Aside from that, I’ve added nothing, nor taken anything away. Viewed as both hilarious and harsh by the rest of Japan, I’ve done my best to convey that in the translation to English.
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Osaka and area has a very colorful dialect, full of slang and fiery local intonation. Just a quick note on translation before we start. Duly relaxed, we sat down and had a good chat. She giggled and said that Nogami-san had wanted her around just in case the foreign guy showed up firing away in English, which is normally the case. His relief upon my speaking Japanese was obvious, and he jokingly yelled back into his office that he wouldn’t be needing his bilingual female staff member to wait around anymore. Another jeans-clad employee quickly produced some freezing cold tea for us to drink, and I politely introduced myself. He cut quite a figure with his silver spiked hair, fantastic Samurai aloha shirt, and (what else?) perfectly faded jeans. Having found Samurai Jeans only 100 meters removed from said gang of octogenarian do-gooders, I strolled in and found Nogami-san busily working away on a computer. I’m not sure how they were able to accurately gauge a stranger’s hydration levels (I was thirsty), but I thanked them all the same for their concern. They did however warn me to take better care of myself on account of the heat and humidity, and admonished me to drink more barley tea. I had to in fact ask some local grannies who were furiously gossiping on the corner about two blocks away from Samurai Jeans if they knew where the place was – they didn’t.
The main shop itself is unassuming, and looks very much like a house. Nogami-san created Samurai Jeans in 1997 from very humble beginnings, and his jeans have become well-known around the world for their heavy denims and extreme attention to detail. I recently took a drive down to Samurai Jeans headquarters in the Umeda area of Osaka to chat with Samurai Jeans founder, Toru Nogami. Denim legend Toru Nogami with one of his beloved (and extremely modified) Corollas.
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