Comments on: One Startling Trip to America http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-startling-trip-to-america Knowledge for your brain about Japan Sat, 18 May 2013 11:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ken Seeroi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-1316 Ken Seeroi Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:22:46 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-1316 Yeah, sometimes it’s hard to get past that feeling of “Well, this is weird.” I also miss a number of good opportunities to meet people, simply because I get creeped out by their initial greeting. I’m trying to work on that though. I think I need a 12-step program, or at least a 7-step one.

]]> By: davidkichi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-1290 davidkichi Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:11:13 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-1290 The few times I’ve visited Japan, I felt weirded out by the way everyone was so serious and hardly ever smiling despite the cleanliness of most places I went to. This one time I was walking around myself sighseeing and this Japanese chick sensed I was an asian gaijin and just smiled at me wildly trying to get me to say something to her to which I just ignored because it’s weird. She should’ve been more normal and asked me if I was a tourist or lost and would’ve gotten a better response. Same thing happened in SF on market st. when I was 17 and a 20 something J. woman dressed in a greenish suit said “Haro” to which I also ignored not that I couldn’t have answered in Japanese as I was already learning it in high school because I didn’t know at that time she was trying to say “Hello”. Looking back I missed some good cultural opportunities. lol

]]> By: Ken Seeroi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-781 Ken Seeroi Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:54:55 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-781 It’s crazy going to the U.S., right? It just seems so . . . what’s the word? Foreign? Not like good ol’ down home Japan.

]]> By: Tony http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-778 Tony Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:10:04 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-778 Just spent one week in LA (angry fat people in flip-flops) and two weeks in New York (angry fat people with fashion). good to be back

]]> By: Ken Seeroi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-768 Ken Seeroi Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:27:24 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-768 Yeah, to me everybody smells like a mix of Polo cologne and Juicy Fruit gum. But on the plus side, Americans tend to have better breath. A routine diet of natto, kimchee, and grilled fish isn’t doing the Japanese any favors.

]]> By: Ella http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-767 Ella Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:26:47 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-767 That’s really interesting, I never realized Americans smell like that, probably because I have never left the country.

]]> By: Ken Seeroi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-608 Ken Seeroi Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:04:41 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-608 See? Now you’re looking on the bright side . . .

It’s not about how horrible the world is; it’s about how much more horrible it could be.

More comforting words were never written.

]]> By: Anti Gum Man http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-555 Anti Gum Man Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:10:16 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-555 Well, I suppose we can be thankful that the breezeways weren’t littered with cigarette butts…

]]> By: Ken Seeroi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-550 Ken Seeroi Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:01:45 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-550 Somehow I never really noticed the gum until I lived in Japan. I guess it was just part of American life for me. Of course, lots of people chew gum in Japan; they just tend to dispose of it a bit more responsibly. The same goes for cigarette butts, which I hate more than gum. There are some pretty startling statistics related to them (see http://www.cigarettelitter.org/ ). Although Japanese people do litter cigarette butts somewhat, it’s far from the pathological level visible in the U.S.

]]> By: Ken Seeroi http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/my-startling-trip-to-america/#comment-549 Ken Seeroi Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:54:11 +0000 http://www.japaneseruleof7.com/?p=674#comment-549 Slightly different cans, carelessly affixed paper labels . . . the mystery deepens. Have we encountered a counterfeit beer ring? And if so, I want in.

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