Quote from: Rampion on February 21, 2014, 10:08:37 AM

Quote from: severance26 on February 21, 2014, 10:06:29 AM

also sitting around with their hoodies up in japan looks super sketchy.

This was funny, care to elaborate?

Maybe the usual custom in Japan is to wear only a t-shirt while its freezing cold and snowing like Karpeles does?

Yeah, sorry.

In Japan, when someone does something where they don't want to be recognized, one typically wears a hood and medical facemask (and maybe sunglasses for a 'total sketch' look). Even without the glasses though, this makes one tough to pick out. Medical facemasks are worn regularly in Japan by people of all ages; high population density makes cold/flu spread very easily. There is much controversy as to whether this is in anyway effective but people do it anyway. So, wearing a mask hides your identity pretty well, but it's socially acceptable. Putting a hood up on top of that though, crosses some vague line in the Japanese mind. Haha thats really the only way I can describe it.

Hoodies are pretty popular here. I've never seen anyone use the hood barring a serious snowstorm. Its fashionable, but people dont put them up, unless they are committing a crime. Tongue

Google 'downtown tokyo in winter'. You'll see facemasks but no hoods.

Anyhow Japan functions largely on image alone, so I was just pointing out that these guys look very sketchy dressed like that, even if its not their intention.

Oh and, it being Tokyo, it hit 9 deg C today. Its not that cold here.