Thursday, June 30, 2005

Nishinoshima Sports Festival


Nishinoshima Sports Festival - 17
Originally uploaded by Jason In Japan.

3 countries are represented by the people in this picture - Roger (left) is from Australia, Vivek (center) in from Canada and I'm a damn American. Actually, 4 countries if you count the ridiculous Scottish cap that Nigel put on my head.

But in Japan we're all just "gaijin" - the colloquial term for non-Japanese people, but mostly applied to Westerners.

This was at the BBQ party out on Nishinoshima in the Oki islands off the coast of Shimane. Internationalization - grass roots style.

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