Jason Cormier wrote:

> I am leaving the wilds of Chubu and the country bumpkins who spend
> foolishly on weddings but stare at me endlessly and heading to Kanto,
> with it cosmopolitan residents for whom western gaigin are a dime a
> dozen.
> 
> Does this mean I can finally strip naked and ride the trains without
> being stared at?
> 
> Please advise as I am currently packing for the trip.
> 
> P.S. Bryan will have to wait in line like everyone else for a chance to
> pet my PHAT GAIGIN SLAB.

A friend of mine was recently in Nagoya and he said the pointing and 
laughing started about 5 minutes after he left the train station.

I thought there might be a certain radius around the main station where 
gaijin are a dime a dozen, because it is a major transit point. And Expo 
is on FFS.