I apologize for not having anything substantial to add to this topic, but after spending a summer in Tokyo/Chiba, I noticed myself developing peculiar samurai-like walking habits. It seemed to be related to humidity and heat, a phenomenon I call "chafing."
We discovered a substance called "Johnson's Baby Powder" that, applied in liberal quantities, temporarily alleviated the condition.
Jack Bieler
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(pisses self with chuckles)
Jack,
I find that if I one wears only a fundoshi (like the ones they wear in festivals) and thongs around town, the humidity is really no problem at all. Oh, Oh......I gotcha. You mean you were in Japan during the summer wearing WESTERN CLOTHES not suitable for this type of climate! Gotcha! Well, that's your problem right there.
Greg Ellis
I like autumn best of all, because its tone is mellower, its colors are richer and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and it is content.