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If a shirt is designed to be tucked (i.e. has tails) then I tuck it. If not, not. Ties and close calls go to tucked, This is what I was taught growing up, but the times they are a changin'. A lot of new shirts in the Oxford button-down style (especially targeted for the younger crowd) have tails bu...

@hobofat I never thought Japan would be like that, though I suppose it's similar here as well. What about hakamas (bifurcated or unbifurcated)? Are those ever worn, even if only for ceremonial occasions? Unbifurcated hakamas might be worn a few times in your lifetime, as traditional wedding garb or...

Hmmm... An ex-pat Yank living in rural Japan -- there's got to be a story in that! Not too much of interest, I'm afraid. Both my wife and I had studied a bit of Japanese at university and wanted to travel some. Not having abundant resources to travel I managed to snag a job teaching English in publ...

New user here. A Yankee living in rural Japan. Skirts and kilts outside of Tokyo and Osaka (maybe Kyoto) will get A LOT of stares and maybe some snide remarks, particularly from teenage boys and elderly males. But no violence-- verbal or physical. 99% of people of people who notice will ignore, as t...