During the hungry times during the Great Depression of the ’30s, many Japanese - including many from Kumamoto - emigrated to Brazil and California and Hawaii and left their cultural stamp wherever they went. For example, the “Hawaiian” (or “aloha”) shirt was originally made from yukata fabric which was reversed to give it a more weathered look. The most famous aloha shirt maker is Reyne Spooner, so famous that that’s how one refers to such a shirt. I’m wearing one now. They’re kinda hard to find, but look. - William