lol my wife would hate me if I learned japanese before spanish.
She's black and when she was in japan years before she met me... oh boy she had a bad experience lol.
My tall, fit, skinny white ex girlfriend however was chased by an old japanese guy who saw her, called her gaijin several times, and gave her a giant container of milk as a gift. She had absolutely nothing bad to say about the experience and she was there for a few months, they loved her.
Unlike my first comment, this is serious and a true story. It's anecdotal.. but something that basically plays out everywhere in the world unfortunately.