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So last night I was just listening to music on my smartphone and so were two other Japanese women on either side of me. The JR staff member walks up to me and tells me I can't use the smartphone while sitting in the handicapped area and even points to the no phone sign. The funny things are I wasn't technically using my phone and there were two other Japanese women using their phones in the same way...and they weren't told anything? Is this racism or does the JR staff only tell me because he assumes I'm the only one who was doing it on accident? If that is the case, why not confront the people who are intentionally breaking the rules? Although I was frustrated, I still got up and moved out of that area and decided to stand. After about ten minutes, I still noticed that the JR staff didn't even bother to tell the two women to stop, so I said excuse me in Japanese and then pointed to the no phones sign. One of the women was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she nodded and moved away. The other just played dumb and pretended she didn't know what I was doing and continued texting on her phone. That is alright though. When it is rush hour on the trains and buses and I get a seat, I put my bag in the seat next to me and then ignore everyone. I often notice people giving me the stink eye because my bag is taking up a seat. I don't care though because in most cases, there is an open seat next to me and nobody wants to sit next to me anyway. So fuck them.