homasse, who taught English for five years in Gunma prefecture, told me and Rachel that there was this poll about what region produced the ugliest people in Japan, and Gunma won, hands-down. And she said that it was accurate. XD She also mentioned that she thinks there's an ugly exchange program going on between Tokyo and Gunma, because every time she found someone who looked attractive, they got a job in, were transferred to, or got accepted to a school in Tokyo. XD
Anyway, I didn't see anyone that I knew was from Gunma, so I can't say anything about them - when watchng typhoon coverage, when the announcer mentioned Gunma, Rachel and I scrutinized the TV footage to see if we saw any ugly people, but I think it was still Tokyo - but I can tell you that in Tokyo, like in New York or LA, you cannot be too rich or too thin. And the people in Osaka and Nagoya (and inexplicably, because of its reputation for fashion-conscious poeple) and Kyoto didn't make me feel anywhere near as fat, frumpy, blotchy, and fashion-challenged as the Tokyoites did. :D
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Date: 2007-09-30 03:42 am (UTC)Anyway, I didn't see anyone that I knew was from Gunma, so I can't say anything about them - when watchng typhoon coverage, when the announcer mentioned Gunma, Rachel and I scrutinized the TV footage to see if we saw any ugly people, but I think it was still Tokyo - but I can tell you that in Tokyo, like in New York or LA, you cannot be too rich or too thin. And the people in Osaka and Nagoya (and inexplicably, because of its reputation for fashion-conscious poeple) and Kyoto didn't make me feel anywhere near as fat, frumpy, blotchy, and fashion-challenged as the Tokyoites did. :D