Karnidge 2 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 I've never really been up against anything like that, but I've sure felt uncomfortable at times. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 I got turned away from a love hotel once because I was gaijin!!!! I had had a massive arguement with the hand with the key and they eventually relented and let us in. Also got turned away from a resturant in ochanomizu a few months ago. And I was all dressed up and with suits even. I just figure its their loss and that karma will get them in the end Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 it is a sad day when the suit doesnt command respect. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 I can just about understand the rationale behind not letting foreigners live in your house, cooking their greasy smelly foreign food and walking all over the tatami with their toilet slippers on, and hanging their dartboard in the tokonoma; and I can see that having foreigners shagging your Thai whores and giving the poor girls AIDS and what-not really won't do; but not letting them into your restaurant for two hours when they've gone to the trouble of associating with people in suits is really just a bit much. (How many chuhais had you had before you darkened their door zwelgen?) Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Very sad. I was actually welcomed at my apartment - very friendly landlord. Not all bad Axis of Evil © types you know. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 I also love how in Japan all foreigners have to have one of those "gaikokujin toroko shomeisho", which the Japanese authorities translate to "Alien Registration Card". Where does the "alien" part of it come from? Dont they know that in English the word "alien" means "someone or something from outer space"... for them though I suppose that is what any country apart from japan is, "outer space". I also remember friends who were in Japan before me having their fingerprints taken for their "alien cards"! What a joke. I can also recall a sign at Narita Airport where the word "alien" was used to mean "foreigners" or "non-Japanese"! Nuts. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Alien also has other meanings. I heard them use the phrase on CNN the other day in referring to foreign nationals. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Alien is generally used at an official level in English speaking countries to refer to non-nationals. (and, of course, being as there is (officially) no knowledge of extra-terrestrial life forms, confusion is kept to a minimum). What seems more 'impolite' gaijin or alien? Reckon Japan and the west have a pretty fair deal regarding perceived insults to non-nationals... Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 So that's not just a Japan thing. And anyway, their use of the work "alien" is a translation, unlike its usage in other English speaking countries. Link to post Share on other sites
Double-D-Licious 0 Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Taking affirmative action is an option. Crying and slamming doors are possibilities too. What about starting a group called " Be aware of the Gaijin or Beware!!! Tickles first and Slaps later!Everyones a winner babe, that's the truth(who wants to sing along?)! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by miteyak: Alien is generally used at an official level in English speaking countries to refer to non-nationals. (and, of course, being as there is (officially) no knowledge of extra-terrestrial life forms, confusion is kept to a minimum). LOL! Seemed obvious to me too Yak. Not in Australia I guess eh woywoy Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Confusion? What confusion?! Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 In NZ I have NEVER heard the word alien except for extraterrestrial beings or something in concentration camps. We usually say immigrants, visitors, tourists, students, overseas workers, and I guess now we have terrorists... Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I sometimes feel that the gaijin card opens up some places for you - places I wouldn't get to go to if I weren't the gaijing of the town. Like the mayors house, private tour of the local brewery, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 I have had a few places opened up to me too that wouldn't have been open if I were Japanese. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 I wasn't allowed in a bar last night in Shinjuku, they said no gaijin. So we all went somewhere else after throwing some suitable insults around. It was near Kabukicho, I'll have to ask my Japanese friends the name of the place. Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Just don't go that stupid place, I say. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts