Question for the Japanese

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yetru15

I have been wanting to Travel to Japan, find the culture interesting and have been learning the language.

But ngl, seeing how other tourists have been treating Japan recently is turning me away because it feels like there's a lot of tension now between tourists and natives. I am also black and I know that Japan doesn't have a good history with colourism and a lot of the tourists causing trouble have also been black which makes things even worse for me if I went there.

Is it still worth visiting or will I just be profiled and looked at weirdly. Tell me now before I waste time learning more of the language.

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ArtemisZ083

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No one in japan treats people badly, they all mind their business.

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yetru15

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That's what people say but Japanese people have been voicing their frustrations with tourists. Especially after the Johnny Salami guy caused a lot of trouble and made the Japan's image of black people even worse over there. Maybe I am too anxious but I can't help but think I'll just be grouped with every other weirdo visiting Japan.

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acels

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they are non confrontational

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yetru15

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That's what I hear but idk, I just want some kind of clarity from a native that my worries are overblown.

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boilin_cockroach

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https://www.vlr.gg/373637/how-to-identify-engagement-bait
point number 7

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Froggy0_0

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what was the eren_yeager situation

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Holt shit I finally saw the usage of that thread 🤣💀

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boilin_cockroach

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It has been used multiple times already

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Froggy0_0

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what was the eren_yeager situation

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boilin_cockroach

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my apologies Froggy0_0! Didn’t see your post above 😔

So basically some dude with israeli flag made a thread claiming he can’t log in to riot games launcher. Guys replied to him saying “W riot” and that kinds of stuff. eren_yeager then started saying racist shit towards palestinians or sum like that. It was pretty big drama actually i’m surprised you missed it

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Froggy0_0

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when did this happen

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yetru15

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I am asking here because Reddit doesn't let you post anything if you haven't got an old account or one with a lot of upvotes. At least there are some Japanese people in these forums who can maybe help me with this. I don't know what's political about it. I want to visit Japan but I'm concerned about tourist tension and Japan's view of black people.

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Prancer

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Very worth it to go rn cus the yen is dogshit and it'll be very cheap to do whatever you'd want. I'd steer clear of spiritual areas.

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For real all my friends went there purely to exploit the currency exchange rate lol

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yetru15

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True, it might be worth going regardless just for that reason. Idk, I get bad anxiety/doomer-thoughts especially when going into things I've heard bad news about. Was hoping for some clarity from a native about the tourist situation. Just don't want to visit a place and be looked at weirdly for being there.

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Froggy0_0

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you should ask them about nanking