I’m planning to apply for the Japanese working holiday visa within a year, and I’ll enter up to a year after that. I’ll probably live in Tokyo and spend a month or two in each Kyoto and Osaka. Even though I’m from London and currently live in Paris, which are quite multicultural, I’ve never had a conversation with a Japanese person, nor do I know many people who have been there so I have nobody to ask these questions. I’m a black woman, and I’m just wondering what kind of experience I can expect in Japan. In my vision, I expect that people might stare at me a bit and maybe talk about me in front of my face but that’s about it. I don’t imagine that I’ll be physically unsafe. Someone I know who has been there though just mentioned to me that some places won’t let me in, taxis may not pick me up and generally I might be treated like a subhuman. How accurate is all this? I’ll still go no matter what, I would just like to know what to expect.
by LittleMissSteak_