Gaijin Spotting
 

Hey everyone. You may remember me from my My Japan Syndrome thread a while back. Well, I'm now actually in Tokyo again. I was starting to get over things, but someone went and got things fired up again just before I left. So, like last time, I'm going to be counting every gaijin I see.
However, this time I thought it would be a good idea to post my results here... who knows, someone may find them interesting or helpful. Of course I encourage you all to discuss things in this thread about the results, and anything you want.
I hope to make this the most detailed and in-depth thread about this particular topic around... not that I have any competition. :)

To the mods: If it's okay, I'd like to make a new post for each day's results so the thread doesn't die out too quickly. If this is a problem, then please let me know and I'll edit it all into one post.

So this is how it'll work:
I'll give results for 'individuals,' which will be the number of each and every soul. Along with this, if possible, I'll mention any confirmed nationalities.

I'll also give results for 'groups.' This means that I'll still count single travelers as '1,' but I'll also count people walking round together who know each other, e.g. 2 people, 3 people etc, as '1.'

I'll also include any random facts I picked up while counting!

Day 1
Asakusa Area, and Akihabara
Between 1pm and 10pm

Individuals: 104, no confirmed nationalities

Groups: 62

Notes:
- None of the people I counted looked younger than about 20/25, which I found surprising.
- About 80% of them were... well... very overweight.

You're in Tokyo man; you're going to have an extremely long gaijin log each day.

i dont understand the point of doing it, but i guess we all have our own way of killing time till death lol.

Whatever floats your boat - I suppose.
I agree that being in Tokyo, you`re going to have a lot to count. Most foreigners in Japan never leave Tokyo - and those who do tend mostly just take a trip to Kyoto.

I can`t say that I find the idea of going about counting foreigners a fun one - but just to offer my "Not in Tokyo" view, I`ll join in. (And because I know that as I am not in Tokyo or Kyoto, it will be incredibly easy for me. :D )

I spent my entire day out and about today as the weather was wonderfully and amazingly nice and cool. I saw one (1) possible foreigner. A woman who looked very Southeast Asian all the way to her clothes and hairstyle. :P

I guess you're not seeing Tokyo because you're too busy counting gaijin there.... what a waste of time and money.... so sad.... uh-oh, I think you missed one at your 5 o'clock!!!!

I didn't see any foreigners that I know of the day I went to Nagahama in Shiba-ken.... They looked at me a lot too....

It's okay, I don't stand on a street corner all day counting hehe
I can do it while I'm walking around and doing other things, I just keep a mental note, then when I have 5 mins I just quickly jot down what I have so far.
I know it seems odd and pointless, but I do have my reasons for doing it. I know that maybe hardly anyone here will really care about the numbers as I'm the only one who really does this sorta thing, but I just figured that putting them on here may be interesting to someone, and may help if someone ever asks how many foreigners you see in Tokyo. :D

Heh, yeah. But it could be worse. Last year I was counting up until at least the 200 mark, and was seeing foreigners about every minute. At least this time it's not escalating to those numbers! :L

I don't know, last year I counted an awful lot around the Kanagawa area. Then again, there and Nikko are advertised quite a lot in the travel guides.

Yeah, I know its seems a really weird thing to be doing, but it doesn't interfere with my day to day activities too much so it's not too bad. :D

It's nice and cool here in Tokyo too, a nice change :p

Thanks for the input, and that is a lot easier! :L
How far are you from Tokyo or Kyoto?

Nahh it's cool. Like I said to the others, I just make a mental note while going about my daily activities. I don't stand on a street corner all day, that would be a waste! lol
I don't think too much of my time or money is being wasted, I'm still having fun ^^

I see, thanks for sharing! :D
Is Shiba-ken up North or down South? Can't say I've heard of that one :/

Actually.... it's Shiga-ken.... It was a typo. Nagahama is on the eastern side of Biwa-ko, just north of Maibara on the Tokaido main line....

Well I think it could be useful. I mean,there was one time in the hotel,I suppose it does sound funny but I had a panic attack simply because everyone was Japanese and I just wanted to get in the lift on my own. And it was kind of kickstarted because I wanted to buy a drink and they didn't really have anything so that didn't help.

For me,I want to know when there's white people but for different reasons. The trouble I'm having with the world,you can't find Japanese in England[you don't get much of anything in Cornwall] and you can't find English in Japan.

I supposed it's better to catalog one's sociopathic tendencies instead of acting on them. Good luck!

And as stated in previous threads on this topic: Get help.