> Japanese tourists in Paris<p>And it works in reverse. _Tokyo on Foot_ is a funny book along those lines.<p>I also remember commiserating about this with friends after arriving to my living quarters in Japan.<p>Far from my anticipations of tall skyscrapers, huge sidewalks, and cool tech everywhere, it was 1) this looks like the boring Seattle suburb I just came from, 2) that olden-times smell and all the smoke wafting into your apartment is actually burning rice fields, 3) fax us your documents? thx, and 4) btw we need your help cleaning up this one guy's massive VHS porn collection which is incidentally crawling with thousands of gokiburi.<p>Oh, and maybe related, you also have gokiburi, and bigass centipedes, and you might as well zip yourself into your futon cover if you want some sanity while you work on inspecting your place.<p>Oh and btw, (random racist comments go here).<p>So, familiar.
As an American, I had heard about this and also of course over the years the stories of how rude Parisians are. So when I was preparing for a trip to Paris last year, I had low expectations.<p>I honestly loved it. Absolutely my favorite city I've ever been to; but it's still a city, with all of the warts that come with that. Still, I can't wait to go back.
This has to be some grade 1 Wikipedia trolling.<p>If someone doesn't understand Paris or think "it sucks", then perhaps they're either a clueless teenager or an uncool tourist.