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Random Things I Learned From My Trip to Tokyo
Epy:
--- Quote from: newy on June 10, 2010, 05:05:27 PM ---No offense but why'd you go to Japan to eat food that you can get at home? Why not stay at home?
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(no offense, but) food is everything to you? :P
devout:
I learned that the japanese will speak to me in japanese because they think I can speak japanese, that
the chinese tourists ask me questions in chinese because they think I can speak chinese, and the korean
tourists will ask me questions in korean because they think I can speak korean!
Which leaves me feeling like a failure asian T_T.
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: devout on June 14, 2010, 03:05:34 AM ---I learned that the japanese will speak to me in japanese because they think I can speak japanese, that
the chinese tourists ask me questions in chinese because they think I can speak chinese, and the korean
tourists will ask me questions in korean because they think I can speak korean!
Which leaves me feeling like a failure asian T_T.
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I think this just proves that even Asians can't tell each other's ethnic identities apart. Either that or it proves that you're some kind of super-Asian that all other Asians identify with!
vehkt:
--- Quote from: newy on June 10, 2010, 05:05:27 PM ---No offense but why'd you go to Japan to eat food that you can get at home? Why not stay at home?
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Well, if I have to be perfectly honest, I seemingly have a phobia about trying new foods. I thought I was in a vast minority, but I actually saw a TV documentary about the condition not too long ago.
Just imagine that if someone put like... a plate of sushi, in front of you, whilst you might see it as something new and possibly tasty, I would literally be thinking everything and anything to put me off eating it. From tapeworms to what part of the fish it was when it was still breathing, what fishy fluids were pumping through it... then... just... fish guts.
Hence I stick to simplistic food I know I like :P.
Fortunately it's a phobia that can be ironed out over time.
Anyway, continue epic Japan travels discussion :>.
Mycanid:
I also thought Tokyo was amazingly clean for a city (as far as cities go I suppose), and that it did indeed seem as if every day was a field trip for some school or other - and not just in Tokyo but everywhere else I went.
As far as strange looks from others ... I got them from EVERYone - Japanese, Europeans, school kids, etc. : you name it. But I did not feel as if any of them were unkind or such - more of a lazily curious "Oh? Who's this?"
As far as Asians being able to tell one another apart ... I saw and heard various different cases on this one. Some people told me it was extremely easy for them, others that it was not so easy. Language, of course, seemed to be the main factor! ;)
As regards Burger Kings in particular, I can honestly say that I did not see a single one in Japan. But I did see PILES of McDonald's ... everywhere. So much so that it was surreal.
The traditional food of Japan is generally very carefully prepared, and I was told that sushi chefs and the like have to get special licenses to practice their trade. The Japanese in general are much more cleanliness-conscious and "purity" conscious when it comes to food and personal hygiene imo - I would be much more afraid of food poisoning here in the USA than in Japan. When I was there I was very fortunate to have my host family take care of all the cooking for me, so I ate Japanese cuisine pretty much every meal. That was not a problem for me though, as I love it and was even raised eating some of these foods to begin with. Except natto ... that is just plain nasty. I have never been able to get past the smell of it.
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