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A Japanese woman (customer) at my workplace asked if I was Japanese. Then she and her husband (white) asked if I ever been there. This happened about a month ago, but it was the first time at my garden center workplace I was not mistaken for Hispanic when called the wrong heritage. I am a mut who is 75% white and 25% Filpino. I am very tan tho, probably more tan than most Japanese from my filipino heritage and also because I work out in the sun all day. I am about 7 or 8 on a 10 scale for tan compared to a typical hispanic at my workplace so I am surprised I could be mistaken since my idea is that most Japanese are light skin as was this woman.