Could a fair black young adult live in Japan and be happy?
Im thinking of living in Japan. My Harigana,Katakana is excellent. My kanji isnt to good. Edicut and culture (sorry about spelling) Im fair as in i have very light brown skin. And im basically fluent in japanese. But.. will they accept me?
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i tihnk so. i was just in vietnam, and there is a whole street of african americans. and vietnamese people were walking by, looking intheir shops as if they were any other viet person ;) good luck pelase please help! http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmmybQBZ_i0PldMfjVUeNSDAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090409093923AAo2xd8
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My grandma's brother is Black and he is living in Japan and they are living very well
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Yes they'll accept you. I love Japan! I wish I could go with :)
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I was wondering about that myself..I think my Japanese is is pretty good enough to carry a conversation and I want to be able to use my Japanese to talk to other Japanese or to be able to talk to natives.. I don't want that to go to waste...I also wnat to learn a LOT MORE KANJI from them. I love languages.. I also find the palce to be very beautiful... but I don't know how they feel about black people.
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Iie. Nihon-jin wa chotto hen desu ne. Nihon ni itta hooga ii desu yo.
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try italy...i heard from an italian they love black women a lot
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immigrating to japan is not easy. they are very strict on granting permanent citizenship to nonjapanese people
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me too i was thinking of that i actually wanted to stay in japan 4 a while..my skin is kinda light too..but why should pigment matter... i want to learn japanses too..and eat their food lol...and meet some of thier guys XD if im not already hicked XDDD lmao
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Being happy comes from your own self. Now, in Japan there will certainly be racist catcalls and the like - as in every country - because you are are different. How you manage them and how you turn these into something good will determine if you will be happy there. Safe journey!
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Nope, asians don't like blacks.
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Japan is a nice place like Tokyo,Osaka islands Sapporo is nice places. You should go to japan to experience our culture it's nice!!
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I think you should wait. First of all, working in japan is very stressful. Supervisors or managements are very very strict to the level that even japanese feel the pressures. The cost of living over there is high. Now japan is in recession, they dont like people to compete jobs with them. Wait until they recover from the recession, then take a short trip to try it out, but I can tell you, living in japan is not as fun as what you think.
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Yes you can be happy living in Japan because of its exotic technology and its people are hospitable. Do know that Japan is a conservative country and a lot of stuff there is different, for one they have squat-down toilets and no toilet paper so you have to use your hands and water to wipe your butt when you secrete waste. As for the being accepted part, if you show maturity and acceptance and are somewhat submissive then the people there will not stereotype you and will eventually accept you. Try not to get too loud or anything like that. They will always look at you as being different but they will not treat you as an inferior.
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What part of Japan were you interested in moving to? You will be accepted, but get used to being "the foreigner" or "gaijin" everywhere you go; (unless you're in a big city they won't take notice as much that you're foreign) You might undergo stereotypes or hardships as a foreigner & adjusting to the lifestyle there but then again you would anywhere else in the world too. You're really ambitious and brave to just want to move to Japan! I would be too scared to. I was born there but raised in America; I visit my family sometimes out there but I can't stay for too long because I start to miss the diversity & American culture -- when you get there you'll realize like wow every one is Japanese! haha its COMMON SENSE but when you're used to different races mixed together like me since I live in LA it really takes a toll on you after a while oh & how they feel about black people : from the people I've talked to & met there, they think of black people just as they do any other race. I think in western culture there is this engraved mindset of black & white but to japanese people its more like japanese people against every other non-asian race. So from what I have seen they just see black people as they would an Indian person, Hispanic etc so you would just be classified as a foreigner, not a "black person" especially if you have lighter skin some probably won't be sure what you are and just think of you as a foreigner
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