PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[kyo_sora_forever]

I really want to go back to Japan and see if it will be different but I dont know I have this crazy notion that everyone in Japan knows about it

[becki_kanou]

Knows about the fact that you had bad breath?

Are you famous or something? If not, the people who you met probably don't even remember it. The real truth is most people (especially your age) are too busy obessing about their own perceived flaws to worry about the minor flaws of others.

[kyo_sora_forever]

Knows about the fact that you had bad breath?

Are you famous or something? If not, the people who you met probably don't even remember it. The real truth is most people (especially your age) are too busy obessing about their own perceived flaws to worry about the minor flaws of others.

I think why I feel that way is Kasugai is a small town where everybody knows everyone and I was the

first gaijin at my school ever. Even elementary and middle school kids knew about it and would give me

dirty looks as I walked by. middle school kids even went so far as to yell something at me in Jpanese as

I walked by. On the train people I didnt even know would cover there noses

[kyo_sora_forever]

well anyways I feel better sort of and I just want to say thanks 2 everyone for replying.

[two_heads_talking]

I did a google search and I found no papers or other media news outlets having any mention of a smelly gaijin in Kasugai. So, if it was as bad as you say, I'd think that you would ahve made the papers..

There are also as of 2003 (a few years ago of course) 300,320 people living in Kasugai, hardly a small town where everyone knows everyone else.

The only thing about stinky water that I could find was this.. http://www.jp-hotel.to/print_page/print_page_euc.cgi?hotel_dir=kasugai_kasugai&gengo=eng&page=page1 and to be honest, it wasn't about stinky water at all..

In fact most of my searches came up with Kasugai, gummy candies..

I'm sure all of this can be explained in a simple, you took it all way out of context. But, then you really don't want to hear that it was you who overreacted. You would rather someone else be responsible. I can only hope you learned a few things and that while growing up, you can remember what you learned.

[Mike Cash]

I was stationed in a

small hick town called Kasugai in Aichi prefecture where everybody new everyone

and pretty soon the whole town

hated me!

For

God's

sake

they

should

hate

you

for

double

spacing.

Kasugai has 300,000 people. You're either delusional, stupid, a liar, or are trolling.

I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I'll go with trolling.

[kyo_sora_forever]

I was stationed in a

small hick town called Kasugai in Aichi prefecture where everybody new everyone

and pretty soon the whole town

hated me!

For

God's

sake

they

should

hate

you

for

double

spacing.

Kasugai has 300,000 people. You're either delusional, stupid, a liar, or are trolling.

I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I'll go with trolling.

whoa your a real jerk you know that and yes I am telling the truth! have you ever been to Kasuagai?

I was the only gaijin student in kasugai thats why every one knew about it

[kyo_sora_forever]

and seriously why would I lie about the most traumatizing moment of my life????

[kyo_sora_forever]

I mean seriously what do I get out of saying a stupid lie. Of course its true and it really happend I wanted to enjoy Japan as much as everyone else on this forum

[richvh]

You're young yet, I'm sure you have lots of trauma ahead of you.

Have you considered that maybe people were staring at you because maybe, just possibly, you looked different from everyone else? That you weren't "the smelly gaijin", but rather "the gaijin" pure and simple?

[kyo_sora_forever]

You're young yet, I'm sure you have lots of trauma ahead of you.

Have you considered that maybe people were staring at you because maybe, just possibly, you looked different from everyone else? That you weren't "the smelly gaijin", but rather "the gaijin" pure and simple?

no I am one hundred percent positive it was my breath . I was in on the bus and this boy ran after my

bus covering his nose. while other boys laughed! It was so bad my host family had to lower the

windows when I talked in the car, It was so bad I could smell it. I was so frustrated that I cleaned

my tongue with a scraper till it bled, brushed my teeth for 20 minutes a day , bought over 10 different

types of toothpastes and gargled with mouthwash for 5 minutes! It was pretty epic

[kyo_sora_forever]

Oh and flossed daily to no avail. I mean jesus who ever heard of being that allergic to water. I thought

water was water all over the world and thought even though if it was the water I would eventually

adapt to it but I lived there for a month and a half and I never adapted to the water

[richvh]

Maybe it was the size of your nose that attracted attention?

[Dehitay]

I'll assume that you probly did have bad breath while in Japan, though I can't really believe it was so bad that you were outcast by a town. Judging by the facts given, I would have to agree with 2heads theory that it was your diet. I don't know actually know much about Japan's water or toothpaste, but considering it's a 1st world country, I would have to assume neither would cause halitosis. Food, however, very commonly does. A mixture of new foods could have very possibly ruined your breath. And considering it stopped after your return to the US, it's even more believable.

However, this thread does bring up a point I haven't considered before. Is Japanese tap water safe for drinking? Pretty much all I drink is tap water, and buying water would be a drastic change for me.

[Yudan Taiteki]

I drank a lot of Japanese tap water every day for 2 years I lived there, and I'm still alive.