uffered various sorts of discrimination even rying to find an apartment, tate agents often rejected me by saying t quot;Oment to rent for t kind.quot; Even after becoming a novelist, I came across tions ;e only rent for to ted in tokyo Stock Market..quot; Compared ory of racism against foreigners or non-Japanese in Japan, tion t I experienced mig be even elling, but it is not discrimination after all. You  figure out ion is until you stand on ted.

    Undergoing ternative t;I prefer to live in Japanquot; or quot;I prefer to live in tates.quot; If I ive preferences. But as a matter of fact, Im not so young anymore and Ive been trained to tical and skeptical manner. My only possible reply to tion t quot;Isnt it tougo live in tates?quot; is quot;It ougo live in tokyo.quot; I knoe  nobody expects suchough.