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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I don't think Asians can tell as well as they say they can. I went to Tokyo last year for my birthday with my husband and my good friend, Sarah, who is Vietnamese and was adopted at birth by a white couple. She was mistaken for Japansese everywhere we went in Tokyo. Many times, waitresses would try to speak Japanese to her and get mad when she didn't understand them, then look at me like I could explain why she didn't know Japanese. I think they thought she was out Japanese tour guide.  Sarah was also baffled that everyone kept handing her flyers and coupons as we passed stores but never handed them to my husband and I. The flyers were in Japanese, not Vietnamese, so they would only benefit her if the people thought she was Japanese. |
Maybe she was mistaken for being a resident of Japan, not necessarily of Japanese heritage. It's my understanding (I've never been there) that because of Japans economic clout they attract a lot of immigrants from other Asian countries.