Japanese social media briefly lit up in exasperation and bewilderment. People were mystified that anyone could accuse a kimono try-on event of being racist or imperialist.

People in Japan, a massive homogeneous culture, are not equal to Japanese Americans, members of a much larger society who try to retain a grasp on what their own culture is. To say that Japanese people are going to have correct opinions on the matter isn't accurate. The issue isn't the US actions on them, but on the US actions on those living in the US, or Japanese Americans. The regular Japanese have their own nation, their own culture, and it is not at risk of being twisted into something it is not.

I honestly think culture should not be respected in the least. Not held as sacred, but broken down and twisted apart at every opportunity. If you don't want to line up with the culture of the nation you are in, and want to control that nations actions so you can have your own little box of things that belong to you, go back to Japan.

But the people with a say in this situation should not be the Japanese. It should be the Americans.