Stereotypes of Foreigners in Japan

[@sp.arccch6268]

another you can add in is the foreigner that avoids other foreigners, not really sure if its because they want full immersion into the culture or if its because it reminds them of back home but Ive been in social situations where these type of people will intentionally avoid talking to you or keep their distance, great video!!

[@Exjapter]

That is a great one! Should've included it.

[@ThatBlokeInJapan-v5p]

that's me! living by the beach in kyushu. I don't know a single foreigner (now) as we all lost contact after I stopped drinking and moved out to the countryside. thank goodness for the internet. I'd have cabin fever if I couldn't talk to people online. 🙂

[@zensweptandinteresting]

But how can you tell the difference between a tourist and a foreign resident? Same problem for Nihonjin? If it looks like a tourist and walks like a tourist - it's a tourist. Do you spend time and effort building rapport with passing tourists? Just asking.

[@Kara-l1h]

Looking forward to the upcoming deep dives you mentioned.

[@Enemtee]

I would say that one type of foreigners is the one talking about and stereotyping other foreigners, and even trying hard to stay away from other foreigners. "I am more japanese than other foreigners".

[@Exjapter]

Yes, there is that competitive thing to say "I fit in more than you."

[@mdee8784]

Enjoyed this one! Interesting observations as always

[@Exjapter]

Thank you!

[@najstephy5565]

Thank you for another great video

[@Exjapter]

Cheers!

[@otibed358]

I can see a bit of myself in pretty much all of those stereotypes!

[@Exjapter]

As can I.

[@elenakursteiner4729]

Is it so that All mentioned categories of the foreigner you also do find everywhere abroad or it’s specific for Japan only? Thank you for interesting content and thanks that you remain very genuine ❤

[@Exjapter]

I agree with others who mentioned that these stereotypes are amongst foreign residents in every country.

[@johnfish5994]

Thanks for the upload! As one of the yearly crop of prospective JETs bingeing youtube while we wait to hear back about our applications this channel has been great. What percentage of western foreigners do you think don't really fit into any of these stereotypes, i.e. successfully assimilated and well adjusted? Also, I don't know if this is something that fits your channel or not, but video that I would be really interested in seeing is your personal career path. Transitioning from JET to the broader professional world is probably my biggest anxiety about going, so hearing the perspectives of people that made it work would be really cool.

[@Exjapter]

My story has been told in pieces over time on the channel, but I don't think I have told it all in one spot - that's a good idea. Best of luck with your JET assignment!

[@StudioHoekhuis]

I'm still amazed at the notion that people are classified on their looks. When an 'average' guy has a relationship with a beautiful wife, there must be something 'wrong'. Personality seems of no importance what so ever...

[@Exjapter]

Very true. People are judgemental, and it's one of our flaws. I try not to be - this topic is just for knowledge and entertainment purposes (and like I said, I don't even find that stereotype all that true.)

[@pepsitate8019]

I feel that the LBH category applies to me in a somewhat roundabout way. I don’t live in Japan but visit on a somewhat regular basis and tend to have a more active social life when I’m there. I do have a SO and friends in the states, but feel that something about being in Japan serves as a conduit to being more social since all of my Japanese friends love to go out drinking on the regular

[@Exjapter]

Japan turned me into an alcohol drinker, tbh. Work parties, meeting friends and the like, so much socialization is surrounded by alcoholic beverages.

[@Zante_on_google]

I will listen to the future video about it, but I probably fall into the Japanophile category. It is after all on one of my visits that I met the woman that became my wife. I will probably fall also into the "explain foreign culture to Japan" category, I will be moving to Tottori (so not Tokyo ;) ) prefecture in January, and I am Italian. I would like to show Italian culture past the stereotypes that I've seen when I've been introduced to my wife's family. One of her sisters's coworkers even asked her if I was with the Mafia! I'm not planning to push it though, just my personal way to start being part of the community. As for the Japansplainer, the way I am I am at risk of falling in that stereotype, but I've seen so many Italiansplainers that I know to hold back and listen. As for you, I like that you own the stereotype, but I really don't think it applies. You specify that these videos are from your point of view, and you do it every time, but wouldn't a Japansplainer say "this is the way it is" rather than "this is the way I see it"? In my experience Japansplainers are mostly frequent tourists rather than residents, there is some overlap with the Japanophile in that the enthusiasm for Japan sometimes clouds judgement.

[@Exjapter]

You make a good point, and I thank you for it. This is not a troll, but I have to ask... as an Italian, what do you think of Italian food as it is represented in Japan?

[@Zante_on_google]

​@@Exjapter I have mostly kept away from it. Not to throw any shadow on Japanese cooks, I have eaten some very good Italian food in Himeji, around 2006, and a Japanese cook that was in Italy to study the local cuisine stayed at my parents' B&B for a while and kept his cat at my mother's cat hotel while he was around touring. I know they usually take learning this kind of stuff seriously. Mind you I've had some pretty awful Italian food even in Italy, so the location is no excuse. No, I've kept away from Italian food in Japan because why would I eat Italian when there is such variety and freshness in Japanese food to enjoy? I cook and eat mainly Italian at home in Italy so I want to enjoy "non Italian" when I travel. I love food, I love making it and I love eating it, and I believe that people are the motor of culture, and food the fuel of said motor. What's the point of travelling if you don't eat the local "culture fuel"? Mind you, once I settle in Japan I might sample also some less Japanese offerings, but we'll see.

[@Exjapter]

That makes perfect sense. As you suggest, as someone who lives here I have to branch out a bit. The best Italian I have had in Japan was under the train tracks in Kobe. Someone recommended it to me, and I had some gnocchi that gave me "I could die happily now" feelings.

[@murray.altheim]

It may be that some people are kuuki wo yomu due to them being "on the spectrum", i.e., they would be like that anywhere. Some can't read faces very well, can't easily recognise other people's emotional states, so while this may be a marker of being foreign, it might simply be a personality trait. In Japan it might seem more noticeable since the culture itself is trained to read the room, which is rather uniquely Japanese.

[@Exjapter]

I wonder if a lot of the hikikomori are on the spectrum. In a country where careful interpersonal relationships is important, that would be a difficult life for those who just cant pull it off.

[@murray.altheim]

@@Exjapter I looked up two numbers, and it seems that globally about 1% of people are on the autism spectrum, and about 1.6% of the Japanese population are hikikomori. Though it's very likely that there are statistical reporting issues with both numbers, I'd still maintain that a Venn diagram of the two probably has a very significant overlap. And as you say, in Japan, even people who have a slight disposition towards being autistic, or don't have the societal training for other reasons (e.g., family issues, troubles in life they couldn't recover from) could end up as hikikomori. And because of Japanese culture, there's also a tendency to leave such people alone rather than reach out to them.

[@fjorddenierbear4832]

Not being KY at all = being an NPC. I feel that I can be KY sometimes, but also met obnoxious foreigners who didn't understand concepts like not being noisy on the train. I guess gaijin smash can be a separate phenomenon from KY. Some people are KY on a subtle level but are able to adapt at a macro level, e.g. abiding by train etiquette.

[@yamamoto-g9o]

I think I would fall into the camp of someone having the "Seidensticker Syndrome." Seidensticker the famed translator and Japanologist had a love-hate relationship with the country and its people. Having ever-mounting feelings of great attraction and intense frustration that came in varying waves during his career. Don't know if this would be a common stereotype but my gut feeling and experiences would tell me this would be quite common with long term foreign residents of Japan. Maybe a good topic for an upcoming vlog.

[@Exjapter]

This is an EXCELLENT idea. Noted.

[@OnlyOneNights]

After losing 1/3 of my most recent trip to food poisoning (Thanks, Burger King), when standing in the check-in line at Narita...there were quite a few foreign guys who were more than happy to share their 'Japan truths' to anyone who would listen. Let's just say, it was a long day at the airport...

[@TheShrededward]

Consider yourself lucky. I think there are a total of two burger kings in all of Japan. Only one taco bell that I'm aware of, and about ten Mcdonalds within a twenty minute drive of my house.

[@Exjapter]

Oof.

[@andreahoehmann1939]

The "bull in the china shop" at minute 11:00 is the most discussed exemple on KZbin. About 75 percent of all Japan videos talk exclusively about the tourists who throw garbage everywhere, cause trouble on the subway, pull women by their kimonos and spray graffiti in holy temples. I always think, my God, is there absolutely no one who knows how to behave in Japan? Luckily I learned something about the other foreigners here too, thank you very much!

[@Exjapter]

To be honest I was mostly talking about foreigners who live here. Tourists are another animal entirely. There is something about "I'm on vacation" that causes people to leave their brains at home.

[@andreahoehmann1939]

@Exjapter Have you also made a video where you explain to what extent tourists are "another animal"?

[@josephkelley]

Good video. I've ran into all of the stereotypes with KY being the most common one. I think the KY is prevalent to me because of the military bubble.

[@TheRedWisdom]

As someone who is about to move to Japan. A lot of thoughts are going through my head regarding if I am doing it for the right reason or not. It is a strange thing to leave a life and a country you know behind. I could see myself falling down the path some of the toxic traits you described. I will take care. Interesting to hear about it from your perspective cheers.

[@Exjapter]

If you check my back catalogue of videos, there are a number which may address some of the anxieties you might have. Thanks for the comment!

[@TheRedWisdom]

Haha for sure. I think your channel started popping up in my algorithm after i searched for information about Japanese pensions :)

[@OnceUponATimeInJapanM8]

Another good video. As another long-time Tokyo resident some of these are definitely legacy stereotypes, eg. the guy with the hottie was definitely a thing from the 2000s, although I don’t go out to the crowded areas so much anymore so it may still be relevant. Agree, LBH was/is the prevailing stereotype. So, @Exjapter which of these do you think you’ve fit in the most over the years? 😂

[@Exjapter]

Great question. Japansplainer for sure. Savior/representative of Gaikoku Culture back when I was a JET. Was never the partier. I suppose I would have to serve up a photo of my wife for people to judge the 5 with 10....

[@OnceUponATimeInJapanM8]

I'm an amateur Ukiyo-e fan, so would be interested in some Japansplaining on that topic ;) For myself, I don't know if I ever fit any of those stereotypes, although back in younger days, friends commented on how hot one gf was - was I one of those guys??

[@jOeLwAlBy]

LBH is a western coping method. They can't fathom that attractiveness is not a monolith across cultures and races very different to each other. Every country has its own different set of traits and physical features that are seen as attractive. There is some general overlap but what you see as nerdy pasty white guy is not what other cultures see they don't have that cultural backdrop categorising them like that. They just look like the reasonable typical foreigner.

[@Dutch1954]

I had a good time watching this video, lots of smiles and jokes over Suntory with my brother-in-law, who is an on-air figure in the Osaka broadcasting market and due to retire soon when he turns 60 (Boo!) He and my Kansai wife of 40+ years insist that I fit every stereotype but I am adamant that I am disqualified because I'm only in Japan at the most 7 to 9 months of each year. We request a ruling on my qualifications! Thank you, super fun video ( My wife says you look like Sam Neill🙂 Congrats!!)

[@Exjapter]

How in the world could anyone fit ALL of those stereotypes?!?! They were clearly having fun teasing you. :D Also, your wife is not the first person to say that. The comparison started when I hit my 40s. Before that I got a lot of Jamie Oliver and William Shatner....

[@Dutch1954]

@@Exjapter 😊

[@thundercid1533]

@@Dutch1954 I guess infront of your wife, friends and family, its good to be compared to the average looking foreigner with a hot Japanese wife.

[@thundercid1533]

Haha, I'll be the "Japansplainer", I know I am. As a personal take away from Japan, while trying to constantly read the air (but failing) during one visit to Japan, I got overwhelmed at how stifling it felt near the end of my visit and it wore me down mentally. I dont think my natural personality was miles away from the few extra considerations I managed to do, I imagine there were still more I could have improved on. But my whole mindset left a bad taste. I was last wanting to say, there will come a point where you wont be able to keep up with all the comments, and you might need to verbally apologize for such in your videos as you grow your channel. But as a side note, its those personal touches that are just nice. I think if there are new commenters try to focus on those. The likes you leave are good enough to convey you acknowledged what was mentioned.

[@Exjapter]

Thanks for the advice. I suppose it will come to that at some point, if the channel growth continues. I can handle it, for now...

[@terrapinalive6192]

Thundercid...(As in El Cid?) How well you express yourself I stayed in Japan five years many years ago It felt stifling at the beginning but as soon as I learned the language I began to understand there was nothing to feel stifled about. Because of the 'tatemae' they are stifled between themselves and that extends to you By my fourth year I strongly wanted to leave but I stayed longer to go to University in the evening and got myself a Diploma in Japanese and Japanese studies. I worked in Manila a few years ago and got sick.Going to the hospitals there was not an option so I flew to Japan and went to the place I used to live in --Nagoya--.I saw the apartment where I used to live..Not a bit of nostalgia. Their hospitals were still good.

[@thundercid1533]

@ No, not the great Spanish knight “El Cid”, but probably the inspiration for “Cidolfus Orlandeau” fictional character in the game Final Fantasy Tactics, as shameful as that is to admit. I’ll most likely change that name if I ever got serious about my KZbin account. I’m glad to hear that you were able to access better health care for yourself, with they amount of Pinoy healthcare workers in my own country, I can only imagine that it leaves the Phillipines with large gaps in its own health care network. It is reassuring to know that I am not the only person who felt that way about Japanese culture, being stifling. I still feel that it comes down to how I approach the situation to achieve a better outcome.

[@t1nt0p]

You should add the military stationed there that loved it so much they end up moving there after they retire and enjoy the fact you can stand out and stay completely hidden at the same time.

[@Exjapter]

I know some personally, but never thought of it as a stereotype.

[@ClefairyFairySnowflake]

Hearing about the various stereotypes of people in Japan is very interesting.

[@gula_rata]

Stereotypes are based on truth. Look at Johnny Somali, and the dancing thugs in the subway and shrine. If the stereotypes weren't true, nobody would do that, but it's always happening.

[@yunusaminbari3060]

Races are base on truth. Look at BREAKING NEW White American Tourist Arrested for Defacing Shrine in Japan.

[@GinkoHanga]

I’ve never heard of a hen na gaigi being specialists before. I thought that would just be weirdos haha. I guess I’m probably one in that case, I’ve made woodblock prints my life! Talk some more about your love of prints share that love around.

[@Exjapter]

I have a woodblock print video in production, I am just waiting for a sponsor to come through before I go forward with it!

[@georgecavendish1504]

日本人は差別をするのはないと思いますがただ外国人は自分の勝手で日本人はそんな勝手な事をしません。foreigners need to think of others. They are rather selfish, when you do things without thinking of others that is no manners.

[@NokeiadkZ]

Imagine being in a training session while hearing other foreigners talk among themselves, "My Japanese wife ~ " "My Japanese wife does ~ " Or "My Japanese girlfriend ~ " "My Japanese girlfriend does ~ "

[@Exjapter]

Another stereotype I forgot - the ______ fever guys. This is a weird one because I never think about it in Japan, but have secretly wondered if I get judged when my wife and I are in the US together.

[@Zante_on_google]

@@Exjapter Fortunately this isn't a thing here in Italy.

[@EvgenyUskov]

while I watch this channel for all its insights into and expostulations of all things Japan, I also watch it for the fluid but succinct, subtly sophisticated but not overly verbose eloquence of the author which is always helpful for someone like myself who is not a native English speaker but who has to earn his bread by using English as an instrument and means of communication

[@Exjapter]

That is a very high compliment, thank you.

[@Life_In_Japan_Mikhail_Vatsura]

Paul you should start a podcast or else. Cmon, I just like listening to you speaking, for the first 3 minutes I don't even know what you are talking about hah (that's how good you are!) 4:16 - and that is just jealousy.

[@Exjapter]

I haven't been plugging it recently, but I DO have a podcast... It's called The Journal of Japan Journeys, and you can find it on Spotify, Apple, and other main podcast platforms. It's all interviews of other long-termers like me. I need to get back to it and do a new episode sometime soon...

[@Life_In_Japan_Mikhail_Vatsura]

@@Exjapter Found it ! The lates is the Winson from Hong Kong episode, which dates back to March 2023.

[@Life_In_Japan_Mikhail_Vatsura]

@@Exjapter The sound quality is terrible , Paul. Not even close to your KZbin videos. Looking forward to new version of your Journal of Japan Journey's show!

[@Exjapter]

Which episodes? Episode one is still on a bad camera. I also switched hosting platforms recently and havent checked if they made it over in good shape.

[@Life_In_Japan_Mikhail_Vatsura]

@@Exjapter The one I was referring to is the latest on Apple Podcast with the guy from Hong Kong.

[@einherjermarsjen531]

subscribed. What uni do you work at?

[@shawngraham4155]

Great topic. Perhaps we are all a combination of some of these. I'm for sure the Japanophile and the one I didn't realize is "Nihongo as self-worth." That's why I keep studying. I am definitely not an explainer. I have said, "私はアメリカ人の代表ではない！" many times. I'd love to hear a video on the three stereotypes you left out.

[@Exjapter]

Thanks for the comment. I will make that video, but need some more time to ponder all the angles and inter-relations. For example, henna-gaijin almost automatically makes you a master of obscure Japanese vocabulary related to that hobby. Like all the random words I know from describing ukiyoe.

I have definitely seen a few of these stereotypes, and probably fit one or two at least a little bit. Let’s do our best to not to fit into any of these stereotypes, ganbatte!

[@Exjapter]

Not all the stereotypes are necessarily bad...

@ well, we can give the ones that aren’t necessarily bad a pass. 😉

[@campeau29]

Good therapy for a trapped (committed?) tall lanky American with a beautiful child and a beautiful wife, but I might ask myself how did I get here? White and height? There's much too appreciate here although I dont ever expect to be accepted here no matter how much I try to assimilate. Overall, living here beats living in trumpland where I also dont fit in.

[@Exjapter]

Don't be hard on yourself! Stereotypes are always a surface judgement, and I am sure you deserve your life and beautiful family. No judgement here, as I live in a glass house.

[@WalkingMoments]

lol this was great

[@Exjapter]

Thanks!

[@user-fh5yf2hu9y]

Stereo type. You an English teacher 😂 poor little man

[@Exjapter]

I graduated with a degree in education with teaching licenses in the US. I was going to be a teacher whichever country I was in.

[@lulu9759]

I don't know so many foreigners in Japan IRL, but thanks to youtube, I knew the existence of the Nihongo as selfworth people lol

[@Exjapter]

They exist...

[@yungjamez312]

cool video! thank you for not filming the kids !

[@Exjapter]

Always try not to!

[@nr655321]

Always be careful when you say Japanophile 😂

[@Exjapter]

Is there a hidden naughty meaning?

[@TheTakeFactory]

I am not sure how much you still know about this since it’s been so long that you’ve had to think about this, but I am wondering about the process of moving to Japan as a 30+ year old working professional. Most of the people you see moving to Japan are either making content or leaving their home country right after school/college to be an English teacher. But I suspect that there are lots of people who think about moving to Japan who have already built a career in their home country. How hard is it to get a visa, get your first job, first apartment etc.? Might be a topic for a video if you haven’t already made one.

[@Exjapter]

Good idea - it also ties into another request for me to tell my story about how and why I did it.

[@ILoveLibertyJustice]

I think you may have omitted the ‘foreign investor’ or the ‘foreign entrepreneur’.

[@Exjapter]

That's a good one too.

[@landspide]

Is "arigato" often used as a synonym by locals for gaijin? Just curious...

[@Exjapter]

I don't follow you. Can you elaborate?

[@zigooo_5611]

In my opinion, even though many people won't admit it, almost all 'western' foreign residents in Japan are kind of all those stereotypes at the same time.

[@Exjapter]

I would push back at that for several reasons. For example, I know several guys who I think ended up with a Japanese woman less attractive than them. (Of course, subjective, so hard to judge). But I absolutely DO know people who gave up better careers and more money in their home country to pursue something they were more passionate about in Japan, so they were certainly not LBH.

[@doublededged007]

I'm oblivious! What's hilarious is I was so oblivious that I didn't notice it until 7 years after leaving Japan when I married a Japanese gal. This despite living there 7 years and passing N1.

[@Exjapter]

What examples can you give? Pretty interesting that high level Japanese didnt help!

[@Direwoof]

Im the last one but the one where I moved somewhere that fit me best. I am an introverted respectful person who prefers when other people are quiet and respectful too and I'm into a lotta nerdy type shit and also a very value minded cheap person, I won't buy something if I don't think it's a great deal so Japan was just a MUCH better fit for me than California ever was. So I was a LBH because I wasn't a D bag bro man in california with a fade and a loud cool car and some cool expensive clothes because I never cared about any of those things.

[@Exjapter]

That's why I say it's a great thing for people who have moved to a better life. That's what people SHOULD do! And it can be leveraged for good, which it seems you are doing, so I don't think that is actually an LBH, because the implication (in my mind at least) is a true LBH is someone who suddenly buys into their supposed/imagined rock star status here.

[@treasurechest1993]

Another one is the expat KZbinr who has the opinion that he knows everything and all other expats are ruining the place and shouldn't be here.

[@Exjapter]

I hope you dont' mean me. I am as "live and let live" as they come.

[@treasurechest1993]

@Exjapter no no no, sorry if it came across like that. There are a few youtubers I started following,but soon stopped because of the negative attitude. They come here and set up a business, but then bag others that do similar. They seem to think they fit in but no one else can. I had a business here for many years , but after selling I still spend big chunks of time here. It's very easy to love the place.

[@ultrakoichi]

They think all foreigners are an American 😂😂😂

[@Exjapter]

True.

[@madmax8620]

Hmmm...interesting how you left out the BIG most modern-day one, "KZbin INFLUENCER" ...hmmmm...

[@Exjapter]

Its a thing that exists, but it isnt a stereotype that people have. "See that foreigner? They must be an influencer" is not a thing. (Yet?)

[@davidsobel3303]

In my time teaching in Japan back in the '90s I would say that it was mostly white nerdy guys, maybe more like what we would call "dorky" that came to Japan to teach. Maybe that falls into the LBH catagory..

[@Exjapter]

I think that may have been a thing more prevalent in the past, maybe?

[@davidsobel3303]

@@Exjapter I think you may be right. That was when the money was good and you didn't need a BA.

[@etherdog]

This is your most Murakami vid.

[@Exjapter]

Ok, I am intrigued. Can you explain?

[@etherdog]

@@Exjapter Because things are never what they appear on the surface. Also, I just finished reading every Murakami book up to The City and Its Uncertain Walls (due out in 4 days) so I am seeing everything through that lens, And there is a resonance with the way you explain things that appears in his works, too. I enjoy and appreciate your reasoning process.

[@TheShrededward]

My 3 basic foreigner stereotypes are 1. The newb. Fresh off the banana express and loves everything about Japan. 2. The hater. This guy has been here long enough to hate the place. The food, the people, the weather. Man this place sucks! 3 is the dinosaur. Been here long enough to appreciate Japan for what it is, even though it's not perfect.

[@Exjapter]

I tend to call the last one "Lifers" because I reserve 'Dinosaur' to describe people who hold outdated views of Japan (happens in media a lot).

[@TheShrededward]

@@Exjapter Lifer makes it sound like I'm serving a life sentence. I'm a dinosaur. I have been here so long that I have no idea what the updated views of Japan are. My daughter seems to think I'm a dinosaur because I sometimes have to remind her to walk three steps behind her husband. She gives me the evil eye, and walks in front of him.

[@ChrisClogg]

The stereotype I notice the most in tokyo is the tourist who looks like the tourist haha. Shorts, hiking outfit for some reason, etc. Maybe it’s just because Japanese dress so nicely by contrast.

[@cooliipie]

Always the hiking outfit 🤣 so cringe

[@Exjapter]

I would add that it is very often North Americans. Europeans tend to dress a little better. Especially the atheltic shorts thing - how to tell me you're from the US without telling me you're from the US.

[@Owjdnskoakansbskk]

@@cooliipiemaybe they were or are on their way to go hiking

[@cooliipie]

@Owjdnskoakansbskk It happens in the middle of the city though. They look completely out of place, but it seems to be that the goal is to take Instagram pics that look like they're doing more than they really are to impress their friends back home

[@jOeLwAlBy]

They are usually Americans or Canadians. They tend to dress practically for walking in a holiday especially Japan. (Money belts and all haha) Europeans tend to care more about fashionability and class. Both have their merits.

[@riffj]

Its not へな gaijin, it's へんな gaijin

[@Exjapter]

Sorry my pronunciation doesnt meet your standards, nihongo-as-self-worth stereotype. 😉

[@Cunningstunts23]

Who will be the 5,000th follower?! 🎉 On the last one, I wonder if it is often paired with a feeling of patronizing westerner, as if the LBH’s personal view of Japanese culture is that it’s so inferior to their native culture that the Japanese will have no choice but to stand in awe at their magnificence. Very off putting!! I wonder how prevalent the otaku/weeb stereotype is with foreigners in Japan 😅

[@Exjapter]

Yes! They were a loser, and now the "winner" goes to their head and they look down on the very country that has helped elevate them! How ironic.

[@SwissTanuki]

I guess you forgot about the language student. The one who went to a English speaking country to learn English and met a Japanese woman by chance even they never where interested in Japanese culture. Sometimes they get married and live happily ever after..

[@Owjdnskoakansbskk]

oddly specific

[@Exjapter]

That's a good one! How common do you think that is?

[@SwissTanuki]

@@Exjapter I think that is very common here in Switzerland and probably some other European countries. But we probably don't go to Japan.

[@OsakaMotorcycleTours]

First

[@Exjapter]

Stereotype: People who do Tours in Osaka by Motorcycle are always first.

[@Dutch1954]

@@Exjapter ☺

[@OsakaMotorcycleTours]

@@Exjapter

[@maboiteaspamspammaboite9670]

this list seems very common to every foreigner community.

[@Exjapter]

Not surprising at all.