muikabochi 208 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I was just reading that Niseko thread and an opinion someone wrote there about "being the only gaijin in town". I think even if there are lots of gaijin around you will still be noticed a lot but here in the country where there aren't many, wherever you go people are looking to a greater or lesser degree. It makes me uncomfortable. One of my friends though laps it up and loves being the center of attention and "being famous". How about you - are you the "don't want publicity and just want to get on with it" type or the kind who wants to be "famous"? Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Depends on who the fans are but generally it's a bad thing. I used to live in Saga when I was on JET and got my fair share of fame in the inaka schools. Students used to come up to me and tell me what their grandmother's neighbour had seen me buying for lunch. Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I don't like that either. I try to avoid the fame game. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 You can use it to your advantage to make cash, so I don't mind it! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I often walk around with my flies undone just to see if I get to hear about it through the grapevine. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I sometimes do that without knowing. And I never hear about it at all on any grapevine I'm not sure I'd like as much of the kind of attention that countryside gaijin folk seem to get over there. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 When I first came here I enjoyed that, now I try to avoid it. I'd rather have a quieter life. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Don't like it much. I play it up a bit in the class room to get the kids interested, but out of school I don't like it at all. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Neither do I if people put curious eyes on me for long time not talking any. When I traveled around Europe in my uni days, I sometimes got the situation in some countryside where asians seldom visited e.g. at Monte-Frio Tocon in a surberb of Granada Spain. I knew people would like to ask me a lot but I didn't speak Spanish good and of course they didnt speak Japanese at all. And a lot often I was asked if I were from China. I said I was from Japan but some people didn't know where Japan was or maybe they didn't know Japan!? I'm sure you are outstanding if you walked around with the inoshishi looking. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I hate it and that feeling gets stronger the more I am here. To a certain extent of course it is going to be unavoidable. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 If you looked like gamera, people are going to look, gamera. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I don't fly spinning around. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I liked the attention when I first came here but don't milk it anymore, prefer a bit more privacy now I have a steady gf Link to post Share on other sites
rigor mortis 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 its wearing a bit thin for me too. especially if i just want to do a bit of shopping and muse over stuff, but i know im on show and feel a bit pressured. or if im feeling like a bit of a crubblet and just want to crub around out of the limelight. however if i am in the mood sometimes, its nice to lap it up. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sam 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I feel pretty much the same. Some days you just want to be anonymous. Link to post Share on other sites
mayhem22 0 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 crubblet! what a great word! don't really enjoy being the only whitey in this 1-whitey town, but i'm pretty used to it by now. it'll be nice to go home for a visit and just blend in for sure though! Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 At first it was OK but like the others..the longer I am here the more I tried to avoid it...kinda going for the infamous angle now Link to post Share on other sites
harumi 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 There is american guy in my small village in Yamanashi teaching in school and he is very famous in our village! Everybody know about him and report on what they see him doing and where he is. I hear he likes the attention! Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I quite happily played it up when I first came here, much less so now. Living in a city area though I suppose it is much easier to tone it down when you want to than out in the countryside. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I go jogging at night times - so much better than during the day when almost everyone stares at you. (I know it's probably my lovely legs, but...) Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I like being 'famous' when I want to be but like to vanish at other times. I wish I had a switch so I had some control. Link to post Share on other sites
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