Do Japanese have a problem with us?

[Greatguardian]

Sorry for the necro bump but any chance to call Starcade out as an idiot is worthwhile.
I live in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Recently it has been very sunny and hot. Most days I go to the park to hang out, then go to a bar when it gets too cold in the evening. On Thursday I did just this. It got cold so I went to a bar. I was minding my own buisness, writing out my Japanese language notes, minding my own buisness. A Japanese guy came up to my table. Guess what he said? No, it wasnt "Hey, filthy gaijin, move, I want to sit here with my friends". He asked if he and his friends could sit at my table so we could hang out and talk togeather. I learnt some new japanese, they learnt some new english, we had a few beers, watched the baseball and had a good time.
The next morning, after my Japanese (hostess, though she wont tell me where she works...) girlfriend (who I met in a bar, who came up to me and asked me over to chat without me hitting on her) left my house, I went to Susukino, the "happening" place in Sapporo. I was just heading to the super market to get some lunch. Some random guy comes up to me, "Hey! Can we chat togeather?" So he walks with me until I get to the supermarket just for a chance to speak english, I point him towards a good gaijin themed bar where he can meet more foriegners and practice english more, and he says "thanks a lot!" and heads off. After this, I go to the park to see my gaijin friend. He also tells me that earlier he had had a different Japanese guy come up to him and ask to hang out and speak english.

This is just a 2 day section out of my life in Japan. This was just the other day. Almost every day in Japan I have 一期一会 (Ichi go Ichi e, look it up). The Japanese are possibly the second most friendly people I have met (the first being new zealand kiwis), and I'm a ski and snowboard instructor who travels all over the world and who's met people from all walks of life.

I'm not even Japanese and it still insults me how you can throw around such horseshit about the Japanese. You are an ignorant idiot who knows sweet FA about the subject matter. You should be banned from these forums. In fact, you should be banned form breathing.

I really love hearing anecdotes like this. I have a friend whose older brother actually teaches English in rural Japan now, so it's great to hear about everyday life in other cultures around the world from people who actually live there.

Also, it may please you to know that Starcade was officially handed a ban from FFXI, and thus the forums as well, about a week ago.

[noodles355]

Also, it may please you to know that Starcade was officially handed a ban from FFXI, and thus the forums as well, about a week ago.

Please tell me it was for use of third party tools. That would be so awesome after his crusade.

I think spelling is more important in japanese, as is pronounciation than in english. Example, if I asked you to go to the shops to buy Sushinoku, and you got there and saw a packet called Sushinoko, it's pretty obvious that's what I meant. But I asked the gf about　すしのく(sushinoku) (need to make sushi rice), she said she'd never heard of it, but she would go to supermarket and get something similar. She bought すしのこ(sushinoko) and was then really surprised when I said that was the one I meant.

Also the word for "A lot" and "One glass of..." is the same, いっぱい ippai, but the meaning depends on if you go up or down at the end... Nothing like going up to the bar after telling your mate you're only stopping in for one beer and ordering "lots of beer" lol