[Nyororin]

This honestly seems to be a huge question. I cannot even count how many times I have been asked.

I encounter so very few foreigners that I can honestly say I probably notice and take note of every I do spot. I`d say an average of one spotting a week or two in warm weather. In cooler (cold) weather, almost never. Most of the time it`s in the direct vicinity of an English school. I drive quite a bit in my car, so this is over a huge area. If I were to stay in my direct area, only traveling by foot and bicycle - maybe I`d spot one foreigner every 6 months?

In other words, hardly ever.

Even when we visited some major tourist areas, I`d say maybe 2 or 3 obvious foreigners? I do think we saw one group of 9 or 10 students when we visited Nara.

There simply aren`t tons of foreigners in Japan. I can`t recall exactly where I read this so can`t pull up a link or be 100% sure of the figure - but if I recall correctly 80% of the non-Asian foreigners living in Japan are split between Tokyo, Saitama, and Osaka. The remaining 20% are spread over the rest of Japan. And even in Tokyo, depending upon where you hang out, you could go weeks without seeing another foreigner. Certainly no hordes wandering around where ever you go.