The other day at the party one of the members mentioned that they bumped into another “Bryan” around Okubo. What? This town isn’t big enough for two of us. Turns out the other Bryan is black, and apparently also from California. So in order to differentiate between Bryans in conversation, he is called “Black Bryan”. What they didn’t say, but seemed logical to me, is that by default I’m “White Bryan”.
So I’ve got a new nickname.
I’ve picked up a lot of nicknames since coming to Japan – for example, among another group of drinking buddies I’m called Bura-chan. But “White Bryan” is probably my favorite. Now I have to try to bump into “Black Bryan” and find out what my evil twin is up to in Okubo.
