The Shopping

My oh my, never has an old veteran like myself seen such a range of interesting and well fitting gentlemens clothing. There are some benefits to a country where the myth of the macho does not exist, and this is one of them. It is not shameful or sexually ambiguous to dress well, and the clothing available reflects this belief. Some of the Tokyo lads are so well dressed and groomed, it practically stunning. And to my amazement, they have large department stalls divided into mens and womens buildings, and the mens building rivals the womens on size. There are so many shops dvoted entirely to men that cater for tastes past the chino and collared shirt that it almost brings a tear to ones eye to think that I shall have to return to a western country, where interest in dressing well results in assumptions of homosexuality. So there it is lads. For a serious shopping and for sales that actually offer what they promise – Japan should be your first port of call. Just be careful one isn’t distracted by the Charisma Man effect.