+1 for not looking Japanese. A former hostel-mate of mine was Japanese and we would hangout with the Japanese expats in Shanghai. 100% of the time, Japanese pe

+1 for not looking Japanese. A former hostel-mate of mine was Japanese and we would hangout with the Japanese expats in Shanghai. 100% of the time, Japanese people would speak English to him. I forgot where exactly in Japan he is from, but he said everyone in his home town looked like him, but Japanese people elsewhere would assume he is something else; 6.4 tall, full beard, and looked a lot like Tarkan, the Turkish singer: http://www.frogview.com/uploadimages101/476366f66b4d62.07061974frogview-gallery.jpg http://www.frogview.com/uploadimages101/476366f66b4d62.07061... A year later when I went to Japan I found out how unusual looking he was.