4. Niseko has been Australianized
Skiers are Australian
Staff are Australian
Food is Australian
Even the geisha is Australian! (Sayuki)
5. Why go there?
If the skiers are Australian, the staff are
Australian, the food is Australian, and
the geisha is Australian, why go there?
Because the snow is Japanese!
6. Not stupid, just scared
Some people would call this “stupid”
I’d call it “understandable”
Doing something different is difficult
Doing something different is scary
7. RubyKaigi problems
People socialize only with their friends
Japanese only socialize, have lunch with
Japanese
Non-Japanese only socialize, have
lunch with non-Japanese
Japanese people without romaji
(alphabet spelling) on name tag
9. Meet new people with friend
Find an existing friend
Meet new people with them
10. Find bilingual people
Find someone bilingual
Socialize with a whole group with his or
her help
11. Name tags
Japanese people, please put some
alphabetical letters (romaji) on your
name tag
If you don’t want your real name in
romaji, put a username (twitter, github)
in romaji