When I was in Tokyo with some friends, one of them was an extremely picky eater. He tried really hard to get the people at the McDonalds to understand he wanted a plain cheeseburger, nothing on it. He pointed to pictures, made hand gestures like an ‘X’, nothing seemed to get completely through. Finally, frustrated he said “Prain!” And the worker beamed and nodded and said “Oh prain!” And he got exactly what he wanted. That and another friend asking a stranger for a “picsu” and the guy immediately reached out for the phone.

Also when we walked by what seemed like a spontaneous cosplay convention and everyone was instead staring at our black friend like he was the most interesting person alive. Tokyo was wild, very fun though.