>> it's not racism, it's culturalism 20 years a gaijin here. Pretty much agree with your observations. I would argue that Japanese themselves are subjected to

>> it's not racism, it's culturalism 20 years a gaijin here. Pretty much agree with your observations. I would argue that Japanese themselves are subjected to immense pressures to conform to social norms. More so than foreigners, but its the same pressure in both cases. I think that foreigners get along fine in Japan if they can accept this fact. If not, they are likely to feel constantly rejected and some, out of ignorance may deem it racism.