Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax
No offense Psyke, but I don't think you look quite Japanese. I make a sport of differentiating between Asian people, and I've gotten pretty good at telling people's nationalities apart.
None taken, but I wasn't really saying I look Japanese, but just making a contrast statement saying I don't look like a gaijin in Japan. I've been mistaken to be Japanese a few times in Japan, but maybe it's because I can speak the language and tend to start conversations. The sucky part is that once they think you can speak Japanese, they rattle on and I've got to tell them to slow down a bit......

Most of the time, they treat me and my wife like natives till we show signs of struggling when answering their questions, and then they will try to use whatever English they can master. Doesn't happen often, since I carry 2 dictionaries in the bag you see in the video.