Advice about japanese guys. does he like me or is he just being nice?

I have lived in Japan for many years and now that i don't i travel back for long 2-3 month vacations. my dad has family over there.


anyways this time i was there i was there for 9 days but 5 in a particular area for a special program offered by my school. so i was with my host family and my classmates were with theirs. anyways, i met this guy who is my total other half. we have more than the world in common with our track and field, love for anime and video games, our favorite foods and music and colors, judo, and just everything. i speak japanese very well but i was too shy to talk to him so he assumed i didn't speak much japanese. well my homestay sister and my friend's homestay sister are really good at english and thats all they ever wanted to talk in. anyways, there are times where i catch him blushing when hes near me but then he acts like he's so cool and just stays quiet. and he's always smiling when we talk. thursday came and my family and his got together and had a yakitori party. of course there were other homestay families and my classmates. well that day all the adults stayed downstairs and prepared everything while all of us were upstars chilling. we were talking about anime and he mention one of my favorites and my friend joe was like, ';oh yea he loves it!'; and i got excited and said i wanna see. so he went into his room and i was like do i follow? is it ok? and joe and everyone knew i had a thing for him so jow said yea c'mon. so in his room it was me, joe, and john looking at his collections and library and i was so impressed and amazed. anyways there was this adorable little fat soft yellow stuffed animal cat and it was sooooooooooooo cute. anyways i grabbed it an was just holding it because it was cute. joe and john decided to walk out and i was still looking and i was about to put it back when i said oh do you want me to put it back or just hold it? he looked at it and looked at me and then he held my hands which had the stuffed animal in it and he pushed it into me and said, ';i want you to have it. its a present from me.'; and he was clearly red and smiling. later i confessed to him when we were playing with the fireworks and he turned red and was smiling and said thank you. well friday night we were talking and he finally discovered that i can speak japanese very well. but he insisted to speak in english. he was red and smiling and he said his best friend liked me. i was confused and he asked ayaka to translate and she said that he feels very strongly for me and a bestfriend.not as a best friend, and a best friend. i asked him in japanese and he said the same thing in japanese. so i was just like what?





we're the same height, he is thin and built with muscles but not the scary kind of muscle, and i'm thin with chubs lol. and we have more than then world in common.


so does he like me? or was he just being nice? because japanese are known for their hospitality and kindness but i just dont know.Advice about japanese guys. does he like me or is he just being nice?
From reading this, I'd say there's a good chance he has a thing for you. Japanese and Western cultures are indeed different in many ways, but as far as romance and dating go....they're not _that_ different.





I'd suggest spontaneously kissing him and seeing what happens, though....he seems a bit too much on the shy side to make the first move.