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Originally Posted by
ratboycom 
HONEST ANSWER: Most FOBs or exchange students, unless they are specifically looking for a local like you, do not want to hear about your supposed interest or knowledge in their history/culture. Dont try to pretend that you know anything about it either, unless you happen to be majoring in it. If this is the case, dont mention it, makes you look creepy. According to my women friends the biggest turn off for them is when some gaijin guy asks them out to Sushi/dim-sum/Korean bbq or some other Asian stereotypical food restaurant and cant shut up about how much he digs their culture, loves animu, and ramune and shit.
Yeah, they almost prefer you're entirely ignorant of their culture... I had a Japanese gf that wanted me to be the stereotypical american- some blonde surfer guy from LA or whatever.. and she hated it whenever I talked about Japan. I think some might even prefer you dislike Japan or are disinterested; I acted like that and I think she enjoyed it cuz we could share the same sentiments. A japanaholic is definitely not going to do well on the dating scene in a US college campus or tokyo. I guess transnational relationships often involve both parties wanting to
forget about their homeland. Though I would say that if you're interested in something very specific about Japan, and not cliche like anime, they can find it charming. For instance I'm quite interested in Japanese woodworking joints, and she thought it was hilarious when I talked to an old man at a museum for half an hour about it.