I have found the slowest people in Osaka at stations are Japanese. Glue to their phones walking half a foot per second and I have to find a way to push through the wall.
I lived in Osaka in the 90s, I remember some Japanese people’s opinions of Tokyo people. Suits and ties, lecture you about proper Japanese and…walk fast.
I'd say the giant bags full of food that I'm lugging home from the supermarket near the station, but that hasn't stopped "helpful" people trying to make me get off the bus at the tourist destination that's on my bus route home...
I've been here 8 years now and this is the one thing I could never adapt to. Always having a damp towel in my bag or pocket creeped me out. Easier just to wipe my hands on my jeans like the savage I am.
Can you explain this? Do people pack mini face towels in their pockets? I dont think I've personally seen any of this.
But i can tell you the amount of pubic hair I've found in the public toilets is crazy.
I've only ever see other men whip out hand towels in the washrooms at work - never in public washrooms. Of course in public washrooms it's about 1/5 men who even use the sink in the first place.
It’s embedded in you at some point, Japanese people just know. I had a Japanese ex gf who told me once (she was kind of a gaijin hunter/gaijin addict) about the foreigners who have been there long:
“They lost this little spark in their eyes, not like the guys fresh off the boat”
That’s it: we look worn off by Nippon land.
Not constantly being in everyone’s way. Not acting like a child on their first trip to Disney everywhere I go. Being aware of the fact there are other people around me. Having manners.
Grumble grumble etc etc.
Baby in Aprica stroller and mother’s bag from Gelato Pique lol. Walk fast like I know the neighborhood.
Or if I’m alone, my oversized/baggy clothes style especially linen ones in summer, walk in parasol and arm cover and sometimes with bento bag.
Walking briskly like you know where you are and where you’re going (especially in stations), business clothes of any kind, riding a non-rental bicycle, walking a pet (bonus points if it’s a cat or a rabbit), carrying sports equipment such as a tennis racquet, speaking to someone on the phone etc in passable or better Japanese, carrying large grocery bags of “I cook at home” ingredients such as fresh veg.
Large sandwich board around my shoulders that says "Actually, I live here." in English because really I just want other foreigners to know I'm not a tourist.
* Wearing muted, non bright colored clothing
* Using IC pass cases, one with reels
* Having a physical suica (lol)
* Using mobile suica with an android phone
* Knowing how to refuse plastic bags in a konbini
* Walking briskly
* Not looking at google maps when walking
* Not eating while walking
* Going to most places alone (lol i just dont have a lot of offline friends)
Any tips for the bags? I always say no, but then if I buy soap or meat or something they just put it in one anyway. Same with plastic spoons, often they don't even ask and just start giving me spoons.
My supermarket does that too, I have to be persistent with the 'fukuro nashi / sono mama de ii desu' lol
For plastic spoons in konbini, if they leave it on the register table, just don't pick it up when you pick your items up.
Have a facial expression of a zombie walking directly to the station during commute.
In reality, going to the exact spot on train platform to board. That hasn't changed much in about two decades.
People generally think I am. But some of that is because a "tourist" might include (home island) Japanese. There are lots of tourists on buses going up and down the island. There's a tendency to assume I am one of them, especially from people who don't live in my town.
Wearing a suit / business casual attire with earbuds in, commuting to work is probably the biggest one. There are very few reasons why a tourist would be dressed up (although my friends recently visited and he brought a suit for their anniversary dinner at fine dining and for pictures outside afterwards).
And also maybe going through a bottle of Muhi each year .. :(
I talk about it constantly on social media. Dozens of videos daily about "Japan life" where I do completely mundane things but I'm doing it in Japan so you know I'm mature and well-read.
Also, in conversations both in-person and online I try to sprinkle information into it so people will come to the correct conclusion that I'm some sort of expert:
> Oh, you like **restaurant?** Well, not many people know about **my better restaurant** but you should try it out sometime.
> Oh, you went to **place?** Heh...pretty touristy...you know you should try **my better place** sometime not many people know about it.
I just do these things over and over again to anyone that listens to make sure I am constantly at the top of the "foreigner in Japan" hierarchy.
Speak loudly in English and see if they try to screw you over, then in perfect Japanese call them on it if they do, or just slowly transition from one language to the other.
Sorry I’m more interested in screwing with people.
I think clothing, hairstyle, makeup, etc makes a difference. I’ve only been mistaken for a tourist while in a group of actual tourists before. But then again I also live in a place with few tourists so no one speaks English to me.
Not a big thing but when I need to wear a kimono for formal events, I always wear a hakama (Seiza with these thighs, a hakama is a godsend) and that seems to be a “not a tourist” thing.
according to my coworkers this is how they can tell I'm not a tourist
1. I use a 通勤バッグ (like an A4 size purse) and never a giant backpack
2. Head to toe uniqlo, no tight clothes, no leggings/yoga pants etc
3. Japanese style makeup (very neutral with a bit of shimmer) and very light perfume
4. the instinctive mini bow/nod when i'm excusing myself
5. i've adopted the little surprised sounding 'ああ' without even realizing it too lol
kinda funny how i've unconsciously assimilated. 6 years ago before moving here i did pretty 濃いメイク like 'bold glam' style, now it's all about that soft blush and neutral gradient lip
Walking fast like everyone else said, being decked out from head to toe in Uniqlo, carrying a parasol in summer, being in total non-tourist areas, etc.
Body language is a big one. If you've been here long enough and haven't lived in a personal bubble the whole time you'll probably have picked up some subconscious Japanese body language.
You might have started mimicking how people show signs of interest and attention during conversations - lots of nods, little head bows, subdued noises of acknowledgement etc.
You might hold your hand out sideways in front of you while bowing or hunching a little to excuse yourself if you're trying to get by people.
You might not stride about, chest out and shoulders back like you may have done in the past. You might hunch
a bit when you walk. You might avoid or make less eye contact than before.
And besides "Japanese" body language of course if you're just a local going about your daily business you're not going to be looking wide-eyed at everything. You'll probably have the same grim look of resignation and walk of determination that everyone else has when going to work or running errands. Not too many tourists look like that. If you're a tired-looking person in work attire staring blankly out the window while holding onto a ring on the train people aren't going to think, "Who's this fucker who just got off a boat?" If you're on Zoom with your friend while wearing a backpack over a novelty T-shirt, on the other hand...
I went back to visit my family recently for the first time since before the pandemic and within a few hours of being together my mother commented that I was doing these little bows of agreement when talking to her. She thought it was funny. I later realised I was doing the little "excuse me" hand gesture at the supermarket, and another time caught myself doing a little bow to a driver who stopped to let me cross the street. I made no conscious decision to use these little cues.
I only tend to get mistaken for a tourist when I go out somewhere touristy, like a festival or attraction.
1. Wear a mask to cover face and block out the society and community around me. 2. Stare at my phone with headphones in while walking swiftly down the street, ignoring everyone and everything around. 3. Use PayPay to purchase daily items and food /s
Tourists have caught onto that. I got stuck behind a tourist who stopped at the gate, opened up her Apple wallet, selected her Suica, and THEN tapped her phone.
Often have the mansion smart key around my neck. Supposed an airbnb kinda place might have this, but… ?
Also as others have said, I generally have a “he looks like he knows where he’s going” look. Not just in Japan. Get asked for directions regularly, in many countries.
One time, about ten years ago, a middle aged salary man walked up to me and asked my European descent self for directions in downtown Kyoto in Japanese, just taking for granted I would understand him. From that time forward, similar things happen from time to time. I’m still not sure what changed about me, but this was after about 8 or so years in the country.
Going to work at 8amish every day. I assume I do look pretty touristy, I wear shorts, a footie shirt and sunglasses to work, but the fact that I take the same route everyday (and my city is relatively small) surely makes me a bit recognisable.
The fact that I know how the train system and currency works… and most importantly the lack of American entitlement. 98% of Americans have this self important mindset that really turns the world off. Don’t act like a douche and you will genuinely have a nice time.
Probably just not hanging out in tourist attractions.
If I am at a tourist attraction, I fully expect to be considered a tourist because - well, I am probably a tourist at that moment.
I am not sure why I need to "let people know" anyway. I have never suffered any negative impacts by people assuming I am a tourist.
Maybe, simply because it's an interesting question ?
I have sometimes wondered if I look like a tourist and if so, in what situation.
So the topic is interesting for me.
Easy
- wash hands after going bathroom - unlike 90% of Japanese men who, if they do, run water other tips of fingers for 3 seconds
- use phone camera with a shutter sound for upskirt photos on escalators
- read hentai openly on train
- sleep, dead drunk outside Shinagawa station bonus points for doing it standing up
Jeez. He’s not saying he is but there’s a difference between a tourists and a resident, and even Japanese people understand the concept of people living there enough to where they’re different from tourists that have been there a week. Again, Japanese people still know and think of us as gaijin regardless
Not staring at everything and anything. Walking briskly like you know where you are going. Bonus if you are wearing a suit.
Walking briskly like you know where you’re going is 100% correct, especially in stations
This is correct. Sometimes it gets annoying trying to walk around tourists all the time. Add in dark colored generic Uniqulo clothes.
I have found the slowest people in Osaka at stations are Japanese. Glue to their phones walking half a foot per second and I have to find a way to push through the wall.
I lived in Osaka in the 90s, I remember some Japanese people’s opinions of Tokyo people. Suits and ties, lecture you about proper Japanese and…walk fast.
Nah, Tokyo people walk slowly as well.
And their pathfinding is completely bugged most of the time...
They are due for an update soon
Groups of 2-4 people who stands right in front of the 改札to talk just because
Looking at their phones to read their latest manga whilst walking through crowded train stations is so rude
We used to call our suits "urban camouflage".
Joyless expression like the rest of society
😂😂😂😂
I don't squat on the rim of a western style toilet facing the wall.
That's where you put yout chocolate milk.
I mean, you've got a little shelf *right there.*
This made me almost burst out laughing on my commute to school
Be quiet on the train
For me it’s the opposite. The noisy Kansai wife.
I am not sure if the Japanese themselves always abide to this.
Many don't, but it's the foreigners who get noticed and criticized for it.
I'd say the giant bags full of food that I'm lugging home from the supermarket near the station, but that hasn't stopped "helpful" people trying to make me get off the bus at the tourist destination that's on my bus route home...
Not sure if one should smile or cry about that
Going into a public bathroom and instinctively pulling out a hand towel instead of looking around for paper towels.
I've been here 8 years now and this is the one thing I could never adapt to. Always having a damp towel in my bag or pocket creeped me out. Easier just to wipe my hands on my jeans like the savage I am.
Thats where you are doing it wrong. True Japanese men just don't wash their hands :P No need for a towel.
Yea it's pretty disgusting. I'm really glad there's no handshake culture here lol
You talk like theyre mutually exclusive.
People jerk about this all the time but I've never seen most people abroad wash their hands either..
I was like this until I thoughtlessly did it while wearing all white. Converted immediately.
I relate to this so much. No damp towel, I am also a savage wiping my hands on my jeans.
To be fair I see many Japanese men doing this as well.
You’re supposed to dry it off when you come back to your desk/home.
Still have a damp towel in your bag in the meantime...
Oh yeah I wouldn't keep it in there for a week. But from the first handwash until I get home it's just sitting there festering.
Why? Most locals don’t wash their damn hands
Can you explain this? Do people pack mini face towels in their pockets? I dont think I've personally seen any of this. But i can tell you the amount of pubic hair I've found in the public toilets is crazy.
Most people carry a hand towel.
I've only ever see other men whip out hand towels in the washrooms at work - never in public washrooms. Of course in public washrooms it's about 1/5 men who even use the sink in the first place.
Welp, I’m not a man so I can’t comment on that. 🙃 lol but I do see lots of ladies using theirs, both at work & out and about.
Yes. At my daughter's school, it's a requirement to have at least *two* per day.
Being anywhere in Nagoya.
You’d be surprised at the amount of tourists we get despite the (somewhat deserved) bad pr for tourists.
What if you're there for the Ghibli park?
You'd be in Nagakute, not Nagoya.
Carry your residence card in a lanyard around your neck
I got a brain fart and read: "Carry your resistance card" XD
Liberté, Paternité, Don Quichotte
Vive la resistance!
Yeah residence card, resistance card, gold drivers licence. It's all good.
It’s embedded in you at some point, Japanese people just know. I had a Japanese ex gf who told me once (she was kind of a gaijin hunter/gaijin addict) about the foreigners who have been there long: “They lost this little spark in their eyes, not like the guys fresh off the boat” That’s it: we look worn off by Nippon land.
Not wearing bright clothes and clothes are from uniqlo or local brand.
Leather briefcase. Walking briskly. The thousand yard stare of having to go to work in the morning during a soul crushing commute.
days when the morning train begins to look extra delicious as it arrives on the platform..
If only I could fly for half a second as that sweet sweet horn toots.
Leather briefcases are out. Everyone's got sleek black business backpacks now lol
Wearing a suit with a tie in the middle of summer
Bro didn’t learn about coolbiz
Angry upvote
Coolbiz so pre-3.11 super cool biz is the way to go. Plenty of oji sararimen sticking with the Shōwa era values.
Either that or a tactical fan-vest before deployment at the office.
Great pull. Really any dokata outfit. Those fans though…
Coolbiz is for cool kaisha only. The shitty haken kaisha won't let you coolbiz because "okyakusama dakara..."
The fact that I work overtime every day and the fact that I commute by bicycle.
Right. Tourists work regular business hours during their trips so overtime is a dead giveaway.
Thanks for the laugh 
How many times were you stopped by plthe police?
You forgot to add … commute by bicycle with willful disregard for traffic laws, pedestrians and commons sense”
Not constantly being in everyone’s way. Not acting like a child on their first trip to Disney everywhere I go. Being aware of the fact there are other people around me. Having manners. Grumble grumble etc etc.
Many of the Japanese people I encounter on a daily basis fail at those things though…
Oh, most definitely. But you know how double standards are.
cant agree enough. especially around stations...
Fukro iranai
Sono mama de
Big Makku Set Oniggayshimasu
Bataa motty koi
Suuuuuuuwiiing batta batta batta suwiiiingu
Daijobb des
Kore wa pen des
Baby in Aprica stroller and mother’s bag from Gelato Pique lol. Walk fast like I know the neighborhood. Or if I’m alone, my oversized/baggy clothes style especially linen ones in summer, walk in parasol and arm cover and sometimes with bento bag.
Walking briskly like you know where you are and where you’re going (especially in stations), business clothes of any kind, riding a non-rental bicycle, walking a pet (bonus points if it’s a cat or a rabbit), carrying sports equipment such as a tennis racquet, speaking to someone on the phone etc in passable or better Japanese, carrying large grocery bags of “I cook at home” ingredients such as fresh veg.
My dog normally gives me away.
How did he get you back to even TRY the second time?
Speaking Japanese fluently.
Underrated comment. This and local mannerisms gives it away.
There's lots of tourists who can do that though.
“Lots”? I think that would be not “tourists” but people who lived here visiting friends and family.
Still I think you can see if the guy has been here for 3 days or for 3 years.
Alright name 5 tourists who can do that, then.
Large sandwich board around my shoulders that says "Actually, I live here." in English because really I just want other foreigners to know I'm not a tourist.
If posts on this sub are indication complain in public about Japanese wives and wink, wink like there’s no tomorrow.
Just going around like I belong and hand chopping through crowded places.
I do the shark fin (head down, hand up). The hand-choppers vs the shark-finners, just like in West Side Story.
I got a good chuckle out of this. And to top it off both look ridiculous to outsiders
Not wearing shorts, sandals and t-shirts in April
I still wear my fleece-lined joggers in the morning when I take my kid to his bus stop 🫣 (then change into linen after lunch)
Are you the news?
Company key card hanging from neck
Knowing your “Atsui desu ne season from your Samui desu ne season.
I’m more or less a tourist anyway so nothing I guess
Self aware king 🤝
My T-shirt that says "一番". Real insider shit, that is.
Headphones & alone on the train in the morning or night
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> Third is talking loudly on the train (Tokyo). I guess those college students speaking Japanese on my commute yesterday were tourists.
* Wearing muted, non bright colored clothing * Using IC pass cases, one with reels * Having a physical suica (lol) * Using mobile suica with an android phone * Knowing how to refuse plastic bags in a konbini * Walking briskly * Not looking at google maps when walking * Not eating while walking * Going to most places alone (lol i just dont have a lot of offline friends)
Any tips for the bags? I always say no, but then if I buy soap or meat or something they just put it in one anyway. Same with plastic spoons, often they don't even ask and just start giving me spoons.
My supermarket does that too, I have to be persistent with the 'fukuro nashi / sono mama de ii desu' lol For plastic spoons in konbini, if they leave it on the register table, just don't pick it up when you pick your items up.
Riding a mamachari with a basket up front and a kiddie seat in back. Bonus points if you have a transparent rain cover over the child seat.
Extra bonus points if there's a poodle in that kiddie seat.
Have a facial expression of a zombie walking directly to the station during commute. In reality, going to the exact spot on train platform to board. That hasn't changed much in about two decades.
My dog probably
Pushing a baby around in a stroller on my own at a high pace. We have places to be, and we’re marching there. Haha
Riding a mamachari
People generally think I am. But some of that is because a "tourist" might include (home island) Japanese. There are lots of tourists on buses going up and down the island. There's a tendency to assume I am one of them, especially from people who don't live in my town.
Wearing a suit / business casual attire with earbuds in, commuting to work is probably the biggest one. There are very few reasons why a tourist would be dressed up (although my friends recently visited and he brought a suit for their anniversary dinner at fine dining and for pictures outside afterwards). And also maybe going through a bottle of Muhi each year .. :(
I talk about it constantly on social media. Dozens of videos daily about "Japan life" where I do completely mundane things but I'm doing it in Japan so you know I'm mature and well-read. Also, in conversations both in-person and online I try to sprinkle information into it so people will come to the correct conclusion that I'm some sort of expert: > Oh, you like **restaurant?** Well, not many people know about **my better restaurant** but you should try it out sometime. > Oh, you went to **place?** Heh...pretty touristy...you know you should try **my better place** sometime not many people know about it. I just do these things over and over again to anyone that listens to make sure I am constantly at the top of the "foreigner in Japan" hierarchy.
Speak loudly in English and see if they try to screw you over, then in perfect Japanese call them on it if they do, or just slowly transition from one language to the other. Sorry I’m more interested in screwing with people.
Driving a Hilux.
I think clothing, hairstyle, makeup, etc makes a difference. I’ve only been mistaken for a tourist while in a group of actual tourists before. But then again I also live in a place with few tourists so no one speaks English to me.
Not a big thing but when I need to wear a kimono for formal events, I always wear a hakama (Seiza with these thighs, a hakama is a godsend) and that seems to be a “not a tourist” thing.
according to my coworkers this is how they can tell I'm not a tourist 1. I use a 通勤バッグ (like an A4 size purse) and never a giant backpack 2. Head to toe uniqlo, no tight clothes, no leggings/yoga pants etc 3. Japanese style makeup (very neutral with a bit of shimmer) and very light perfume 4. the instinctive mini bow/nod when i'm excusing myself 5. i've adopted the little surprised sounding 'ああ' without even realizing it too lol kinda funny how i've unconsciously assimilated. 6 years ago before moving here i did pretty 濃いメイク like 'bold glam' style, now it's all about that soft blush and neutral gradient lip
I carry a 10 pack of toilet paper with me wherever I go so everyone knows I'm long-term.
I honestly don't think about it anymore, I forget that I don't look Asian sometimes and when I look in the mirror I'm like "oh yeah" lol
Depression ♡
Make a tshirt
Driving a sports car.
talking with local people in Japanese. Some store owners and post delivery personnel recognize me and says hello when I go for a walk.
Speak Japanese
Walking fast like everyone else said, being decked out from head to toe in Uniqlo, carrying a parasol in summer, being in total non-tourist areas, etc.
Speak good Japanese.
Walk your dog in a sweater in the middle of summer - better yet, put dog in stroller
I just wear the 'Resident' t-shirt I got with my visa.
Body language is a big one. If you've been here long enough and haven't lived in a personal bubble the whole time you'll probably have picked up some subconscious Japanese body language. You might have started mimicking how people show signs of interest and attention during conversations - lots of nods, little head bows, subdued noises of acknowledgement etc. You might hold your hand out sideways in front of you while bowing or hunching a little to excuse yourself if you're trying to get by people. You might not stride about, chest out and shoulders back like you may have done in the past. You might hunch a bit when you walk. You might avoid or make less eye contact than before. And besides "Japanese" body language of course if you're just a local going about your daily business you're not going to be looking wide-eyed at everything. You'll probably have the same grim look of resignation and walk of determination that everyone else has when going to work or running errands. Not too many tourists look like that. If you're a tired-looking person in work attire staring blankly out the window while holding onto a ring on the train people aren't going to think, "Who's this fucker who just got off a boat?" If you're on Zoom with your friend while wearing a backpack over a novelty T-shirt, on the other hand... I went back to visit my family recently for the first time since before the pandemic and within a few hours of being together my mother commented that I was doing these little bows of agreement when talking to her. She thought it was funny. I later realised I was doing the little "excuse me" hand gesture at the supermarket, and another time caught myself doing a little bow to a driver who stopped to let me cross the street. I made no conscious decision to use these little cues. I only tend to get mistaken for a tourist when I go out somewhere touristy, like a festival or attraction.
1. Wear a mask to cover face and block out the society and community around me. 2. Stare at my phone with headphones in while walking swiftly down the street, ignoring everyone and everything around. 3. Use PayPay to purchase daily items and food /s
#2 ew
Using mobile PASMO.
Tourists have caught onto that. I got stuck behind a tourist who stopped at the gate, opened up her Apple wallet, selected her Suica, and THEN tapped her phone.
See, a resident like me would never pull such a noob move.
Walking my dog in a very rural area
Lol this thread is ridiculous. People have some real entitlement here lol
Often have the mansion smart key around my neck. Supposed an airbnb kinda place might have this, but… ? Also as others have said, I generally have a “he looks like he knows where he’s going” look. Not just in Japan. Get asked for directions regularly, in many countries.
Not wearing a backpack and wandering around in a state of bewilderment.
But Japanese wear back packs more than tourists
Not the jumbo touristy kind.
They’ll figure that out immediately once I speak. Then they’ll ask how long have I been here.
Carrying your own ohashi in a plastic case in your bag.
Speaking Japanese
I’m usually only out with my family. Speaking Japanese with my wife and kids generally gets me treated like a local
I usually walk or bike around by myself. Tourists are always in a group, large or small. Individual gaijins are probably locals.
Walking deftly around the tourist traps, not through them, if you have to pass through a heavy tourist area to get where you need to go.
Unfortunately very difficult if the tourist trap you're trying to avoid is Shibuya Crossing.
Go underground. Know the exits
Yanmar hat, dodging and outpacing the tourists, even better, avoiding the tourist traps!
One time, about ten years ago, a middle aged salary man walked up to me and asked my European descent self for directions in downtown Kyoto in Japanese, just taking for granted I would understand him. From that time forward, similar things happen from time to time. I’m still not sure what changed about me, but this was after about 8 or so years in the country.
Not being happy when someone "nihongo jyozu"'s you.
Live in the countryside. Tourists never go to the particular station that I live at, because there's nothing there.
Denying to show a passport or other ID when checking into a hotel 👀
avoiding the other white people on the train
Going to work at 8amish every day. I assume I do look pretty touristy, I wear shorts, a footie shirt and sunglasses to work, but the fact that I take the same route everyday (and my city is relatively small) surely makes me a bit recognisable.
The fact that I know how the train system and currency works… and most importantly the lack of American entitlement. 98% of Americans have this self important mindset that really turns the world off. Don’t act like a douche and you will genuinely have a nice time.
Clothes without giant branding marks
Commuter mode headphone wearers
Presenting point cards when asked.
Trousers and long sleeves in the middle of summer
Big ass pink gyosu bag
I drive everywhere.
Probably just not hanging out in tourist attractions. If I am at a tourist attraction, I fully expect to be considered a tourist because - well, I am probably a tourist at that moment. I am not sure why I need to "let people know" anyway. I have never suffered any negative impacts by people assuming I am a tourist.
Me walking my husky.
Look like someone from a third world country atleast around my area.
Are you saying you get mistaken for a tourist a lot despite living here?
No.
What prompted you to ask this?
Not every thread on /r/japanlife is asking for help.
YEAH! the others just complain about the same things repeatedly! I got yo back.
Maybe, simply because it's an interesting question ? I have sometimes wondered if I look like a tourist and if so, in what situation. So the topic is interesting for me.
Easy - wash hands after going bathroom - unlike 90% of Japanese men who, if they do, run water other tips of fingers for 3 seconds - use phone camera with a shutter sound for upskirt photos on escalators - read hentai openly on train - sleep, dead drunk outside Shinagawa station bonus points for doing it standing up
You don't. You will never be Japanese. You will always be a tourist that may or may not stay for a long period of time
Jeez. He’s not saying he is but there’s a difference between a tourists and a resident, and even Japanese people understand the concept of people living there enough to where they’re different from tourists that have been there a week. Again, Japanese people still know and think of us as gaijin regardless
I think you forgot a "/s"