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Whatever, the 2nd amendment to the constitution, which happened to be ratified a whole 4 years after the constitution was, same difference

We have the right to bear arms....We don't have to use guns we could use sticks too.... ninja

born raised 100% japanese.... tokyo was my home for the first 10 years.i know the culture well. but at this point, ive lived in the US longer so im as japanese as apple pie. most stereotypes are true. if there weren't some truths to it, there wouldn't be one.

many are shy, smart, loud, fasionable, very consumer oriented, and pervs. what many ppl do not know is that they are also a bit of a racist (at least the older generation..) maybe racists is not the correct word, maybe a bit of a superiority complex but are generally plesant and nice folks.

Are you talking about Americans or people from Japan? whee We're all the same....

the japanese dont know much about americans, unless they personally know one. since all they ever know about americans is what they see on TV or in Movies or in the news. and i know how that feels. since when i lived in japan thats all i though of the americans to be, what i saw on TV.

This is all very interesting. But it sucks if I wasn't able to go to a bath house. That is a must when you are in Japan. No, maybe those are hot springs?

I've never had any problems going into bath houses, but I've usually only gone to famous ones, relatively large ones, or ones at a hotel or ryokan where I was staying. My female friend with a tattoo also never had any trouble. I also don't think a male foreigner, even with a tattoo, would have too much trouble, especially if they know a little Japanese and are polite. Plus, they can't really check you to see if you have a tattoo before you go in... Anyway, maybe it would be different at a smaller, private place. (PS: The onsen in Noboribetsu are awesome! Go if you can.)

As far as the stereotypes, yeah, most Japanese people think that all Americans own guns, that they eat steak every day for dinner, that they hate fish, that they have huge houses, that they're loud and rude and fat... there are a lot of stereotypes. But, most people in Japan are very polite, and as long as you try to be nice, you'll be greeted with a (usually sincere) smile.

I've found that sometimes Japanese people are so uncomfortable with foreigners that they will do their best to avoid them at all costs, but this is just because they rarely see them, and they probably assume that all the negative stereotypes are true. One time at the post office, I was trying to get a box shipped to the US. When I asked a young employee for help (in Japanese) she froze. After she stared at me for a few moments in silence, her supervisor came over to help me instead. Other people are better than that, though. When I joined a club at my University, most people were shy at first, but when they found out that I speak Japanese and that I had similar interests, they were very welcoming.