Quoted By:
Turning point
I think i was sexually harrassed by an elderly japanese man in an onsen.
>Be me
>Trying to slow things down after giant Iwate climb.
>Trying to give gf nice japanese experience
>Decide onsen
>She's excited and knows all about the experience
>I don't know anything, but decide i'll figure it out
>Go to onsen
>I don't know what to do with my items
>Old man comes up and starts telling me what to do.
>Follow his instructions
>Get naked
>Sit at bench and scrub
>Pleasant experience
>Old man motions to get into tub 1
>Get into tub one.
>Feels good.
>Old man says to get out
>Get out
>Old man says to get into hot tub with him and 4 other dudes
>sides are taken except wall in front of window
>Sit beneath window looking outside and take my glasses off
>Old man starts motioning to me to look outside
>Motion that i can't see because no glasses (they were foggy anyway)
>Old man starts splashing window
>Start getting nervous that its impolite to stare toward people staring toward window
>Move over to other side
>Squeeze inbetween other old man and this dude
>Sit with my knees tucked together
>Now I'm uncomfortable
>Old man starts talking to me and pointing outside
>I don't know what he's saying.
>Old man starts getting closer
>See another old dude looks uncomfortable with what's happening
>Start to panic
>Old man touches my knee
>I don't know what's appropriate in this country
>[screaming internally]
>I get up and go right to cold pool
>Feels nice, but start to feel ill
>Want to get back in hot tub
>Old man motions I'm done because i got into cold pool
>I say something nervously in English
>Tells me its impolite to speak English in Onsen
>Get uncomfortable
>Leave
>Only in Onsen for 15 minutes
>Wait 2 hours in dining hall for gf to come out
I felt so violated. I didn't know how to sit or do anything. I was so shook that I led us 5 miles in the wrong direction after that. The town was so small that I ended up running into him again the next day at the rest stop.
