I love Anthony Cannon Walker's "Adventures of the kimono cowboy in the Far-West" series.

From his website: "When friends were visiting me in Tokyo, they saw two ladies dressed in kimonos sitting across from us in a cafe. One of my friends said: "Wouldn't the world be so much nicer if everyone wore their traditional clothes all the time?" And I replied, "But that would mean that we would have to dress as cowboys day in and day out." How do our outward appearances affect the way that we meet and connect with other people? Is it possible to 'meet' the place that you live in?"

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