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09-12-2010, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
Chances are they aren't doing anything, I think, but just are assuming that because they aren't Japanese they are drawing attention.
I agree with this too. I think that too many people think they will be stared at, so assume any casual glance in their direction is someone "looking" at them because they`re foreign. But in reality, they`re getting the exact same casual glance as everyone else - they`re just interpreting it differently.

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I am not sure about Nagoya, but in Osaka the "silver seat" situation seems pretty disrespected by Japanese, mostly. I don't sit in them just as I usually am not so tired I feel I need to sit down.
Indeed it is fairly disrespected - but if there is someone sitting there who should be getting priority, they will give others a glare. Especially if another priority person boards. I have never seen it happen to a foreigner, but I have seen old men/women get pretty nasty toward people just randomly sitting there and ignoring people who need the seating. This is what I meant - it deserves a glare (at least). It doesn`t matter at all where you`re from.

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Except when they drive around in their buses blasting out their racist crap as loud as they can...
Even then you aren`t being approached by them. I`ve never seen them do anything other than just drive around blasting ultra-patriotic stuff. (Often to the point of being racist.) And really, the guys driving those around are generally just people who have been hired to drive around and they don`t really give a crap about it. I know a guy who did it for about a month back in college because he wanted money to go on vacation.

The chances of actually having an encounter with anyone who shares those opinions is pretty close to nil.


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