At the end of the day.. you're not Japanese, you never will be and will never be treated as such no matter how well you speak the lingo, use chop-sticks or even if you give up your citizenship to get a japanese passport. Your everyday Japanese person cannot fathom the thought of a white Japanese citizen. So why go through the hassle?
Live in Japan like a foreigner, because that is what we all are. Enjoy what aspects of society appeal to you, and dislike the ones that don't. If you embrace it because you think it will make you accepted and "more japanese"... you are in for disappointment
i love the japanese culture. i am a SGI member. i have been to japan a long, long time ago when, i was in the navy at Yokosuka. i was happy then. i had a japanese girlfriend. i am trying to come back to japan to live and work.
I like Japan very much, from food to art, and I admire Japanese people's serious attitude towards work, their persistence when face with disasters. One of the reasons I like Japanese culture is because it's very close to the one I was born in and they "preserve" some traditions better. So no, I wouldn't forget my own: ) My Japanese shujin said when he first kissed me: why are we talking in a third language ( meaning English ), you are so bright, learn Japanese:) But when I'm submissive, he said " be yourself". I'm a lucky girl, thank god :)
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