Saturday, 16 June 2012

Stupid Japan Tricks

Japanese don't all look alike.

But they don't look as unalike as a crowd at home, in Toronto.

Not to mention, they don't look like me.

So meeting friends in the usual Tokyo spots, Hachiko, Studio Alta... , I kept getting found before I could find my Japanese friends.*  But Arististhenes likes a challenge: I try to find my Japanese friends before they can find me.
(How long before you noted the other Gaijin having a laugh?)

My record of wins recently is higher than my losses, but stealth is a Nordic Ninja's secret.

*And by the way, Japan, meeting just where the other thirty-million people plan to meet their friends is a STUPID idea!

2 comments:

  1. It's even worse when you are meeting someone and they are like, I'm wearing beige and pink with lots of ruffs (or the navy and beige striped muji tunic).

    When I was internet dating last year, I always felt like the Japanese dudes had an unfair advantage. They could check me out before I ever spotted them.

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  2. Just noticed the smiling man wearing the white shirt in the middle of the bottom photo. Looks like he was having a good laugh. That took me at least a second visit to your post. I'd never make it in the city. I was too transfixed by naked man and the man with the shield.

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