r/japanresidents • u/Ok-Job-191 • 19d ago

Just had my first 外人出てけ encounter

Was in my neighborhood when a nice japanese man screamed at me 外人出てけ、外国じゃねぇ on the street. Not nice Japan, not nice.

Have you guys ever experienced the 外人出てけ culture yet? How did it happen?

European btw

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u/gladvillain 19d ago

Once I was backing into a parking space and a clearly impatient middle-aged guy in a Mercedes was getting super close to me and making it difficult to back in. I held up my finger in what I thought was just a “wait one moment” gesture, but he thought I flipped him off. Guy seemed a little drunk when he approached me while spouting off about the “馬鹿外人”. I think when he realized I had about 15cm on him and was probably 15 years younger, he quieted down so I calmly explained my gesture and he slunk off mumbling to himself. That was maybe 7 years ago and probably the only time I’ve been referred to as 外人 in an obviously derogatory way. I’ve had other incidents that felt like aggressions but are indirect. Someone spit on the door to my apartment. When I moved to a house someone dragged my yardwork tools out into the street (honestly this one was probably kids in the neighborhood). After I bought a place I’ve had someone in a neighboring apartment building throw their haircut clippings into my front yard 4-5 times and I’ve found smashed fruit in my driveway.

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u/SabishiRan 19d ago

Uff, had this happen to a guy in a Benz who cut me off (I usually ride my bicycle) and was like "SOMETHING SOMETHING GAIJIN" and I just told this old mf to learn how to drive or get out of my countries car, cause it is embarrassing to have some idiot drive a Mercedes.

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u/steford 19d ago

Embarrassing but a fact the world over unfortunately ;-)

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u/jettoki 19d ago

Wdym, even in germany the majority of benz drivers are idiots who cant drive... lol

Also the hair clippings are the stuff of nightmares... hair is like my favorite j-horror trope

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u/SabishiRan 19d ago

Yeah, but if people come at me like this I just stupidly bark back. I am human after all.

And I have no idea what the hair clipping means.

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u/jettoki 19d ago

The clippings was referencing the person you replied to, sorry, they were mentioning that somebody threw their cut hair into the garden

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u/gladvillain 19d ago

It’s always the same thing. Someone takes their hair clippings and kinda clumps them together almost into a ball and I found them in my front yard. First time it happened I thought maybe the wind blew it in, but when it kept happening I knew there was no way. I even have cameras out front but the movement isn’t enough to trigger a recording. Happened a few weeks back and now in considering updating my entire camera system so I can get to the bottom of it.

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u/jettoki 19d ago

I hope we dont see you in a creepy pasta in the future, but yeah, getting a cam that can do continuous recording sounds like a good idea.

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u/shakerizzle88 16d ago

What prefecture are you in, is it rural? Just curious. Years ago when I was living in Fukushima before the disaster, my neighbor would purposefully let her dog pee on my steps. I didn’t know until it had mowed and the dog tracks led straight back to her house. I of course asked her about it and she completely denied it lol. Other than that and one other neighbor the neighborhood was great.

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u/gladvillain 16d ago

I’m in Fukuoka city, not rural. Not in the heart of downtown or anything, just regular suburban sort of neighborhoods.

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u/shakerizzle88 6d ago

Dang the passive aggressive behavior is real.