On 10/3/05 11:13 PM, "NC86"  typed:

>> In my experience people in Tokyo tend to look down on everyone who
>> isn't from Tokyo. Or at least they ignore them.
> 
> I've head it is a faux pas to ask someone in Tokyo what part of Japan
> they're from, because it's implying they might not be from Toyko (oh the
> horror).

When I announced to my Tokyo friends that I was moving to Fukushima they
collapsed in laughter. And I thought only gaigins thought it was a funny
name.