On being a female Asian chaser

At some point in their life almost everyone has met an asian-chaser. He's that guy who sits across from you in Japanese class with a shirt that says in bad kanji "I want to date a Japanese girl". He might be that staid business man who suddenly disappears for a few weeks on vacation and comes back with a Korean bride on his arm. More often than not the stereotype is the white boy who longs for that passive and exotic asian woman to cater to his every whim with a sexy smile on her petite face. I'm not saying every guy who has a preference for Asians is like this, but honestly I've known my fair share and the majority easily fall into conventional stereotypes. I've dated these guys, been friends with them, hated some of them, and now I found that I've become one. An Asian-chaser that is...not a guy.

I moved to Japan one year ago to teach English to Elementary school students. I came to Japan wanting to have a good time, widen my horizons, travel Asia, and with a preference for blond, blue-eyed boys. I don't know when it happend, but somehow along the way that changed. I went home for the Christmas holidays and found myself blah about all the guys I saw. As soon as I stepped onto my International flight back to Japan I instantly spotted some hot prospects. It took me a few minutes before I realized they were all Asian men.

Being a female asian-chaser is a bit odd. Am I the same as all the boys that ticked me off so royally in my Japanese history class with their mooning over any Asian girl that graced their path? I definitely know that Japanese men don't have the same "positive" traits attributed to the women. If anything both my Japanese father and grandma (halfies represent!) have told me to stay away from Japanese men (Asian men all around) because they don't treat women right. It could simply be a preference, like how some women only want to date black men. In my more honest moments I wonder if it's simply because I'm currently fascinated with all things Japan and Asia (anime fans have created a whole new set of stigmas) Another problem is that while Japanese women seem attracted to foreign men, there are proportionately fewer Japanese men who are interested in foreign women. Something about us being loud and opinionated or some such nonsense...

So this is a tricky issue. All of this wordy background is just to set up the picture for my future exploits in dating in Japan. That is if I can manage more action than I've been getting lately *details details*