"James, or Jim." Either of those might be better than having Ichi struggle with the last name in public.

The cane is light and very slightly flexible, and has a loop at one end to make it easy to carry. "The blind in this time usually wear dark glasses... but if you can't stand them, we won't bother." Pulling them out of a pocket, he moves closer to loom in front of him, and carefully slides the glasses on Ichi's face.