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 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:58 pm
sean701 Ok I am a teenage african american guy and I'm interested in going to Japan one day as a student hopefully.I'm not fluent in the language but I know simple stuff mainly becuase I have this Pocket dictionary and guide book. I'm afrade that I migtht get attacked or swarmed by a whole bunch of japanese guys calling me names and attacking me. How do the japanese treat African Americans in japan?it seems that they treat others defferenly than African americans. Sorry if i seem sterotypical or anything its just That I have revealed some of things that everbody has posted here and I'm kinda nervous. Reading through the "Moving to Japan?' thread should help with that
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:09 pm
eek Do you know what it's like to feel like a tourist in your own country??? I do. Me and some of my friends were looking for teh Japanese Market in Dallas, and we accidentally stumbled upon the Korean Market (South Korean, of course). Everything was in Korean so we had to have some people translate so we could eat lunch. It was sooo fun, though. We had our iPods and we blared Korean and Japanese music on the way there and back! It was sooo fun! Now i want to go back.... crying xd whee 4laugh
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:36 pm
V2Larissa Haha...the same thing happen to me when I first came to US. My classmates just stared at me because I look different. They mumbled something about asian... stare But, we were little back then... I never experienced being a foreigner in Japan, but that's because we look the same xd They actually thought I was Japanese! xp Same here when i went for homestay in Japan. I'm Chinese Malaysian, but they thought i look like my host sister's elder sis. ^^
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:43 pm
I know for a fact that Japanese people just LOVE Caucasians, especially if they're pretty. xD
I know that they didn't like me, even though I was friends with my class when I was little.
I dunno, I think they didn't like me cause I had different opinions on everything or something. o:
I totally recommend someone going there and being uber - weird. it would be cool.
I'll do that someday, when I don't have relatives I might embarrass.
And don't be put off by their whispering. They actually adore Gaijins, quite alot. I agree, who wouldn't? usually unusual hair color with blur/green eyes. Different skin color, etc.
They just assume you can' speak japanese and stuff. ...I think. Cuz when I went there, my classmates wanted all the info on the hot people. xD
And My friend went to Japan and was asked for photos and such. xD
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:44 pm
Lastnight I had the most gaijin of all gaijin dreams. I was visiting Japan with someone (I never found out who) who knew the language and culture extensively but we got separated. There scary part was I knew I was in Japan but it really wasn't Japan in my dream, just Japanese-esque and I was completely lost.
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:09 pm
The one thing I really noticed when I went to Japan was the absolute look of terror some store clerks had when I came in, because they knew they would have to speak English. I get a kick out of it all the time, since the same thing happens in Korea. The mixed look of surprise and relief on their faces when you speak their language also makes it for me.
I've gotten used to the staring, but it does get to be a bit obnoxious when you think about how in other countries (the United States, for example) that wouldn't happen to them. I suppose you need to take those things with a grain of salt when you're an obvious foreigner in a relatively homogeneous society.
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:36 pm
roxybudgy I went to Japan around 4 years ago with a group of exchanges students. While my friend and I didn't get alot of attention (being Asian), our classmates, especially a tall loud blond, got lots of attention, whether it was stares, or little kids coming up to her and asking here where she's from. I don't think we attracted alot of negative attention because the area/city/prefecture we were in is a sister city and the school we attended was a sister school to ours. However, I've read many accounts of foreigners being treated differently, or even unfairly. It makes me think twice about going to Japan, even for a holiday. But I would like to go back someday. I've only seen from Oosaka to Hiroshima, there's still more to see. che_hyun My friend says that when her mom went to China, people were sort of rude and solitary. Like someone would push you if they were in a hurry and think nothing of it at all. Maybe it's a different part of China, or who knows what else. Slightly off topic, but I heard that in preparation for the Olympics, they're training people to smile at strangers to create a more welcoming atmosphere.
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:26 pm
I was in Japan for about a week during the summer two years ago. I don't really remember anyone giving me weird looks or any animosity, but that may have been because I visited the really touristy areas and didn't stray far from my tour group.
I remember freaking out this one clerk when I was taking a picture of the store she was working in.
The country that takes the cake for me for wigging me out as a foreigner is Greece. Walking around, you'd think they'd never seen an Asian person before. I was even videotaped. Kinda made me feel exotic, but it still was freaky.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:13 pm
I expect to get a negative reaction for being such an オカマ
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:54 pm
LIFEphemeral I expect to get a negative reaction for being such an オカマ Shinjuku Ni-choume. You will want to know this place.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:56 am
I'm living in another country myself. I'm an american living in the Netherlands, so I pretty much blend in, people think I'm dutch untill they start talking to me and surpise razz Little kids though think it's so cool when they hear me speak english. XD
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:10 pm
i never been called a genjiin when i went to japan. People were super nice to me, but i heard a lot of people calling some american foreigner, and it was hilarious, because they were speaking japanese so fast it did not seem normal.... did wat i said made any sense neutral i hope so sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:47 pm
Koiyuki LIFEphemeral I expect to get a negative reaction for being such an オカマ Shinjuku Ni-choume. You will want to know this place.
I feel no need to go to a certain area just because I'm gay.
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