There are a lot of American actors who do advertisment in Japan. For instance I cant walk 5 ft without Ewan McGregor trying to sell me something. Coffee and I think cell phones usually. He isnt the only actor I see, but he is definelty the most common.

Oh yeah, I think it is very suprising to most Japanese women to hear that American men can cook. Or even do cook in the household. Where I doubt its common, but its not unheard of for men to do cooking in America. Especially with something like BBQ. I bet more men BBQ than women in America. In Japan, the most they may do is cook the meat after its all prepared.

Its also interesting hearing the Nancy, a Asian American, and WaiSz(Y-C), from Hong Kong, talk about how they didnt know how American, or Chinese they were until they came to Japan. This is even after WaiSz spent a year in America. I wonder if its easier for most European Americans to see how American they are in Europe, rather than in Asia...

 
So far in Japan I have also had several women mention that I have really beautiful eyes. When this happened once, I was just getting to leave it at that, but.... I guess having only brown and black eyes, and black hair in Japan really makes you appreciate those other colors. In fact right after telling some other Americans at a party that this kept happening to me it happened again. It's especially interesting because they have been described as everything from translucent to emerald.

People dying their hair is also really popular (It seems you either dye your hair, or dress up like a American gang member...). However it always seems to just be highlights, or bleaching. I haven't seen anyone go any further than that in the whole hair dying process. I wonder if those contact lens that change your eye color would be really popular here. I keep thinking of those every time I see a Japanese Ad with a model with blue eyes.

 
Trying to figure out how to wear a Kimono for the first time really reminded my of my first few attempts to tie a tie. Getting the actual "bathrobe" part of the Kimono on isn't difficult; it is the piece of fabric under the obi, and the obi itself that are a pain to do. Especially because they showed us several different styles, and methods to actually tie the things but we only tried each method once.

Kimonos though are decently comfortable once you have them on. It's kind of like a big bathrobe in some regards. They also really explain the Japanese method of sitting, and probably why sitting cross-legged is slightly impolite.