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Originally Posted by kurezi
You were unlucky. What happened to you in Japan could happen to you in ANY city around the world. Most Japanese people aren't racist. They're just not used to foreigners like Americans are. America is a melting pot. We're used to diversity and they aren't. They were probably staring at you because you're white but maybe you were imagining the staring rudely part because in our culture staring itself is rude? About Japanese police- I have heard on multiple occasions Japanese people criticizing their own police. Apparently they're a big problem in Japan. But you have to do your research before you go to another country. Every country in the world has its bad side and you should be prepared so you can avoid it and enjoy yourself. THAT was your mistake. Not going to Japan, but going to Japan unprepared.
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People stare at foreigners in small towns in America, just as they stare at foreigners in small towns in Japan.
People don't stare at foreigners in Tokyo, just because there are 10s of thousands of them walking around. It's 2009. There is nothing special about a foreigner in Tokyo (Osaka,Yokohama, Kobe, etc...)