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Retiring Gaikokujin's avatar

You can see the commonality of regional surnames in local graveyards. One Obon my wife and I were looking for an old Uncle's grave. Look for Sano, I was told. They were practically all Sano!

Tim Bunting - Kiwi Yamabushi's avatar

The pain is real! I have a friend from here in Yamagata with a very common last name here that isn't common in Tokyo where they live. They always get second-guessed!

Francis Turner's avatar

Am highly familiar with this one too

nicholas hughes's avatar

Nah太郎 will stop this from happening

Francis Turner's avatar

But will they beat the Takahashis and Suzukis?

At least Satos agree on how to write their name - unlike Saitos

Tim Bunting - Kiwi Yamabushi's avatar

Saito was a part of my draft!!