Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: kaz@ivebeenframed.com (Kaz) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Racisme Date: 16 Jun 2003 11:16:39 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 28 Message-ID: <365fcc52.0306161016.7fdbbe37@posting.google.com> References: <4a65a5ac.0306130340.20904756@posting.google.com> <365fcc52.0306131800.5223623d@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.22.248.13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1055787400 1578 127.0.0.1 (16 Jun 2003 18:16:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Jun 2003 18:16:40 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:1106 mtfester@netscape.net wrote in message news:... > Kaz wrote: > > mtfester@netscape.net wrote in message news:... > > >> think, but you will be discriminated against in terms of housing, > > > Things about housing may not be racism. Japanese landlords are afraid > > of if their housings for rent would be messed up by those non-Japanese > > who don't know the Japanese life style. Japanese are extremely nervous > > about people entering a house with shoes on, onto Tatami rooms or wood > > floors. and unfortunately, Westerners are considered as typical people > > I've seen Japanese do that at their own apartments. I guess those are your gaijin-wannabe stupid young Japanese friends. > > who don't take off their shoes conventionally by the Japanese. > > Sorry, that's what the security deposit covers. Landlords always want to keep them without actually fixing. > > Nevertheless, I think those who refuse to rent out their housings to > > non-Japanese would be rarely seen in the outside of Tokyo region. The > > Actually, they're quite common in Osaka. Never heard of it.