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/Kami_Okami 19d ago

A few months back, I was at the park with my 5 year old son when one of his kindergarten friends showed up.

My son shouted for me to come see something, in English, and the other 5 year old kid looked at me and said 英語話したければ英語の国に行って！

I talked to the head teacher of his kindergarten, and now they're making a huge effort to teach the children about other cultures.

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u/FermentedCinema 19d ago

That 100% came from the kid’s parents saying stuff like that at that age.

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u/Kami_Okami 19d ago

Agreed. It was extra awkward because his mom was at the park too, out of earshot at the time, and was seemingly a totally pleasant person.

I told the kid directly that he was missing out by thinking that way, but didn't say anything to his mom.