Stitch: Haven't tought about that, but you're right. There are enough rural corners in Europe which never have seen an Asian.
On chopsticks: I learned how to use them out of curiosity, but since the so called 'asian' restaurants in germany don't serve the rice cooked sticky it's rather pointless to ask for them.
your appearance: have you ever considered to sculpt some kind of japanese demon-mask (of course soft: foam and latex) onyour helmet? could be funny