Download this Powerpoint Presentation at WHAT IS “A JAPANESE”? Views of a Naturalized Japanese Citizen By ARUDOU Debito Associate Professor, Hokkaido Information University Tokai University, Monday, June 25, 2007 Download this Powerpoint Presentation at www.debito.org/tokai062507.ppt
Onsen Yunohana in Otaru www.yunohana.org
Yunohana’s JAPANESE ONLY sign
Sept. 2000: Arudou Debito gets Japanese citizenship. Yunohana manager: “We understand that you have citizenship. “But you don’t look Japanese. “So you can’t come in.”
じゃあ、Are these people Japanese or not? Wada Akiko Entertainer Miyazawa Rie Actress Umemiya Anna Model, Tarento Oh Sadaharu Baseball hero Alberto Fujimori Fmr. Peru Prez Kinugasa Sachio Baseball hero
(Amy (left) and Anna Sugawara Aldwinckle 1996) WELCOME TO THE FUTURE (Amy (left) and Anna Sugawara Aldwinckle 1996) Born and raised in Japan. Native speakers of Japanese. Japanese citizens.
“Your younger daughter looks foreign. We’ll have to refuse her entry.”
More information and photos at . Wakkanai . . . . Monbetsu Rumoi . . Otaru Sapporo Ohtaki-mura Nemuro . . MISAWA, AOMORI PREF. AKITA CITY ISESAKI CITY, GUNMA PREF. . . KOSHIGAYA, SAITAMA PREF. TODA CITY, SAITAMA PREF. OHTA CITY, GUNMA PREF. . . . . KOFU, YAMANASHI PREF. . . . DAITOU-SHI, OSAKA PREF TOKYO OGIKUBO TOKYO AOYAMA DOORI TOKYO SHINBASHI TOKYO SHINJUKU-KU TOKYO KABUKICHO . KYOTO . KURASHIKI CITY, OKAYAMA PREF. . HAMAMATSU, SHIZUOKA PREF. HIROSHIMA NAGOYA KITAKYUSHU CITY FUKUOKA PREF More information and photos at www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html OKINAWA URUMA CITY
じゃあ、Are these people Japanese or not? (2) Konishiki Tarento Akebono Pro Fighter Ramos Rui Soccer Hero Amy Daughter Anna Daughter Arudou Debito Yours Truly
Anyone with a Japanese passport is a Japanese. My view: Anyone with a Japanese passport is a Japanese.
Photo courtesy Kyodo News/Kumanichi Shinbun, Jan 12, 2002 Former exclusionary onsen manager Mr. Ohkoshi and friend enjoy a hot bath in Hokkaido... Photo courtesy Kyodo News/Kumanichi Shinbun, Jan 12, 2002
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