re: #383 electrotek

Good insight. The Iranians were able to arrive in Japan visa-free in the 1980s, and can anyone blame them? They were in a state of war against Iraq, so can’t blame them for fleeing to Japan under the bubble economy.

So those explains why Iranians have a low approval in Japan, which I couldn’t understand at first but now I do.

But I’ll be honest: the Nigerian touts in Shinjuku and Roppongi are scum for the most part. And they are the reason why average Nigerians who are there to study and contribute to Japan are seen in the same light unfortunately. I could have said the same thing about all Nigerians in Japan because I almost got into a fight with an aggressive Nigerian tout at Shinjuku one night I was there but decided to walk away as I wasn’t interested in getting jumped by his mates on the last night of my trip. But then I realize that there’s always good and bad in every group, so no need for me conflate Nigerians in Japan with the touts of Roppongi and Shinjuku.

Yeah, I loved walking through Shinjuku during the day for the sociological aspects, but at night it got sinister and the African guys were too much sometimes. In some places like Shimo-Kitazawa they made an effort to pass as African Americans because of the cache of hip-hop, etc. The most annoying place was Gotenba where Chinese pimps were pretty aggressive in pushing “karaoke where the girls let you do more.”