I love my inaka

[kitsune_no_ame]

Despite being only 25mins by train from Shinjuku, the place I live in could be considered the boonies. There are not many foreigners here but I do not get the "gaijin stare" that often actually. Because I intend to stay here for another 5-months-ish, I make repeated efforts to engage in casual conversation with the neighbor ladies, but it never seems to lead anywhere beyond the daily greetings ("ohayou gozaimasu"-"itterasshai"-"otsukaresama") and I deduced that my neighbors assume me no speak nihongo. Why would I say that? Because obviously the mere sight of me in the morning dazzles them to the point that I hear plenty of "uwah, mashiro" ("wow, so white"). This is fine and dandy, too bad for me that it's usually followed by a "aw but it's a shame she's a little fat" (which is what I get called behind my back xD"" )

Yupp, I (honestly) love my inaka, but it has to learn to deal with who is probably the whitest whitie to have ever whited there...