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Originally Posted by ethine
I'm Australian and while in the UK all the pommies loved us! Yet again, I'd hate to imagine how disgraceful some of our tourists must be  |
We pommies love you guys. We too realise that life's a bit crap and not worth taking too seriously
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Originally Posted by ethine
I'm a little worried about being mistaken as an American while being in Japan next year. I've heard most Japanese don't like Americans? Is this true?
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It appeared to me that the Japanese are just more used to seeing American white people than Antipodean or European ones, particularly out in more distant-from-tousistville areas. We had a very pleasant conversation with some schoolgirls in Kamakura on a train because they naturally assumed we were American. When we said we were English they got terribly excited about that.
You'll also be naturally better off if you're blonde.