White people

Yesterday when we were walking through Ginza at night, surrounded by millions of lights and fashionably dressed Japanese people, we somehow got caught behind an American couple who was so poorly dressed I was embaressed for them. The woman had bleached blonde hair and was wearing a pink VELOUR TRACKSUIT with CROCS. Uuuugggggghhhhh. The man was wearing a baggy old t-shirt and cargo shorts. Mind you, these are people who looked relatively well off (the woman had decided to top off her stellar tracksuit outfit with a Louis Vuitton handbag). Ginza is a nice district and most of the men and women are dressed in well-tailored suits and are otherwise well put together. There are not many Anglo-saxon or American people in Japan, and many Japanese take their opinions of Americans from the few white people that they see. So please, don't come to Tokyo wearing a velour tracksuit. Please.