[pixisticks]

XD The only thing that happened to me in Asakusa was a kimono shop lady talked me into buying shoes that were "one size fits all". *facepalm* Not for big-footed Americans, apparently...

I was only there for ten days, though. However, my Japanese teacher in high school did JET in Hiroshima for quite a while, and she LOVED it there. The only discrimination she got was people not expecting her to be able to speak Japanese (even if, oddly enough, they'd been conversing with her just ten minutes ago). It's interesting to read about this stuff, though.