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Fri-31-01-2025, 16:43 PM
Thanks all, for the replies and encouragement. I have traveled to other places around the world, (never Asia,) and haven't had any problems I wouldn't also encounter here in the US. But this is the first place I have researched where it actually appears to be something that could be an issue.
This trip is actually my wife's dream, (although I also very much want to go.) She has had a pen pal from Japan since the early 1970's and they have never met. I want it to go well and don't want it to become a source of worry for her. We're both used to the 'looks' I get and can live with it, but I am concerned more with denial of service in restaurants, hotels, etc. That's what type of information I am looking for. Just how much of a stigma is having psoriasis in Japan.
There seems to be very little information on the internet about it from what I can tell. But that by no means will stop me. It never has before.
This trip is actually my wife's dream, (although I also very much want to go.) She has had a pen pal from Japan since the early 1970's and they have never met. I want it to go well and don't want it to become a source of worry for her. We're both used to the 'looks' I get and can live with it, but I am concerned more with denial of service in restaurants, hotels, etc. That's what type of information I am looking for. Just how much of a stigma is having psoriasis in Japan.
There seems to be very little information on the internet about it from what I can tell. But that by no means will stop me. It never has before.