#11532 | posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago on Hafu | the mixed-race experience in Japan

well, I quite agree. One thing I'm pissed of Japan is the (apparent) conformism. So I don't like myself thinking with stereotype about japanese as people, but yeah, in most of social convention to do/think/look different is perceived as arrogant and selfish. So can be hard for not-japanese-looking (as far as everyone can assess) in some situations.

For most (X-)) japanese, you're japanese or you're a gaijin, no idea of how to deal with something in beetween.

I've always though a good way to sum up Japan for westerners is that there is not so much in the middle, but a lot in the extremes. Okayyy, I'm slipping out of topic but help me to fill the list:

• over crowded urban areas / empty mountains
• modernity / tradition
• senpai / kohai
• abstention / addiction
• shy / extrovert
• housewife / businesswoman
• manners / brutality
• not many low-criminality affairs / strong yakuza organizations
• boiling ramen / freezing drink ...