It’s often said that Japanese people aren’t overly fond of eye contact or interaction with strangers — a trait that’s supposedly even more pronounced when those strangers are of a foreign persuasion. But like most sweeping generalisations, it’s not entirely true.
Hans ter Horst says
You’re clearly very suspicious to them, just too mendouksai they would need to speak English to tell you off, but otherwise…
The guy with the cat on his head especially is irritated. 🙂
Great how you keep peeling at the onion that is Japanese society and show us the layers of the real Japan!
Lee says
Yes, maybe they would have said something if I wasn’t a gaijin. Although as it was done and dusted so quickly, maybe not. Impossible to say I guess. Buy, yeah, what isn’t is doubt is that he wasn’t best pleased!
Thank you. That’s very encouraging to hear. I photograph who and what interests me, but it’s great to know it has some kind of meaning outside of that.
Al says
Two very interesting looks! You don’t get many smiles, do you?!! 🙂
Lee says
No, I don’t. And to be honest, I’m much happier that way. For me at least it makes for far more interesting photographs.
Phil says
I like the sinusoidal eyebrow.
Lee says
Likewise. Gives him a wonderfully expressive face.
john says
The Lovely Eggs ‘hit’ “Don’t Look at Me (I Don’t Like It)” didn’t suggest
‘look at him with a sinusoidal eyebrow’
…but it should have done.
Being faced with a ‘high noon’ stance and a potential back handed chop to the Leica I would have high tailed it out of there pronto! Perhaps they are in an Oasis cover band?
Lee says
Quite possibly. They’ve definitely got the attitude and the eyebrows!
Mercifully there was no violence. Merely the suggestion of it. So me and the Leica escaped unscathed.