“ | I was born a gaijin. I grew up a gaijin. I came to Japan a gaijin. It's always been as natural as gazing out a window and appreciating the landscape yet not being one with it. I fit in Japan because I matched the role. I was a gaijin from the get go. I suspect a lot of us were. More than this, I suspect there are many Japanese who feel like gaijin too, viewing themselves as enduring extras in their long-playing epics of life. But none of this is necessarily negative——as all "true" gaijin will understand. | ” |
—Thomas Dillon, "Born and raised a 'gaijin', Japan Times, December 24, 2005 |
2 comments:
Can you believe I was there just yesterday! Marvelous! And they had the Japan flag there :D ***
they have a long history with Japan! when I was there there were actually about 10 japanese checking int.
The Jetro director for Portugal explained me that I had once had a chef from Bussaco who was responsible for a gastronomy mission to Japan and therefore they remained clients ever since ;)
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