Visiting a foreign country can be an unsettling experience, especially when you’re in a place like Japan, where a lot of the signage is written

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2024-04-28 23:00:04

Visiting a foreign country can be an unsettling experience, especially when you’re in a place like Japan, where a lot of the signage is written in kanji characters and most of the locals only speak Japanese. Our reporter Seiji Nakazawa, who’s travelled the world on his own, is acutely aware of the difficulties people can encounter on a trip abroad, and so whenever he sees a foreign visitor in Japan who looks a little lost, he’s always quick to step in and offer as much help as possible.

The troubles he’s usually assisted with are mostly related to directions or sometimes advice in a convenience store, where one person pointed at a product and asked him if it contained fish. However, the other day, a foreigner approached him with a request he’s never encountered before, and it shook him so much he can’t stop thinking about it.

The encounter occurred at around 10 a.m. in a sparsely crowded area of Shibuya in Tokyo. The person approached him in English, but Seiji was so preoccupied with his own thoughts that he can’t recall whether they began with something like “Hi” or “Excuse me”. Either way, it was clear they were talking to him, and when Seiji made eye contact with the individual, he realised it was a Western-looking man.