/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Slowpoke is so cute. I wish I had one as a pet. We'd take it easy together.

Gaijin just are not used to japanese strictness and formalities, so they think they're being mistreated.

They like you if you're blonde and good looking

Like me, but not fat :(

If you are a bumblefuck idiot then yeah, you are kind of ostracized and given the cold shoulder a lot. If you try to be as gracious as you can and try to emulate those around you as best you can people will generally be nice and forgive any accidental social blunders if you apologize/make up for it/learn from it.

>>2678318

Slowbros are bros.

They're fine with you until you try to live there and become a part of the community. Then you are guilty until proven innocent, it's like being politely interrogated 24/7. Once while riding the train I was shouted at by a drunk middle aged man, he just kept shouting that it was all foreigners fault the economy was bad and that we were increasing crime.

Here is an example discussion between my best friend and his mother.

"Why do you hang out with that foreigner all the time?"

"Because he's a good friend of mine."

"But he isn't Japanese!"

"So? He's my best friend."

"But he isn't Japanese."

Rinse and repeat. I haven't been to visit in over a year now, but it was the same last time I saw her.

>>2678433
tl;dr

To most Japanese, non-Japanese are sub-humans that they want to stay the fuck away from, politely.

That usually happens in areas like Hokkaido.

>>2678461
I lived in Kyushu. So I imagine it's better in and around Tokyo, though living there would be a different kind of crazy.

I got along fantasticly with Japanese people, they actually liked me for being different.

But here's the catch: I had to act in a way that conforms to their cultures, not offend them with stuff or weird questions, and only emphasize the wanted part of foreign-ness. This is more or less the same with all Asians.

It's not terribly hard, you just gotta know how to act.

>>2678503
Knowing how to act is the hard part.

There are just so many rules you have to remember and apply on the spot that you are bound to fuck up at least once. Also, you will always be a filthy gaijin no matter how you act.

>>2678503
Did you visit or live there?

>>2678555
You are the worst.

If American people treat foreigners badly do you recommend that they "act in a way that conforms to their culture"?

Of course not! You blast them for being intolerable and xenophobic! Why is it different when the Japanese do it you fucking weeaboo piece of shit?

>>2678503You are the worst.

If American people treat foreigners badly do you recommend that they "act in a way that conforms to their culture"?

Of course not! You blast them for being intolerable and xenophobic! Why is it different when the Japanese do it you fucking weeaboo piece of shit?

>>2678583
Because that's just how Asians roll, you crying bitch.
Get with us or get the fuck out. You want to bend over for foreigners in your own country, that's your business. I could care less if you want to call us "xenophobic", like that means anything to us.

>>2678593
It's pretty much a standard rule whenever you visit or live in a foreign country. The U.S. just doesn't have as defined of a culture so there aren't as many customs and such to conform to, but foreigners are still expected to try to fit in.

>>2678556
Lived and worked for about a year

>>2678593 BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
I'd expect the same in my country. And no, I'm not American nor white. Ever heard of the phrase "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"?

>>2678294
The formula is simple.
Don't be an asshole -> people won't hate/avoid you.
Of course, there are always those who _are_ xenophobic and won't treat you well regardless of your attitude, but we have those in America too.

Having been there for 9 months I have to say they have two faces.

In the beginning I always felt isolated and like the odd one out and they treated me like it. In the place where I worked they'd always scream their bad English at me ignoring the fact that I spoke Japanese, but the longer I stayed the better it got. I learned how to act and speak etc and ever since I felt like they were friendly people once get to know them.
I think it has a lot to do with the kind of feeling you give off, if you think you're the odd one out then you are. If you act like them then they'll be friendly.

Of course I've only ever stayed at the same place for so long, so I wouldn't know about actually living there like >>2678433

>>2678433