With permission I wore my festival outfit (甚平, jimbei) to give a presentation in Kyōto on "Gion Matsuri and Japanese Festivals"! After dressing professionally for 105 different academic presentations, this was the first time to cosplay! I love trying new or mischievous things. Cosplay was actually one of the discussion topics along with traditional Japanese clothing. There was a balance of lecture, group discussions, and many questions that I had welcomed. Many of the California college students, here briefly to study abroad, sincerely thanked me afterwards, with words like "awesome." I went all out to prepare the slideshow and to delight the audience with both depth and humor.
Slideshow: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393601135
or https://www.academia.edu/130493544
or Japanese annotated (日本語の説明):
https://researchmap.jp/waoe/presentations/50603456?lang=ja
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