You local?

To be asked for directions by a passerby must surely be an indication that you look like a local. I am not sure exactly what it takes to pass for a Kamogata local, but I have it! Yesterday on the way home from the station a car slowed down next to me and asked me where Myobin was. I didn't actually know and couldn't help her.... but that is entirely beside the point! A Japanese person actually asked me, clearly a foreigner, where something was. Plus, she asked me in Japanese! It was great. But maybe I shouldn't be so pleased because I recall being asked for directions in George Street in Sydney about 5 times in one day while I was there for my AEON job interview. Clearly I must just look like someone who knows where she is. A wholly misleading perception at most times.