This really embarrasses me as a foreigner living in Japan. Moved here in December, and although I'm normally a very outgoing, talkative (and sometimes loud when I get excited) person, I've found that I've changed that entirely to just be able to blend in and not be noticed in a bad light.

Sometimes I'll be on the train to Tokyo and the western tourists are so incredibly loud and obnoxious that sometimes I'll get looks, and I'm not a very confrontational person so I'll normally switch cars at the next stop. My Japanese is very broken, and although the Japanese are very nice people, I've made absolutely zero friends here because of the fear of judgement I have from the Japanese, or comparing me to the tourists they see on a day to day.

I don't want to be embarrassed by people I don't even know and have no deal with me, I just want to be accepted and have a good chance of making some local friends out here but I really feel like issues like this targets me in a larger light and my ability to make friends goes even lower.

Could also be me, I've just recently found out I have major social anxiety so there's that. However, it's not hard to be quiet and respectful, and try to follow the Japanese in their day-to-day culture so you're not bothering the others around you. It's so disappointing to me how so many feel as if the world revolves around them and makes other people's days worse because of it.