You’ve Been In Japan Too Long When…

[tokkyo]

…you rush onto an escalator, and just stand there.

…you find yourself bowing while you talk on the phone.

…you don’t hesitate to put a $10 note into a vending machine.

…you see a gaijin get on the train and think “Wow, it’s a gaijin!”

…when the first option you buy for your car is a TV set.

…you don’t think it unusual for a truck to play “It’s a Small World” when backing up

…you appear for your first skiing lesson with brand new Rossignol high performance racing skis and an aerodynamic racing suit with color matched goggles. And then snowplow down.

…you think its cool to stand in the “Japanese only” queue at Narita Immigration.

…you develop a liking for green tea flavored ice cream.

…you think the best part of TV are the commercials.

…you think wet umbrellas need condoms.

…when you find nothing unusual in a television commercial for candy in which a model dressed in a high school girl’s uniform comes up behind another model dressed in a high school girl’s uniform, grabs her left breast, gives a devilish grin, and skips away.

…you think 4 layers of wrapping is reasonable for a simple piece of merchandise.

…when you get on a train with a number of gaijin on it and you feel uneasy because the harmony is broken.

…you ask fellow foreigners the all-important question “How long have you been here?” in order to be able to properly categorize them.

…when in the middle of nowhere, totally surrounded by rice fields and abundant nature, you aren’t surprised to find a drink vending machine with no visible means of a power supply…

…and when you think nothing of it when that lonely vending machine says ‘thank you’ after you buy a coke.

…you stand before a sign on a bridge and ponder the possible meanings of “Bridge Freezes Before Road.”

…when you pay over 6000 yen for a lipstick and realize a few days later how much you really spent.

…you can’t have your picture taken without your fingers forming the peace sign.

…when you think one kind of rice tastes better than another kind.

…when getting ready for a trip you automatically calculate for omiyage and you leave just the right amount of space in your suitcase for them.

…not only do you overcome your childhood training and spit out the mikan membranes, but you discover the knack of peeling the mikan so that the peel forms a neat receptacle for you to spit the membranes into.

…when you think children should have to walk around in the freezing cold with only short sleeves and shorts up to their butt.

…you bow to other drivers who give you the right of way.

…you fully understand the concept of kawaii.

…you run for the Yamanote line pushing people left and right, jump on the train holding the doors open to let your bag follow you on. Because you know there will not be another one for at least a minute.

…you no longer pay any attention to what anyone does when you sit down beside them on a train.

…when you accompany your “no” by the famous waving hand-in-front-of-nose.

…when it all seems normal.

…you find yourself apologizing at least three times per conversation.

…you find your self asking all your foreign acquaintances what their blood types are.

…you find yourself practicing golf swings with your umbrella on the train platform.

…you buy an individually wrapped potato in the supermarket.

…you go to a book shop with the full intention to read all the interesting magazines and put them back on the shelf.

…when you vow to gambaru before every little activity you engage in.

…back home for a short visit you patiently wait outside your taxi for it's door to spring open for you.

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