Going to japan was the biggest mistake of my life.
 

As an anime fan it had always been my dream to go to japan. But when i went it was a total nightmare.

See...my uncle works for a travel agency so i was able to go to japan for a pretty low price. Despite the low price this is easily the biggest waste of money i have ever spent. I was shocked to see how racist japan is! They HATE whites. Everyone there gave me dirty looks, they were rude as all hell to me, and once when i went into a store one of the guys who worked here yelled "no foreigner!!!! no foreigner!!!!" After that i noticed that TONS of businesses had signs saying "No foreigners" "No westerners" and for some reason "no filipinos" Worst of all i was mugged in broad daylight and when i went to report this to the police they didnt seem to care and made me feel like i was wasting their time. This all happened my first 3 days there... after all this crap happened to me i scrapped the rest of my plans and spent the rest of my time there alone in my hotel room.

I have never felt so unwelcome and unsafe anywhere in my life.....and im from the worst part of detroit, and im glad to be back.

Just wanted to share my experience with everyone.

This is your first problem. You probably went with no clue of what Japan is really like. It's not some romanticized "anime world".

They don't "hate whites". I like how you make it seem so factual, when in reality you have an extremely shallow sense of what Japanese people are like. You are apparently disgruntled about the whole thing-- but seriously, your username is "biggestmistake"... You're obviously a little biased about the whole situation.

I've been to Japan, and to me they are unusually polite to Westerners. Throughout all my travel I did not once receive any negative attention nor did I see any "No foreigners" signs. It was nearly the complete opposite, Japan is one of the most humble and hospitality filled places you can visit-- especially if you're white.

Japan, unsafe? If you are seriously from Detroit, you have to be kidding me.


You were only out for 3 days. In Tokyo, I assume?

Japan has one of the lowest crime rates in the world-- and Tokyo is the only city I've been where you can walk around at near midnight and have no worries. I find it really hard to believe you were mugged in broad daylight... The Japanese police are extremely proficient and would go to extreme lengths to help you find a lost umbrella, let-a-alone a full blown mugging.

Maybe you can give us some details?

The city I live in probably has a higher crime rate than anyplace in Japan. I might be biased, since I've never been to Japan, but I have a difficult time believing that you found it more dangerous there than anyplace here in the US.

I agree with burkhartdesu in everything.

While I was in Japan I felt extremely safe. I walked up to Lawson by myself at midnight and I felt completely safe. People there were very friendly to me and I never had any sort of problems with anyone.

To the OP, what part of Japan did you visit?

1) Yes i am seriously from detroit and no im not kidding.

2) Yes, it was Tokyo.

3) Im sure japan is a very safe place...if you are japanese.

4) Im sorry that you have "a hard time believing" I was mugged in broad daylight. But thats exactly what happened and theres nothing i can say that will make you believe me. Believe me or dont.

5) Details? specifically what else do you want to know?

Same here! :vsign:


But seriously... "biggestmistake"... If a short, unplanned trip to Japan is truly the biggest mistake you've ever made, you are really young and have a lot of mistakes to make.

I am not Japanese. It was completely safe.


I would say that Americans are even safer from crime than the Japanese-- because who would choose such an obvious target? I want details about your supposed "mugging". Did he hold you up with a chopstick, or what?

Have you ever studied Japan/Japanese before going?

Did you plan any sight-seeing?

Are you sure this was Japan you went to and not some other country?

Seriously, your description sounds NOTHING like Japan. It does sound like a whole lot of trolling though...

No foreigners signs are pretty much limited to the red light district, on those sort of businesses. Now unless you`re going to admit you spent all your time wandering in and out of soaplands looking for an easy lay, I am not going to believe you encountered any at all. Mugged in broad day light is an extreme stretch for even the worst red light areas though...

I`m also very very doubtful that anyone was rude to you... Or maybe you were walking around testing out your anime acquired yakuza slang on people?


But... Your ip is saying you are in New Jersey? Way to gouge your believability...

1) I know this is only going to make the story seem even LESS believable but i was mugged with some type of kitchen knife. He didnt even say anything to me he just grabbed me and held the knife up to me and i just handed him my wallet and hoped for the best. He took it and then ran off.

2) Yes i studied japan before going. I know a few phrases of japanese but im not fluent by any means if thats what you are asking

3) Yes i planned on sight-seeing but i scrapped those plans and just stayed in my hotel room the rest of my time there.