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oh, here is the real cover. as you can see asians have no problem being silly and funny. actually, that's how they like to have fun and be relaxed often with their goofy gameshows and antics. this pours over in other areas as they like cutsey and off the wall stuff often. african-americans in general would find this irritating and foreign to them as they hate to appear undignified in any way, especially when it comes to thier idea of fun and enjoyment so it's not a good fit as one is very light and silly, the other is the other extreme 'usually'.
Why are you scaring this person? As far as people not sitting next to you on the train...um..not true! I heard about this and expected to be shuned once there, but people sat next me. Maybe that person smelled bad?
Perhaps they were calling me all sorts of names, but face-to-face interactions went extremely well. I found the Japanese people to be very hospitable and sweet. Maybe if I were a man...not so? I find most people are more accepting of women then men.
African Americans in Japan are treated the same as Indians, Whites, south east asians etc. The worst that will happen to you in Japan is just japanese people looking (maybe staring sometimes) out of curiosity, there is no hate really. Japan is like 99% asian, so hearing another language/seeing foreigners is interesting.
Also Ai Otsuka just represents some japanese pop. Not all music is like that. Many japanese like heavy metal for example, roppongi has alot of hip hop etc. I'm japanese and only like one song from her.
Also Ai Otsuka just represents some japanese pop. Not all music is like that. Many japanese like heavy metal for example, roppongi has alot of hip hop etc. I'm japanese and only like one song from her.
heh, but that's hardly the point considering we're talking in 'general' and that is african- 'americans' and japanese culture in "day to day" living is like pairing a bicycle to a rabbit. it's just not the likeliest to go together. the culture is so different. i mean there are a lot more african immigrants than african-american for a reason. roppongi is the expat and foreigner club and bar area of japan, i have family in shinjuki myself and have been there as well. actually i've found a lot more african immigrants who were bouncers and bar owners trying to hustle you into their clubs. most of them weren't that bad or too agressive though. actually the most annoying ones were australians etc.
An unusual fusing of African-American and traditional Japanese that I've read about is Jero. (Jerome White Jr.,) He is one-quarter Japanese and from Pittsburgh. He sings "enka" which has been likened to Japanese country or blues music. (From what I've heard of it comparing it to blues makes more sense to me, but it varies)
I was actually going to post the name of that site, but I was too lazy.
I knew about it since at least 2001.
It gives you a great look at black life in Japan, and Japanese society in general. If anyone is interested about being black in Japan, that is a good site to look at.
I was want to point out that the only thing separating you from the people is language. The faster you learn it, the faster you'll make friends and will be accepted. There are places that you cannot go (no foreigners) and I don't think you'd want to go to these places which I hear are filled with kidnapped Asian women.
In any culture those that hang out only with each and refuse to learn ANYTHING about the culture are shunned. Japan is an awesome country.
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