作為黑人在日本生活是怎麼樣的感覺？_風聞

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評論原創翻譯：

Tarik Pierce, Founder at InvestorTrip.com (2006-present)

I can still remember the night I walked into a local Tokyo restaurant in Japan and everyone stared at me in silence.

“What’s everyone looking at?” One of the Japanese cooks began laughing to add life to the awkward moment.

Being black in Japan is a unique experience, but not exactly how I expected it to be. Most Japanese residents were friendly and very business minded.

我還記得有一天晚上我走進東京當地的一家餐館，每個人都默默地盯着我看。

“大家都在看什麼?”一個日本廚師笑了起來，瞬間給尷尬的空氣中注入了一股生氣。

在日本作為一個黑人生活是一個很獨特的經歷，但與我預期的並不完全一樣。大多數日本居民都很友好，而且很有商業頭腦。

They cared more about the color “green” (my US dollar) than they did about my skin color. I got around the city easily and experienced very little racism.

Tokyo is the biggest city in the world and you will get lots of looks and stares while you travel through as a black person. Many people are curious about you and will ask you questions about why you decided to come to Japan.

比起我的膚色，他們更關心我的鈔票。我在東京生活的很輕鬆，幾乎沒有經歷過種族歧視

東京是世界上最大的城市，當你作為一個黑人在東京旅行時，會有很多人盯着你看。很多人對你感到好奇，會問你為什麼決定來日本。

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Japanese women can be very shy so you should change your approach if you’re a black man. It’s easier to meet women through social connections and friends because Japanese people can be cold to outsiders they don’t know.

I spent the majority of my time in Roppongi, the neighborhood for expats. You will find lots of black expats living there as well. Spending time in Roppongi made me feel at ease since they are many western expats living there.

日本女人非常的害羞，所以如果你是黑人的話，你應該改變一下自己的方法。通過社會關係和朋友介紹更容易結識到日本女性。因為日本人對陌生人通常會很冷漠。

我大部分時間都在六本木度過，那裏是外國人聚居的地方。在那裏你可以發現有很多的外籍黑人生活。在六本木的時光讓我感到很放鬆，因為那裏有很多西方人生活。

The most difficult situation was the language barrier since very few Japanese people speak English. If you want to enjoy your trip more, then learn Japanese before your trip.

You’ll be fine if you are planning a short trip since Japan is very safe and friendly towards foreigners. Respect the culture, stay away from excessive drinking, and you should have a great time.

最大的障礙還是在語言，因為很少有日本人會説英語。如果你想要讓自己的旅途變得更加愉快，那麼在開始旅遊之前就要學習一下日語了。

如果你計劃短途旅行，那麼沒有關係，日本非常的安全，對外國人也很友好。尊重當地的日本文化，不要過度飲酒，這樣你就會有一段美好的日本旅遊時光了。

Chris Jagger

When I was in Tokyo, specifically Roppongi, there were many, many Nigerians. Japan is a one of the most homogeneous countries in the world…I for sure felt like an outsider as a white person.

當我在東京生活的時候，尤其是在六本木，那裏有很多的尼日利亞人，日本是世界上同質化最嚴重的國家之一，我肯定，作為白人，自己在日本生活肯定會像是一個外人一樣。

Toth Attila

Leart Japanese before you go there is stated in the article, as it were a matter of a couple of hours or days. I am a linguist from Hungary speaking a fluent English and Russian and at a lower level three other Indoeuropan languages. I learned Japanese as well, after one year I knew about a thosand kanji, hiragana and katakana, Yet I was unable to read any text in that language. Speaking was also limited to a few simple utterances.

文章中説再去日本之前要先學習日語，因為這是接下來幾小時或幾天旅程的關鍵。我是來自匈牙利的多語言學家，會説一口流利的俄語和英語，還會説三種印歐語系的語言。我也學過日語，在學了一年後，我認識了上千個漢字、平假名和片假名，但我卻還是看不懂任何日文。講話也僅限於幾句簡單的話語。

Johan Kaewberg

Japan is insular, and homogeneous. They have not seen the likes of you.

Such is/was the case in my country of Sweden. The first time we (at school) saw a Korean girl….!

Boys wanted her. Girls wanted to be her. (I guess some girls also wanted her!)

日本是一個島國，也是一個同質化的國家。他們沒見過你這樣的人。

我的祖國瑞典也是這樣我們第一次在學校見到一個韓國女孩

男孩們都想要她，女孩們都想成為像她這樣的人。（我猜有些女孩也想要她）

Greg Price

Japanese generally appear to be friendly because that is what is expected of them. The reality may be very different.

日本人通常表現得很友好，因為這是人們對他們的期望。但現實或許和你想的大相徑庭。

Allen Kimble, Jr, President (2016-present)

Ironically, in some ways living in Japan while black is even safer than here in the United States. I lived in Aomori Prefecture for three year and absolutely enjoyed the Japanese people and culture. In all, I live in Asia for 8-years in three countries.

I simply learned the language as well as I could and adhered to their customs. As a result, my wife, two small children and I roamed the country and never felt threatened. Conversely……

諷刺的是，在某種程度上，黑人在日本生活甚至要比在美國生活更加的安全。我在日本青森縣生活了三年，非常喜歡日本人和日本文化。我在亞洲的三個國家一共生活了八年。

我只是儘可能的學好日語，並遵守當地的風俗習慣。因此，當我和我妻子以及我的兩個孩子在日本各地遊蕩時，沒有受到過任何威脅。相反，，，

Ever since I became sentient here in the country of my birth, twenty-four hours a day, 7-days a week, I’m constantly aware of being disliked and even hated by a large segment of the majority. It is difficult and perhaps impossible for most white Americans to comprehend the precarious circumstance under which black citizens live from minute to minute.

自從我在美國出生有意識以來，每週七天，每天24小時，我無時無刻都能感受到周圍大部分人對我的厭惡和仇恨。對於大多數美國白人來説，要想理解黑人每時每刻都生活在危險的環境下是很難的，幾乎是不可能的事情。