hitokiri wrote:
> I've never been able to figure out wether they do that because they 
> don't want gaijins to take their jobs or just because they feel that a 
> gaijin knowing their ways is somehow stealing their culture. I guess 
> it's a bit of both...

Just like the way to tell you finally succeeded in mastering japanese :
People stop telling how good you speak, and look uneasy instead.