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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in Tokyo now and you can obviously spot the tourists from the locals due to extra baggage and backpacks they carry. Plus it’s a no brainer if they are not East Asians. The whites that we see aren’t necessarily overweight. But they are taller, has bigger build and therefore stick out from the crowd. Only way that I can distinguish Americans from the Europeans is from the speech.

We were shopping in a thrift shop in Harajuku today and ran into very loud young American men. They were white college aged boys and had that (once called) all American look. They were very boisterous, laughing and carrying on without regard to other shoppers. My hats off to those Japanese store clerks for keeping their composure and remaining polite.

We also ran into other Americans who typically do not fit the stereotype. A group of  Indian family with three generations and an East Asian family (possibly Koreans) with two teens. We noticed that they were Americans by their speech. I was happy to see fellow Americans like us. [/quote]

It’s Harajuku.  Everyone there is loud in that craphole part of Tokyo. [/quote]

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