Comments by "John Warner" (@johncrwarner) on "TAKASHii" channel.

Have you heard of "Paris syndrome" パリ症候群, Pari shōkōgun where Japanese people who turn up in Paris are shocked that it is dirtier and more chaotic than Japanese cities and also their idealisation of Paris. I suspect the young man who was a first year High Schooler who mentioned Paris might be shocked by it in reality.
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When I was studying Chinese in China, as soon as I went off the beaten track I would be stared at. Mostly because I was white, have a full beard and hairy legs and arms. There is a lot of curiosity about foreigners and the differences between them and foreigners. There was also an assumption that I didn't speak Chinese which was interesting and a smidgen irritating. I suspect cultures like Chinese and Japanese which have few foreigners relatively in their societies tend to be curious and sometimes unthinking about the foreigners in their midst.
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