Comments on: The Roads to Sata http://www.iheartjapan.ca/2009/07/the-roads-to-sata/?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Japan Travel tips, sites to see, places to visit, and everything else interesting about Japan! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Travis http://www.iheartjapan.ca/2009/07/the-roads-to-sata/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Travis Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:09:57 +0000 http://www.iheartjapan.ca/?p=233#comment-217 Thanks for the comments Mellchan! I actually went over to your blog and read about some of your Japanese experiences and I can certainly see where you're coming from. I fully agree that sometimes we let things cloud our judgment and end up disappointed when people and places don't live up to our skewed expectations. I'm certainly guilty of it. I'm interested to see how I do with my two month trip next year. I imagine the shift from tourist to temporary member of society will be eye opening to say the least. Thanks for the comments Mellchan!

I actually went over to your blog and read about some of your Japanese experiences and I can certainly see where you’re coming from.

I fully agree that sometimes we let things cloud our judgment and end up disappointed when people and places don’t live up to our skewed expectations. I’m certainly guilty of it.

I’m interested to see how I do with my two month trip next year. I imagine the shift from tourist to temporary member of society will be eye opening to say the least.

]]> By: mellchan http://www.iheartjapan.ca/2009/07/the-roads-to-sata/comment-page-1/#comment-213 mellchan Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:26:53 +0000 http://www.iheartjapan.ca/?p=233#comment-213 THANK YOU for writing this! I too have noticed this condition, not in myself, but in my gaijin friends. I made a comment in jest about long lines and tokyo...as we were all waiting in a long line....and everyone just about jumped down my back in defense of tokyo and japan in general. On another occassion in a starbucks while enjoying some coffee, everyone was going on and on about how great japan is and how only japan could invent a place like starbucks...everyone viewed starbucks much less favorably after I told them it was an american establishment. I have lived in japan for a few years and although I love the country I also see many little things that irritate me just as they would if I were in my own country. Most of all the gaijins with the rose colored "japan can do no wrong" glasses get on my nerves. THANK YOU for writing this! I too have noticed this condition, not in myself, but in my gaijin friends.
I made a comment in jest about long lines and tokyo…as we were all waiting in a long line….and everyone just about jumped down my back in defense of tokyo and japan in general.

On another occassion in a starbucks while enjoying some coffee, everyone was going on and on about how great japan is and how only japan could invent a place like starbucks…everyone viewed starbucks much less favorably after I told them it was an american establishment.

I have lived in japan for a few years and although I love the country I also see many little things that irritate me just as they would if I were in my own country. Most of all the gaijins with the rose colored “japan can do no wrong” glasses get on my nerves.

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