HAMAMATSU, SHIZUOKA PREF. ¨C After living in Japan for a while you start to notice certain personality types popping up in the international community, particularly among English teachers.
There¡¯s the ¡°weeaboo,¡± a fairly recent character; the paripi (party people), who hit every nomikai (drinking party); and the gaijin (foreigner) hunter.
That last one is a term you¡¯ll usually find online: a Japanese person, often a woman, who is looking exclusively for a non-Japanese partner. They¡¯ve had it with the outdated attitudes of Japanese men and are searching for something different.
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