Gaijin Spotting

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Originally Posted by Nyororin

I`m right by Nagoya - the place everyone goes through on their way to Kyoto or Osaka from Tokyo... But never get off the train in.

Up to a point, I can imagine it wouldn`t be too hard as one does notice foreigners (at least I know I do) without outright looking for them... But once it gets up into the double or triple digits, I imagine I would not remember.
I think the last time I saw that many non-Japanese was on a trip to the immigration office early last year. If I just ran into them wandering around I`d seriously wonder what was going on.

Heh, yeah. When the numbers get too big though, I quickly jot them down on paper and then reset to 0. My short term memory isn't the greatest in the world. :/

Originally Posted by Nyororin

ETA:
Oh, and I forgot - I spent the day out today at the Tsushima Tennou Festival (尾張津島天王祭) and saw 6 foreigners. One guy there with a wife or girlfriend wearing a jinbei (that looked quite good on him - a rarity), another guy who looked very *English teacher*, and a group of 4 SE Asian exchange students.

That`s it - and it`s a really big festival too. But it seems like the only festival in the area that foreigners bother with is the penis one...

Wow, the festival looks good! I have yet to go to a large scale one yet...
I see, thanks for making the effort to remember that. Whether it was subconscious anyway or not, thanks
I always thought Nagoya was more popular. I'm not sure where I saw it, but I could have sworn 'Nagoya' was going around quite a lot between travelers. Maybe it was just for a transfer

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And I have day 2 results! I must say, this time was a LOT harder. I went to Harajuku... and lets just say this was the first time my counting actually distracted me quite a bit. Safe to say, there were lots. And I mean lots.

Oh, I'll put my notes before the results this time, because they're the things that people may be interested in and discuss

Notes:
- A lot of people I counted, at least over half, had a Japanese/Asian boyfriend/girlfriend with them, or were being accompanied by a Japanese/Asian person. Is this more common than I thought... do a lot of people only come to Japan because their Japanese partner wants to, and has heritage here?
- There was a cult there... something like a 'Krishna' thing lol
The guy who came up to me seemed extremely weird (not denying I may be to lol), saying 'if you chant what's written on this card every night, good fortune will come to you' and 'he has many names, he is the almighty Krishna!' They had a band playing African instruments and everything too.

Day 2
Harajuku
Between 3pm and 10pm

Individuals: 320, 6 confirmed Americans

Groups: 207

Woah, when I see the overall number it seems a lot smaller than I thought it would be. It seemed a lot more at the time.