Tuesday February 14, 2012

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    hato4649

    I do feel Ron's pain. It is tough for foreigners living in Japan, or rather it is tough living in another country than your own. It's even worse in Japan because the group culture, where noone cares about anyone else on the street, especially in Tokyo, and you only get penalized for fighting back.

    I had a wonderful experience when I first arrived in Japan, 8 years ago now. I was sitting on the last train home after a long days work, when a drunk Japanese businessman grabbed me by my suit, pulled me from my seat and started shaking me, shouting "Do you know me? Do you know me?" This is probably the only English the guy knew. "No, I don't!", I replied. I didn't know what else to do, whether to shout for help in Japanese or what. The other passengers just looked on. Eventually the drunken guy's colleague came, took him off me and apologised.

    That's Japan for you. It is generally very safe, but when something does happen everyone is scared of getting involved. I love Japan, but Japanese people really do need to start growning a backbone. On the other hand, my Japanese friends living back home in London have had much worse experiences. The have been punched on the train, been spat on, had eggs thrown at them, and told "Go back to China". I just love the British yobbo. All in all, it's tough being a foreigner whereever you are, but Japan isn't that bad at all compared to other countries.

    Posted in: A punching bag on the Odakyu line

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