Janice Nakamura | 中村香玲

Yoshi E says:

日本で生まれ育った自分としては、その表現が「あたりまえ」だったので、特に違和感は感じませんでした。「ガイジン」と呼ばれるよりも、まだ「ハーフ」と言われるようが嬉しかったような気がします。大人になった今は、ハーフに生まれたことに感謝しかありません。
Being born and raised in Japan, that expression was the norm and I did not feel anything strange about it. I was much more happier being called a “Hafu” than being called “Gaijin”. Now being a grownup, I can only appreciate that I was born Hafu.

Tkahashi Chihiro says:

When I first heard Hāfu,I thought special it.But it’s different now.I don’t think it’s special now.
I’m Japanese but my boyfriend is Taiwan and Japanese Hāfu.but I realized that it was different.He is Japanese and Taiwanese.And I was noticed that he isn’t special and same us.There are maybe differences in the growing environment and culture.But I want to understand and respect it.