American culture

[Josquius]

Yeah, I don't think smelling is an issue. In fact the Japanese like to moan about westerners being the smelly ones.

Smoking, sex and all that- also a bit of a non-issue with my kids. Few know what lurks beyond the holding hands stage even.

[Razgovory]

Defiantly bring expensive cameras and just photograph everything you see.

[Caliga]

Are you going with them to LA?

[jimmy olsen]

Yeah, I don't think smelling is an issue. In fact the Japanese like to moan about westerners being the smelly ones.

Who cares what they say, you're there. Is it true? Koreans say all kinds of things about foreigners that are obviously false.

[Ed Anger]

Defiantly bring expensive cameras and just photograph everything you see.

I actually saw that Nip stereotype in action. ROR.

[garbon]

Los Angeles.

[Razgovory]

Defiantly bring expensive cameras and just photograph everything you see.

I actually saw that Nip stereotype in action. ROR.

I certainly have, though not as common now as it once was.  More of 1980's and 1990's thing.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Tell them to leave Godzilla at home. Only Gamera and Mothra are welcome.

[Ed Anger]

Defiantly bring expensive cameras and just photograph everything you see.

I actually saw that Nip stereotype in action. ROR.

I certainly have, though not as common now as it once was.  More of 1980's and 1990's thing.

I got the extra bonus of watching them go nuts around Bockscar. Snapee snapee.

[garbon]

Defiantly bring expensive cameras and just photograph everything you see.

I actually saw that Nip stereotype in action. ROR.

I certainly have, though not as common now as it once was.  More of 1980's and 1990's thing.

When I was at Stanford, it was definitely all the rage. If we had class on the quad, it was not uncommon to end up being photographed by tourists who would walk into the classrooms.

[Eddie Teach]

Bottomline:  Americans think foreigners smell bad.

Everybody thinks foreigners smell bad. And it's true. Fellow countrymen smell bad too, but it's less noticeable because they smell more like one's self.

[Razgovory]

Defiantly bring expensive cameras and just photograph everything you see.

I actually saw that Nip stereotype in action. ROR.

I certainly have, though not as common now as it once was.  More of 1980's and 1990's thing.

I got the extra bonus of watching them go nuts around Bockscar. Snapee snapee.

Cool.  I don't remember seeing any Japanese when I saw the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian.  Did get to walk through it though.  Pretty cool.

[Ideologue]

Unlike Japanese, Americans (and other Westerners) do not consider showering a necessary immediate preliminary action for sex. Thus, visiting someone and suggesting that you/they use the shower use the shower is not a blatantly obvious way to say "let's have sex now".

Oh?  Noted.

[dps]

The Japanese aren't spitters, but the personal space one is right on and Tim is DEFINITELY right on the race thing. Tell them to stay away from any reference to race unless it's unavoidable and then only use Black/ nationality/ white/ hispanic; definitely avoid jokes. If they're trying to be funny there's a 99% chance they'll get it wrong and piss someone off.

Probably best to avoid trying to make jokes in general, not just on the subject of race.  Nothing's worse when you're trying to fit in than a joke that bombs.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The Japanese do two things that they consider to be polite but actually irritated me.

Yi has already mentioned the slurping of soup and noodles.

The other is the constant sniffling when they have a cold, they seem(ed) to think it was bad manners to actually blow the nose.