The problem with racist people

So right now we're looking for a new mansion...

Don't fool yourself, mansion in Japanese just means an apartment, doesn't have the same glamouuuurrrr now, does it...

Anyway, luckily for us there is an abundance of real estate companies, being all shark-like, really anxious to get their hands on our money...

But the system is just absurd:

• First, you have key money, which is one or two months rent you GIVE to the landlord as a GIFT, a sign of appreciation that he has accepted to rent his apartment. Yes that's right, it's a "Please sir, please let me give you extra money as a gift, for the excessively overpriced tiny apartment you own, oh pretty please?! "

• Then you have renewal fees... OH YES! You sign a contract for one year. And after that year, if you wish to renew your contract... Then you should just go ahead and pay one month extra rent, also a gift, because well, it's a huge hassle to print out the bloody contract again and change the date.

But you see, I'm not even talking about this stuff...

Unfortunately I had the opportunity to be discriminated because of my lack of pointy eyedness... Or maybe it was just my future Mrs. Kimness... Maybe if he was a Mr. Suzuki it would be easier.

Yes that's right, you can rent an apartment in Japan, as long as you have the cash and are Japanese.

BUT WTF? Do they think I'm gonna keep a horse on the balcony? Use the bathtub as a doctor fish breeding area?

I knew it could happen with a landlord, some people are reluctant to rent their houses to foreigners, them being dirty little pigs and all, but I was actually quite shocked to see a real estate company flat out refuse us over the phone without even knowing what house we wanted to see... No questions about job, about where we were from, it was a "Are you gaijin?" and a "We are sorry, but we don't work with people like you" JEEZUS!

Then followed a bit of a Japanese bashing in the form of "First, don't you f*cking call me a gaijin and secondly, good luck renting your sh*t out! Goodbye and good day".

Of course the rest was silent in the mind, but had it come out, it would have sounded something like:

"may you swallow a radioactive pine cone and may it be lodged in your colon, where over the next few years a luscious tree shall blossom making the most mundane tasks in your life incredibly painful to the point where you shall wish for death with every second."

You see, this isn't the country side, this is central Tokyo where foreigners are more than common... Ah well, won't be giving them any gifts, that's for sure!

THE SEARCH CONTINUES... I mean, how hard can it be to find an apartment in central Tokyo that is big, new, has plenty of light and is also cheap? (and accepts foreigners?)