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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
I've never heard of the latter phenomena.
In my experience... you can never try too hard to fit in, in Japanese society from a Japanese perspective.
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I actually spent a lot of time doing research on the topic as part of a project. We covered a lot of issues, mainly from perception of culture by gaijin and the reaction of Japanese. Of course things like using chopsticks weren't a big deal, but when discussing things like a foreigner wearing a yukatta during summer season or things of that nature, nearly 100 percent of the responses were always "That's pretty weird," "Why would they do that?" and things of that nature.