I am an American born Japanese with conversational level Japanese. When I am in Japan, they often assume I am Japanese but my speaking level could be a bit improper. There have been a few times when I have been told I have a slight accent. Will most places be receptive?
Thanks for the encouragement. All my friends in Japan tell me that my Japanese is good considering that I am technically a foreigner, but still tend to feel like an idiot when I don't have the vocabulary to express certain things. I guess it'll be a good practice to see how far I can get by with my level of Japanese.No, most places will not be receptive. ALL places will be receptive. Now stop thinking about it.
FWIW, American, 100% ethnically Japanese here, lived in Japan for years, back in town a few times a year and not even that conversational, anymore (especially when sober). I have never been turned away from a single venue in my life. So again, stop thinking about it. Assuming you aren't lying about anything in your post, you will not be turned away, anywhere, ever.
Thanks for the encouragement. All my friends in Japan tell me that my Japanese is good considering that I am technically a foreigner, but still tend to feel like an idiot when I don't have the vocabulary to express certain things.
ANYWHERE YOU WANT. Dude, you're not getting it. If you're 100% ethnically Japanese, look 100% ethnically Japanese and are comfortably conversational (and maybe even if you're not) you're not in the same category as any single white guy or visible foreigner in the world, even ones fluent in Japanese. Japan is a fundamentally racist place and guys like us don't need to worry about racist gaijin rules and standards because they don't apply to us. Pick your place and walk through the door like you belong there. The only thing that might fuck you up is if you're acting nervous or strange or babbling on incoherently because then you might just weird them out and they'll use your foreign passport as an excuse to avoid you.Do you have any recommendations for places I should check out?
Gotcha, thanks for the suggestion!If they say you have an accent, say you’re from some obscure Tohoku or Okinawa places and pray the staff is not from the same area, lol.
Bring Japanese passport just in case.
We don’t do recommendations and we can’t because we don’t know what you are looking for , and also most people here wouldn’t be having first hand experience with those Japanese only places.
Some people who can pass as Japanese use it to get into cheap raw sx places, i would however not recommend that. Pink salons that are not assessable to foreigners could be fun and good value too, also a bit risky because of high customer turnover though.
Basically any place you are interested in could work as said previously.
Thanks. well, not a lot of locals that can pass as Japanese on this English language forum, haha.Gotcha, thanks for the suggestion!
Yeah i was just wondering if there were any areas or places that are highly recommended by locals (non foreigners).
Nah the number of virgin socially inept Japanese dudes who do that the first time they walk into a hakoheru or whatever. You’ll be FINE.The only thing that might fuck you up is if you're acting nervous or strange or babbling on incoherently because then you might just weird them out
https://tokyoadultguide.com/threads...oapland-resource-and-discussion-thread.30413/Gotcha, thanks for the suggestion!
Yeah i was just wondering if there were any areas or places that are highly recommended by locals (non foreigners).
Oh awesome, this helps a lot. Thank youhttps://tokyoadultguide.com/threads...oapland-resource-and-discussion-thread.30413/
maybe you can go there and find shop with X for AJP and try your luck there.
Not sure how many native or naturalized here, it would be great to find review from such perspective.