Expect the same experiences as this dude:

http://www.gaijinsmash.net/

Oatmeal glasses belll peppers

nips.


mooytblockys.

Try asking /jp/, they're all JET-veterans and have all the answers you're looking for, and will make no fuss to saging your thread and reporting you, or anything like that.

EYYO DWAYNE POST ON /v/ MORE

black man toooo beaucoup

Start laerning Japanese desu ka.

Become like that other black guy who went to Japan to teach English, come back to /r9k/ with stories of how insane the Japanese kids really are.

>>2978278


,,,Well, I suppose I should at least thank you for teaching me to never make a thread on or visit /jp/ again.

>>2978432

Is for the best.

As far as teaching in JET or something similar, do you want to be a teacher? If you weren't thinking about being a teacher as your career here and was just looking at this as a way to live in a different country for a while, maybe it isn't for you. If that's the case then just save up a butt-load of money and go be a tourist for a month or two. In my experience that long a stay anywhere is usually enough to make you start thinking about going home.

If you've never been to Japan, go there twice before deciding to go:
1) With a tour group
2) On your own or with a group of friends, but with destinations in mind

Even for those of us who like anime, Japan is a HUGE culture shock. Many things we never even think about are done much differently there. By going there twice like that, you'll get a better idea if you can fit into the Japanese culture or not.

I wouldn't mind being a foreign English teacher, but I would prefer someplace like Germany or France.

I lovepeople who think they know what to expect in Japan because they watch anime. Just like American sitcoms reflect real USA culture.

Japanese people will hate you because you're black.

And no im not trolling, Japan the most racist country in the world and you know that.

An awesome soundtrack will play everywhere you go.

>>2980009
Dunno if you're bullshitting or not, but you're right. Japan is disturbingly racist and backwards when it comes to real-world social interaction. Doesn't matter if your Japanese is absolutely perfect and your social skills are spot-on. They will always view you as a circus freak and as less than human.

>>2980009

I have an anecdote relating to not only this post but this thread. My friends dad teaches English in Japan, at the start of each semester they have this little day long event where the teachers mingle with the classes they have and get to know each other a bit. It was my friends dads first semester of teaching, so he was with the other English teacher (who's black) waiting for the first class to arrive. The class comes and after some brief introductions it's question time. My friends dads is asked a huge array of questions relating to his past teaching experiences, his home town, how he likes Japan, his favourite sports etc. After about 30 minutes of questioning the period is almost over and the black teacher has not been asked a single question. Then a student finally stands up and points to the black teacher and asks "Have you ever killed a man?" The class was over shortly after that and my friends dad inquired if that sort of thing had ever happened before, the black teachers response? "All the time, man".

>>2978372
im not op, but can you tell me what happened??

>>2980436

made me lol

mootbloxshit

Japs don't like gaijins. This is why they have the word Gaijin and it sounds so harsh

>>2980409
White gut here, will this happen to me?

>>2980825
That's just like a white guy, only thinks of himself.

If you're white they might have a better idea about you but they'll always see you as inferior, in certain countries people like foreigners, in Japan they dont.

>>2980905

How about chinese and korean people?

>>2980918
They hate them the most.

>>2980450
you are looking for
>>2978240
lrn2readthread

>>2980960

Seriously? Even more than black people?

Mot8ejblocks

>>2981017
Yes. But the ones they hate the most, are the ones who they are. Themselves are the ones. Go and dwell on that, then, because today you have heard wisdom, is what you have heard today.

I wasn't studying or teaching, but I lived in the Aomori Prefecture (northern honshu) for 3 years when my dad was in the Air Force.

I never really experienced any racism or general disrespect, everyone I met was genuinely nice to me, but then again I lived in an area with a higher-than-average American population.

It really depends on where you are. The thing is, with JET, you don't choose where you go. You might end up in a smaller town where you might find it more difficult, or a big city that's used to foreigners.

But for the most part, as long as you don't act pompous or pretend that you speak fluent Japanese (you never will) you should be well-accepted. Humility is key in all of Japan, and this will take some getting used to - whether it's learning to keep completely silent on the subway, learning what topic are appropriate in certain situations, not eating standing up, not sticking your hashi (chopsticks) straight up in a bowl of noodles, or just remembering to take your shoes off in the entranceway of a house.

Great experience though, 10/10, would go again.

GAIJIN SMASH

crap, already been posted.

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