I could not find any hats that were Japanese in style she said because it would be weird for Japanese to wear a Japanese styled hat...go figure.
That's simply their perception of style amongst themselves, and it's unavailability to anyone as such. They don't like something like traditional hats, therefore they're not produced, and ultimately not available as a souvenir to yourself. But it's not that the Japanese hats are something that they currently wear and would either object or embrace to a foreigner wearing them either way.


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