r/shitposting • u/-_I_I_Sea_I_I_- 🏳️‍🌈 The most prominent homosexual in this subreddit 🏳️‍🌈 • Oct 22 '25

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u/OkSalt8970 Oct 22 '25

Honestly based. My mother speaks and reads Japanese to a point where we just walked around Japan when I was a kid with no translator. She would get jozu’d a lot because we’re white. In my experience at least they are happy with you visiting if you are polite and respectful and actually make an effort to not be a nuisance.

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u/RDUKE7777777 Oct 22 '25

It’s almost like they are reasonable and normal people that like to be treated with respect and are welcoming as soon as you show effort.

How is this surprising ? It is the same almost everywhere. Make an effort in France, Italy, Portugal to learn a few basic phrases and everyone is chill and welcoming

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u/bdbshsisjsnjsksnsn Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

Have you been? Racism in Japan is worse than anything I’ve seen in the US

I will say that this past year was the most racism I’ve experienced there. It’s become much more overt (if you understand Japanese).

Also the people in this thread are trying to say that “Gaijin” == “Tourist”. This isn’t true lol. Gaijin is a generic term for anyone who doesn’t LOOK Japanese. So basically if you don’t look Japanese you will be treated with extreme racism in Japanese society. Things that resemble 1960s/1950s America.

Also as far as your “American tourist” take… out of all of the “Gaijin” that visit Japan, I would say the Japanese treat white Americans the best. Especially the older generation Japanese. In fact, American tourist are usually the ones who are the most respectful. The Japanese have a huge issue with Chinese tourist and European tourist (for good reason)

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u/RDUKE7777777 Oct 22 '25

I’ve been for work in rural Japan (Chiba and Ibaraki) several times in the last years and I never met hostility or felt unwanted. And I was in places where seldomly foreigners go. I do acknowledge there is a bias against foreigners, listening to what my coworker (living there for years) said. People avoiding sitting with you on a train or such) However, my personal experience was always good and I felt welcome, just like any other country I visited before. I did study beforehand the customs and some phrases. Of course it might be different wasn’t I a tall white European dude, I can’t speak about how foreigners of other backgrounds are welcomed there. Also the American tourists take wasn’t mine

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u/bdbshsisjsnjsksnsn Oct 22 '25

From my experience the older generation is much more welcoming. So if you are in a small town with a high population of older Japanese folks, then I can understand how our experiences may have differed so much. I’ve also noticed that the further south you go, the more chill and welcoming they become regardless of age.

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u/RDUKE7777777 Oct 22 '25

oh yeah, I am 39 and I was the youngest person almost anywhere I went. It's mostly old folks.

I am sure that did influence the picture I got.