I just got back from Tokyo . The place is vibrant , cool , full of fun stuff to do, I feel like you could be there a year and still not of done it all . But I had this lingering vibe that everything we did was not acceptable and it was stuff that is not obvious . I’m from the UK and as long as you aren’t hurting somebody or the environment or being overly obnoxious most things are ok . You can talk , sit , eat , wear what you want / when you want . But I feel as a forgiener ( not one living there , just one visiting for a week ). It was a tiny bit hostile. I tried to ensure I wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary and just copying what others around me were doing but as a example on one occasion we even had staff stand together , staring at us as we eat our noodles with chopsticks , one came over and said just use a fork . None of it was spilling anywhere or causing a mess , I think they were just trying to humiliate us as they were looking and talking . I would never expect a Japanese person to conform and perfect being English before a holiday so why is that expectation on us ? If they wanted to eat toast with chopsticks I honestly couldn’t care less ( if what we were doing looked stupid ). There were alot of instances like this, although I was never shouted at or threatened it felt like a lot of passive aggression and I don’t know why. Are we the only ones who felt this way or am I misreading what happened ?
by BristolTattoo
