Comments | imbrifer: I'm a big kid now

imbrifer

I'm a big kid now

Feb 24, 2009 00:28

First time getting stopped randomly on the street by police and being asked to show my gaijin card? Go me? I guess I've managed to escape it long enough until now ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

felixize February 23 2009, 20:38:08 UTC

Gaijin card? Wow, I actually had no idea stuff like that existed (aside from, y'know, a visa)... Strange how if police randomly asked an Asian person here for a 'foreigner' card it'd be like the most racist thing EVER. Oh Japan, still so exclusionist...

And I had to lol at the station comment, isn't usually the other way around to avoid muggers and rapists? XDD

imbrifer February 24 2009, 03:07:40 UTC

Wellll it's officially a gaikokujin touroku shoumeishou - foreigner/alien registration card... gaijin card is just what everyone calls it for short, unless you're a police officer asking to see it. But yeah. You have to register with your local city hall if you're gonna be living in the country for more than 3 months, and they give you the card that you have to carry around at all times or risk a fine/arrest. And if they're supposed to be checking them, they pretty much just look at you and make a beeline for you if you don't look Japanese, which is pretty irritating to be honest. (to be fair, many foreigners stick out like a sore thumb, but STILL ( ... )

aledrina February 23 2009, 21:24:06 UTC

O.o

-pulls on padded bra- Protected! -thumbs up-

imbrifer February 24 2009, 03:09:57 UTC

LOL

SAFE! \0/

kaeda February 24 2009, 03:45:33 UTC

You don't want to go into men's clubs? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU LAUREN

imbrifer February 24 2009, 04:02:31 UTC

GOD I KNOW KATE, WHAT'S AN ASSGRABBING SLEAZEBALL LIKE ME DOING AVOIDING SLEAZE TOWN MEN'S CLUBS.

WHO AM I FOOLING.

kaeda February 24 2009, 04:09:59 UTC

SOUNDS LIKE YOUR KIND OF PLACE

imbrifer February 24 2009, 04:12:48 UTC

WELL YOU KNOW, IF I HAD $150 TO SPEND FOR AN HOUR, I'D BE ALL OVER THAT.

SIGH.