gaijin nod
A head nod between two foreigners who are like, 'We are all stuck here, and we are all stuck together.' It’s like they’re saying, 'Let’s be friends, or at least not enemies.'
Two Australians nodded at each other in Tokyo like they were saying, 'We are all stuck together.'
An American and a Dutch person nodded at each other in Kyoto like they were saying, 'We might as well be friends.'
Two Indonesians nodded at each other in Osaka like they were saying, 'We’re all just here for the ramen.'