Foreigners
Japan was still relatively culturally isolated in 1970, the presence of foreigners amongst the
general population was at that stage a relatively rare and novel phenomena. Hence twenty-seven
percent (27%) spontaneously talked about foreigners as a part of their interview.
It was also the first time to see many foreigners walking about. It was the first time for me to see the
entire race of humans celebrating together. The thing that I was most surprised at was the fact that there
were just so many different kinds/races of people there. I know their skin colour was different. P31
At this expo there were many foreigners, and were able to realize that there are many varieties of people
in the world. I remember always thinking … Oh, there is a country out there like this!! P5
At that time (1970 in Japan) it was very rare to see foreigners walking around. Knowing that you see
many foreigners was an attraction in itself. P8