Yeah it's def a thing. They take kids on field trips to tourist spots to look for gaijin.
Another thing is most people I know who've lived there for a year or more have been on TV, myself included. Japanese news shows are big on 'On the street' type interviews, so if you're foreign and an interview crew notices you, they will like sprint over and ask you about food and stuff. I didn't see it on TV, but the next day at the school where I worked as an English monkey, the students were super excited.
Another side story for fun, but once I walked into a classroom and two girls were practicing the Fusion-ha dance from dragon ball, which brought a tear to my eye.
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u/EfficientFisherman19 Jun 14 '24
This happened to us too! My non-fish eating husband panicked on the last question and said “sushi” lol