Having random interactions with nice Japanese people, chat to everyone, I now play badminton with my local Idemitsu gas stand legends🤙
The mentally unstable Hana and Emi-chans down at the The Hub every weekend
playing the gaijin card to get out of stuff
Gaijin Card. Bar None.
They made me skip the line to Tokyo Game Show.
I had the tickets bought from their websites and was standing in line to have them checked. They apparently had a ticket checker only for foreigners that was basically empty and they sent me there.
People being generally respectful and giving you space.
All the 日本語が上手ですね comments
Enjoying the general peace and security without feeling compelled to be a conformist.
Not being treated like a Japanese person.
Getting more compliments more than I ever had my whole life. Some may be only tatemae but I still enjoy it regardless!
Nothing as far as I’m aware of. There are a lot of great things about me being me though.
Noping out of things I find to be pain. Never paying for NHK.
Jap Girls 👧
No expectations, Space on trains, never having to order at restaurants if with Japanese friends.
Gaijin SMASH
learning to be open minded and even appreciate places and people that are different from my own culture, upbringing, habits, values, etc. i now have a richer perspective on life because i’ve been able to live here.
Being big
Being jacked, good looking, and being able to speak Japanese, it makes getting laid super easy just check my DMs for some girl telling me she wants to lick me or going out and having girls stair at me who I can tell are either curious or already know they like… and 9/10 tens time they will approach me.
To expand upon the gaijin card phenomenon, using my foreignness to get out of many societal obligations. As a woman (and further, a woman who is not married into a Japanese family) I’m happy to be left out of those. In a lot of ways I can enjoy the good parts of Japanese culture without the more terrible ones. For example, I can be openly out as bisexual at open about my past same-sex relationships at work since my immediate supervisor is a Westerner and I don’t care if Japanese coworkers gossip about that.
You get to be a shiny pokemon in the dating scene.
You get to live in a nice, calm reasonably affordable country with all kinds of interesting and beautiful places and you can often pick and choose which bits of the culture and manners you’re going to go along with.
As a high school student, I get the benefits of being given the benefit of the doubt and people not getting upset over small slip ups, but also not getting the racist treatment by some of the crazier people that adult gaijins get, since I’m 15 and they realize I’m just a kid. Hell even the police have been friendly, which I’ve been told is one of the biggest problems foreigners have over here
I can say “no” and walk away without much fuss when Japanese people would probably have to say “yes” out of obligation. I found this specially useful in the Japanese working environment. – Nomikai on Thursday night with the buchõ? No. – Overworking when there’s no real work to do just for the pleasure of spending 3 extra hours scrolling Reddit? No. – Having a date with the gaijin hunter acquaintance of your Japanese friends? Haha, nice try Satan but nope. – Random person approaches with god knows what intentions (form selling something to nampa)? No need to make excuses, just stare at them dead in the eye and simply say “no” and ignore. Rinse and repeat until they leave.
I’ve received a few snarky comments about how rude it is, but they’re entitled to their opinion as I am to not wanting to deal with their bullshit.
To look scary, so most people won’t f*ck with you.
The usual conversation template whenever you speak with someone new
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Having random interactions with nice Japanese people, chat to everyone, I now play badminton with my local Idemitsu gas stand legends🤙
The mentally unstable Hana and Emi-chans down at the The Hub every weekend
playing the gaijin card to get out of stuff
Gaijin Card. Bar None.
They made me skip the line to Tokyo Game Show.
I had the tickets bought from their websites and was standing in line to have them checked. They apparently had a ticket checker only for foreigners that was basically empty and they sent me there.
People being generally respectful and giving you space.
All the 日本語が上手ですね comments
Enjoying the general peace and security without feeling compelled to be a conformist.
Not being treated like a Japanese person.
Getting more compliments more than I ever had my whole life. Some may be only tatemae but I still enjoy it regardless!
Nothing as far as I’m aware of. There are a lot of great things about me being me though.
Noping out of things I find to be pain. Never paying for NHK.
Jap Girls 👧
No expectations, Space on trains, never having to order at restaurants if with Japanese friends.
Gaijin SMASH
learning to be open minded and even appreciate places and people that are different from my own culture, upbringing, habits, values, etc. i now have a richer perspective on life because i’ve been able to live here.
Being big
Being jacked, good looking, and being able to speak Japanese, it makes getting laid super easy just check my DMs for some girl telling me she wants to lick me or going out and having girls stair at me who I can tell are either curious or already know they like… and 9/10 tens time they will approach me.
To expand upon the gaijin card phenomenon, using my foreignness to get out of many societal obligations. As a woman (and further, a woman who is not married into a Japanese family) I’m happy to be left out of those. In a lot of ways I can enjoy the good parts of Japanese culture without the more terrible ones. For example, I can be openly out as bisexual at open about my past same-sex relationships at work since my immediate supervisor is a Westerner and I don’t care if Japanese coworkers gossip about that.
You get to be a shiny pokemon in the dating scene.
You get to live in a nice, calm reasonably affordable country with all kinds of interesting and beautiful places and you can often pick and choose which bits of the culture and manners you’re going to go along with.
As a high school student, I get the benefits of being given the benefit of the doubt and people not getting upset over small slip ups, but also not getting the racist treatment by some of the crazier people that adult gaijins get, since I’m 15 and they realize I’m just a kid. Hell even the police have been friendly, which I’ve been told is one of the biggest problems foreigners have over here
I can say “no” and walk away without much fuss when Japanese people would probably have to say “yes” out of obligation. I found this specially useful in the Japanese working environment.
– Nomikai on Thursday night with the buchõ? No.
– Overworking when there’s no real work to do just for the pleasure of spending 3 extra hours scrolling Reddit? No.
– Having a date with the gaijin hunter acquaintance of your Japanese friends? Haha, nice try Satan but nope.
– Random person approaches with god knows what intentions (form selling something to nampa)? No need to make excuses, just stare at them dead in the eye and simply say “no” and ignore. Rinse and repeat until they leave.
I’ve received a few snarky comments about how rude it is, but they’re entitled to their opinion as I am to not wanting to deal with their bullshit.
To look scary, so most people won’t f*ck with you.
The usual conversation template whenever you speak with someone new