I`m thinking it`s the picture.
Japanese people have the completely different reaction - He has brown hair (the majority of mixed kids have black hair), and he has fair skin, no epicanthal folds, etc. He looks VERY Caucasian when compared to them. If you`re not familiar with what Japanese children look like, but only with adults - then I can see where you might not realize how different he looks.
He actually looks a LOT like my little brother did at his age, and my brother is 100% Caucasian.

A bit older, but a picture in brighter light.

For comparison, his father at about the same age.

hes got a nice haircut haha :P I still remember having the bowl cut when I was younger ;_;

There are a lot of fake blonde people who we can't tell from the real ones, so that makes it 15% of the world population too :P

But then, I googled "Latvia Girls". mmm, drool. I kind of wanted to be Latvian for a fleeting second. Mind you, just a fleeting second.


Yeah, it's stupid to say that Japanese have small noses isn't it? ;)

Oh, you only care about their looks…

just kidding. I know you didn't mean it.

You're 16 :O When I was 16, I was still wearing diapers. Well probably not that bad but was really really stupid and definitely not saving up money to go abroad and I didn't speak English even a tiny bit. You on the other hand, are waaay ahead. Dreams will come true, I'm sure. Keep it up!


Now, excuse me. I need to go find a web site for learning Latvian.

You'll find bad people and a criminal element everywhere in the world. Every country has racists. Certainly you won't have gun incidents and nearly zero marijuana in Japan. But to counterbalance the lack of guns the sex trade seems to be booming. I found the number of people (men and women) in the "selling yourself" on various levels in Tokyo alarming. So much prostitution. Instead of pot heads in Tokyo I saw a number of meth heads.

It's completely a trade off. If you were suddenly Japanese you'd just be trading in one set of social issues for another set.

One of my Japanese friends who left to live in Canada told me she had no recourse in her job when one of her managers found it funny to sneak up and put his penis in her ear while she was working. There was no structure to report him, no punishment for his behavior and no way to stop it other than to quit - which she did. Every society has it's pitfalls.

Well, with all due respect, that's not really an objective comment, there isn't as many meth heads in Tokyo as pot heads in the states, percentage wise.

I know you are just trying to show that Japan is not heaven, but if you claim that putting one's penis in someone's ear is something remotely acceptable in Japan, you are totally and completely wrong. I'm not saying it never happens, but it's like talking about the US with KKK as an example. May be there ARE people who hate colored people from their guts, but I've never met one in 12 years living in the states. I've heard from my hispanic (who looks caucasian to me) colleague he once got kicked out of a bar because these people said they didn't "take kindly to their kind" like in a cowboy movie, but I don't propagate that in Japan because I think that's more like a freak incident.

Just to clarify. That kind of rumors spread fast...

I'd say no, because I wouldn't have the "outside looking in" wonderment that I do now as a foreigner in Tokyo. I enjoy my cultural exchanges, and I wouldn't want it any other way. It's like I have a lot of Japanese friends here who want to go to America. They're just the opposite of me, and they're seeking the same thrills I did when making the move here and adjusting.

"outside looking in" wonderment

Word.

Sounds like my kind of humour. hahaha. I think I'll enjoy it there. lol :) I suppose you could say she was lucky it was ONLY her ear he put it in