You have to realize that a bunch of gaijin go to Japan, and really **** up reputations for the good gaijin who want to live peacefully in Japan. US Armed Forces personal refuse to pay bills, and generally **** around Japan like it's a playground for them. There are so many reasons why the Japanese should hate us, but I'm just glad they put up signs like, "beware of gaijin". It could be much worse.yekita said:Japan is the best country and i'd do anything to go there....but now i'm kind of scared to go there. After hearing things like people point and whisper to foreigners, and the police putting signs that say "beware of foreigners" in public places. When (or if) I do go to Japan, will I even have one moment of a good time (besides being in my hotel room) without racism?
Thor said:US Armed Forces personal refuse to pay bills
Brooker said:I rarely got stared at. I must be scarry looking or something. As far as, "Oh I'm afraid people might stare at me," goes, toughen up dude. Who cares.
I'm not saying it was recent or anything, I'm sure they pay their bills now, but my uncle constantly refused to pay his bills while stationed in Japan, not a very bright side of my family, but it's true. I wasn't bashing the armed forces, ^^.mikecash said:Would you care to back up that statement?
mad pierrot said:I hope you haven't gotten a negative image of Japan from Jref. Although negative issues get alot of attention here, it's important to realize Jref is not an accurate reflection of Japan. It's just a reflection of individual's opinions. (Many of whom have never even been to Japan.)
My advice is go and see for yourself. I've lived in Japan for over two years now, and my positive experiences ridiculously outweigh and negative ones I've had. Form your own opinion, and don't be scared to go against what others have said. That doesn't mean ignore everything you read on Jref; there are many experienced people here who you can learn from. But as Uncle Frank says, be prepared to take some things with a grain surger.
Don't be discouraged!
TyPe-ZeRo said:I was in Japan for three hours, and I really don't want to add to the negativity of this thread, but I have to say that I did get pointed and laughed at. But theres a reason behind it, of which was me saying out loud at a duty-free store in Japan "Hey! They have Pokemon cookies here, the heck?" and two kids (Japanese, age 5-8) were pointing and laughing at me. But whatever, its not like i'm going to cry about it, and neither should you. Bad things are everywhere, though bad things get more attention than good things.
Brooker said:I rarely got stared at. I must be scarry looking or something. As far as, "Oh I'm afraid people might stare at me," goes, toughen up dude. Who cares.
Meshane said:What's up with the eyepatches over here in Japan anyway? I always see people wearing them. People catching some kind of virus or they just banging their eyes into stuff?
Thanks for clearing that up.deadhippo said:well after pirates of the carribean there was a pirate boom
so mothers have started to send their children to pirate school
in japan, you see, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality
the mothers have johnny depp crushes and they think that if their children grow up to be pirates like johnny perhaps one day they would bring johnny home for green tea and rice cakes
and if johnny came he may be able to convince Orli (Orlando Bloom) to come too
young girls wear eyepatches just in case they bump into johnny or orli on the high seas or perhaps perusing the high fashion in shibuya
they are trying to fool him into thinking they too are pirates
also the media have also started promoting this fad
the rumour is they were pressured into it from some select governent officials who believe that having johnny in japan would increase morale and if they are really lucky that he would invest his vast booty in the ailing supermarket chain Daiei
but thats just speculation
duff_o_josh said:on tuesday i got conjuctivitis, now people stare at me because i have to wear an eyepatch
and mr cash isnt that clark gable as your avatar?
mikecash said:It's going around. My son missed three days of school because of it last week. How much he missed them, I haven't asked.
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