準備１：日本で外人

今晩は。

In preparation for my upcoming trip to Japan I have been searching the internet to find interesting places, people, and things to see in Japan. Blogs, videos and stories from foreigners who have traveled to Japan are often a good source of information.

Today I ran across some videos of two American cable TV hosts (from G4's Attack of the Show) on a 24-hour whirlwind tour of Tokyo. One of the hosts, Kevin, is your average American male while his female counterpart, Olivia, has lived in Tokyo for much of her life and has even had a professional career in Japanese modeling. Kevin's complete lack of knowledge of Japanese culture is amusing, though luckily he is relatively respectful to the people and their society so he isn't giving off that "stupid American" vibe; even though he is American... and stupid.

Kevin visits a 相撲部屋 [すもうべや]　(sumo stable):


It is interesting to see how people from a very traditional part of Japanese culture treat foreigners. I would be willing to bet that this particular sumo stable is used to having guests (especially celebrities) around, but it would seem that many of the traditional aspects of sumo life are well represented. Also, skinny white dudes look hilarious in a sumo outfit.

I personally know next to nothing about many aspects of traditional Japanese culture so it will be interesting to see how they will be represented in modern Japan.　

NOTE：　Holy crap!! They have Krispy Kreme in Japan?! First on my to-do list when I reach Narita Airport: find a Japanese Krispy Kreme.