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When I was walking on the street, an excuse-me-sir-give-me-some-spare-change man was there and said "Excuse me, sir, give me ten cents!" to me.  I ignored as usual in the Japanese way: We don't say "Sorry" or anything, we just ignore those people in Japan.  Then he came in front of me, the direction that I was going to.  I kept looking down, but the man looked into my face saying "Ten cents! Sir!".  So I simply naturally said "ちょっと英語わかんないんで". 

Then the man gave up, and started mimicking me by saying weird words like "Dang-dang ding-ding dong-dong"   LOL

I should speak English (or French) in this country, but I know many English teachers who never speak Japanese in Japan. So it's even :)

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I just felt I was out of place so much due to the who-he-is-and-why-he-is-here phenomenon. I was just the only "coloured visible minority" (my textbooks LOVE this expression). People there were nice though. :)