Interesting article about the Japanese, and in some ways I can sympathise with them, feeling very out of sorts, when they visit there. No matter how long you visit (or live..and we lived there for 15 yrs), no matter what you look like (and the Japanese are very obvious looking, not too many of them living there!) you will never be accepted esp if you can't speak the lingo, even then (if you do speak it well, as a "Frenchman") they'll look at you in disbelief.It's just the way they are. I admire Johnny Depp for sticking with it as long as he has now, but then lotsa money, having a French mistress (and 2 half French kids) helps soften the blow a bit and can buy you a bit of privacy. In our villages, we were always thought of as a bit of a novelty act , I think.Just a thought or two.....As for the Japanese, there are much more tolerent places to visit.
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