Michael Cash wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:13:19 +0900, Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
> <ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
>
> >Went up this weekend to Kanazawa, and saw there almost as many
> >furriners as in Kyoto, both those of racial distinction and
> >Chinese/Korean. Wouldn't have thought it would be that popular being
a
> >bit out of the way, and most of the gaigins did look more like
> >tourists than students/JETs/other resident wasters. The Starbucks'
> >seemed gaigin-free, which was also surprising!
>
> That really is surprising. As I mentioned here before, I used to
> practically never spot foreigners in the vicinity of Naka Meguro
> station until a Starbucks went in nearby. Starbucks = Gaigin Magnet.
>
But isn't the foreign population (residing) there probably higher than
in Kanazawa? I'm not sure if I'll ever go to a Starbucks in Japan. I'm
looking forward to my first trip to Himeji since they got one; I like
Starbucks well enough, but the only times I've attempted to go couldn't
bring myself to spend a sizeable chunk of my life waiting in line.
John W.