Who else loves Japan? (Except me)& Why?

[Melkor_]

I love Japan and I am planning to live there after my studies end.
If i do any studies.lol

*Ahem *

I love japan because :

Well it started with F.F. I must say.It is the country which made F.F.

Serene people.(VERY important for me,Greece has too many bad tempered people)

Tokyo.

Oh man,Tokyo at night?Hell yeah!

Everything owns in that country.(well,except the over pervert people)

I have never been there (or abroad at all) but I am going to do so.

Manga/Anime

Cute girls with school uniforms hehe :love:

I can get to see F.F. concerts,and I get a chance to meet my man,Nobuo Uematsu.^^

Scenery-Awesome

And more

What do you like about Japan ? (If you like Japan that is)

[Meat Puppet]

I like the sushi that comes from the mall. There is Japanese writing on the packaging. At least, I think it's Japanese.

[Levian]

Ah, the occasional "I'm totally moving to Japan some day" thread.

Maybe you should go take a visit first, before you decide moving over there. And may I suggest that you take Japanese classes instead of watching anime? I don't know if that's the case with you, I'm just checking. :D The culture may be amusing to observe, but it will be no fun if you don't understand the language. Sure, you could survive by speaking English, but you'll always be the tourist guy.

What I like about Japan? That they produce games and send them to my local game shop.

[Melkor_]

Japanese language learner in my town is a rare thing ''mabey''

[Polaris]

I think that japanese are really friendly, my mom works with japanese people and she always tells me that thye are in good mood and always smiling... I saw a japanese guy from wher she works Mr. Ochikawa (guess this is the way it writes) and also he doesn't look like he is very old (and he is)... I love their culture, the anime and their tenchonolgy are the best ones... ^^
And I will learn japanese at the end of my university

[Madame Adequate]

They're all perverts and think nothing of stuff like copping a feel on public transport, the market for used schoolgirl panties, and selling hardcore bondage magazines on the high street.

This, in my estimation, is the mark of a nation at peace with itself.

Oh, and old Japanese people (See; Hardu Sensei) are perambulatory fonts of wisdom and enlightenment.

[Resha]

Everyone loves Japan except for all the fish in the sea. :(

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

If you like your schoolgirls, your manga/anime and your digital software then Japan is the ideal place for you. I see no reason why you should hold yourself back in any way in planning to live there.

Japan has impressed me very much especially with it's technology being years ahead of ours but I'm not too keen on the earthquakes, the language (I'd rather learn French) and the unhealthy obsessions (I wouldn't want my daughter being stared at). I'd prefer to live somewhere quieter and only visit wild places like Japan on holidays

[Melkor_]

.. and the unhealthy obsessions (I wouldn't want my daughter being stared at). I'd prefer to live somewhere quieter and only visit wild places like Japan on holidays

What do you mean unhealhty obsessions?Explain please.

And Japan has quiet places no?

[Madame Adequate]

What do you mean unhealhty obsessions?Explain please.

He means the country doesn't have this huge guilt complex about the fact that reproduction A) Occurs and B) Is enjoyable.

[Melkor_]

Does that mean i can stare at boobies?LOL

[Shlup]

I would love to visit Japan, and if I like it up close as I do from afar, I'd love to live there. Don't think my husband would go for it though. As it is, I'm too lazy to learn Japanese anyway.

I started to enjoy Japanese culture when I was in kindergarten. My best friend's parents started housing Japanese exchange students and they'd bring all kinds of fun things over. They taught us origami and I could use chopsticks and fold a paper crane, a person, a ball, and a frog before I turned six. I've since forgotten how to do the ball and the frog though.

My third grade teacher was Japanese. Genetically she was white, but she was born and lived in Japan until I think at least high school. We watched a few anime movies in third grade did Japanese plays (I was the star of "The Crane" alongside Cid's wife--I she was the crane as a girl and I was the crane as... a crane xD), and ate Japanese food a couple of times.

My parents also like Japanese culture, to a small degree, so I've been raised on sushi. I eat sushi like a cow. I have a high-end rice cooker and make rice with zu at least weekly. I have all the tools to make sushi, but good fish is a bit hard to find so I rarely make it.

I started getting into anime in 7th grade along with TheAbominatrix. We were like "omg i <3 sailermooooon." Like ridiculous.

I have a bunch of teach-yourself Japanese books someone gave me, and I've done a bit of 'em, but haven't been motivated to actually learn Japanese, so they're collecting dust.

I read manga almost daily. Don't watch much anime though. And I don't jump around going "OMG I AM LIEK SO KAWAII BUT U R A BAKA LOLOLOL!!"

My favorite things about Japan are the environment (from crazy city to old-school country), the language, the food, the wackiness, manga, and, uh... the culture in general.

And that is my report on Why I Love Japan.

[Loony BoB]

I love Japanese people because they don't stereotype themselves the way the rest of the world does.

Also, their exports such as RPGs, electronic equipment and of course sushi are all wonderful things.

[Melkor_]

how can i learn japanese?
without an instructor.

[Shlup]

I love Japanese people because they don't stereotype themselves the way the rest of the world does.
Are you saying the rest of the world stereotypes themselves or the rest of the world stereotypes them? Either way, I disagree.


how can i learn japanese?
without an instructor.

If you move to Japan you'll learn it pretty fast. You won't have a choice.

[Melkor_]

how can i learn japanese?
without an instructor.


If you move to Japan you'll learn it pretty fast. You won't have a choice.

yay


i ll just wait for some years then and go to stay der forever

(i ll wait in order to finish my studies ,if i pass that is heheheh-i'll try tho- i already am)

arigato

[Twilight Edge]

yay


i ll just wait for some years then and go to stay der forever

(i ll wait in order to finish my studies ,if i pass that is heheheh-i'll try tho- i already am)

arigato


I can't believe that I would meet someone with the same thoughts as mine.I plan to work there and see if I'm lucky enough to make it into Square-Enix itself!!:D

[Breine]

I don't know if I love Japan, but I definitely like it as a country quite a lot. I think they have a very interesting and different culture and history, plus the technology there is just amazing.
I don't know If I'd like to live there, but visiting it would definitely be great.

[Rainecloud]

I've never been, but I am an obsessive fanboy of all things oriental.

:)

[JKTrix]

I leave for Japan on Monday.
I'm only staying for 2 weeks though, not living there. My primary objective is to get into the Tokyo Game Show, but even if I can't get in I'll mostly be absorbing the culture. I probably won't make it into the 'country' area of Japan, since my Japanese isn't so hot yet. Apparently a lot of people speak English in Tokyo.

One of the things that fascinates me about Japan is the pride of their incredibly contrasted culture. They have an amazing balance between nearly futuristic technology, ancient tradition and natural beauty, and they display it at every opportunity. One of the classic images I've seen is a picture of the Shinkansen Bullet Train with Mt. Fuji in the background, with a Sakura Tree and a girl in a Kimono in the foreground thrown in. Here's one, minus the kimono girl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mountfujijapan.JPG).

Aside from that, I'm going to see if I can visit some of the animation and game museums. I know Ghibli has one, and I've seen a couple of others from different animation studios. Nintendo is a little out of the way for this trip, but depending how my schedule fills out I might take the trip to Kyoto.

Depending how my experience goes, I may consider living there for a while. I'm not particularly attached to my current home, and my parents would probably appreciate me moving out (though they would lose some income). At the very least, I'll visit there once every few years.

[Mo-Nercy]

Those dogs invaded my parents homeland via Manchuria.

They also created Tekken.

All good.

[Zeldy]

My friend went to a wedding in Japan, and Oh-em-gee, I looked at the holiday photos in AWE. They don't do anything by half do Japanese xD

Alot of people want to live in Japan. Not I, might visit, but live? no.

[Tasura]

Do you really need to ask that question of me? I mean come on. Im taking a Japanese course at my uni, and if I manage to pass all three years ill get a piece of paper saying that I know enough that I can work there, so yay me, also, I can watch anime raw :D.

[Loony BoB]

I love Japanese people because they don't stereotype themselves the way the rest of the world does.
Are you saying the rest of the world stereotypes themselves or the rest of the world stereotypes them? Either way, I disagree.
A large portion of the rest of the world stereotypes them. I don't know if they earned that stereotype as I've never been to Japan, but I've known Japanese people (well, at least one that I can think of, anyway) who complained about how everyone thinks that all Japanese people are into anime and weird shows and sushi and the like. Japanese people are just that - people.

[Alive-Cat]

Japan is a pretty goddamn interesting place, imho

[Melkor_]

I leave for Japan on Monday.
Take me with you


I can't believe that I would meet someone with the same thoughts as mine.I plan to work there and see if I'm lucky enough to make it into Square-Enix itself!!

Add me to the msn friend!:D
(i'll pm you my addy)

[Flying Mullet]

Ah, the occasional "I'm totally moving to Japan some day" thread.
xD

How many of these actually mature into "I moved to Japan" threads. :)

Good luck and I wish you the best.

[boris no no]

I think Japan is a cool place to visit and stuff but wouldn't want to live there.
My sister does animation and at the start of the course they said that anyone wanting to do anime style animation and that wanted to move to Japan to do it should pack their bags and go home. Apparently Japanese people really don't like Europian and American people working on animation there.

[Flying Mullet]

Loving Anime/Loving Video Games != Loving Japan :rolleyes2

[Melkor_]

I think Japan is a cool place to visit and stuff but wouldn't want to live there.
My sister does animation and at the start of the course they said that anyone wanting to do anime style animation and that wanted to move to Japan to do it should pack their bags and go home. Apparently Japanese people really don't like Europian and American people working on animation there.

O.O

Wow rly?
My love wants to do animation there

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I like Japan, but I don't think that I would like living there.

[Peegee]

Same. I didn't like living in Hong Kong. Lots of nice toys but the culture is bizarre and odd.

Japan is the same; we get a taste of it from anime, movies, and tv shows but if you really paid attention to it, you can see the type of behaviour that is 'typical'. And I just don't /wouldn't like everybody to be that way.

Plus they have squat toilets....o.O

[Jess]

~I've never been to Japan, so I don't know if I love it.

[Old Manus]

I see no reason to like Japan more than any other country.

And anime sucks etc

[Pete for President]

I like Japan's culture in general, but I don't like the fact that Japan has quite a share in hunting whales/dolphins. No disrespect ofcourse, my country isn't that innocent either.

But yeah, I like Japanese culture in general. The history seems interesting, although I don't really get oriental history at school, from what I've read seems cool.

Might go there one day.

[Christmas]

People tend to compare pros of another country to their instead of looking at the cons too of that foreign country,

[starseeker]

Nihon ga suki desu. I like Japan, but I don't love it. Why else would I choose to study Japanese for 4 years (now doing my 5th year).

[bipper]

meh, japan is ok. I want to go there someday, but I spend my time studying other things than thier culture/language/history. None of which are too important to my life.

[Miriel]

People tend to compare pros of another country to their instead of looking at the cons too of that foreign country,

Seriously.

Japan seems like a really interesting place to visit but I think it's so silly when people act like Japan and Japanese culture/people are perfection. Obviously that isn't true. :)

Anyway, I'd love to visit one day. I hear it's very clean there. I like clean. Plus, I looove Japanese food. Shrimp tempura, gimme!

[Peegee]

People tend to compare pros of another country to their instead of looking at the cons too of that foreign country,



If I did that I wouldn't like anything.

[My_car_is_faster_than_you]

I love Japan cause I'm Japanese, and it's normal to like your home country. I'm actually moving back there at the end of October, so I'm really excited. Then there's,

Sushi
Cars
Techonology
FF
etc..

[Rye]

I like Japanese culture, and it'd be a nice place to visit, but Japan is hardly a utopia. Read Azreal's Japanese School Teacher Editorials and the truth shall set you free.

[Khaotic]

Hopefully you aren't white <.<

[Peegee]

I like Japanese culture, and it'd be a nice place to visit, but Japan is hardly a utopia. Read Azreal's Japanese School Teacher Editorials and the truth shall set you free.

Is that the black man who often had his crotch grabbed?

[Rye]

I like Japanese culture, and it'd be a nice place to visit, but Japan is hardly a utopia. Read Azreal's Japanese School Teacher Editorials and the truth shall set you free.

Is that the black man who often had his crotch grabbed?

Oh yes. xD Biggu Dikku!

Here is every editorial written for download: http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/japanese/teacher.html

[Yamaneko]

Japanese people apparently love American culture. It just goes to show you that people will be attracted to anything that is foreign to their everyday lives.

[Shiny]

Final Fantasy
Dir en grey
Asian Kung Fu Generation
Mad Capsule Markets

Nuff said

[Roto13]

I'd link to that topic I made about Japanophiles, but I can't see it because I'm EoEO banned. Poo.

[Khaotic]

People tend to compare pros of another country to their instead of looking at the cons too of that foreign country,

Seriously.

Japan seems like a really interesting place to visit but I think it's so silly when people act like Japan and Japanese culture/people are perfection. Obviously that isn't true. :)

Anyway, I'd love to visit one day. I hear it's very clean there. I like clean. Plus, I looove Japanese food. Shrimp tempura, gimme!

>.> Japan is dirty, sexually.

[Roto13]

People tend to compare pros of another country to their instead of looking at the cons too of that foreign country,

Seriously.

Japan seems like a really interesting place to visit but I think it's so silly when people act like Japan and Japanese culture/people are perfection. Obviously that isn't true. :)

Anyway, I'd love to visit one day. I hear it's very clean there. I like clean. Plus, I looove Japanese food. Shrimp tempura, gimme!

>.> Japan is dirty, sexually.

Nonsense.

*molests a schoolgirl*

[Khaotic]

I heard its common to see sex in public, including in streets, subways, in shops, etc. How much of this is true though, I'll never know.

[Dreddz]

Take a trip there first, Japan is probably the hardest country to adapt to, you'll probably love visiting there, but I doubt you'd enjoy living there...

[Shiny]

I've heard several stories about public male self pleasuring acts in subways and what not. >.< I think that's one of the reasons why they have a seperate train for girls and guys so no one gets raped...

[Shlup]

I can't believe that I would meet someone with the same thoughts as mine.I plan to work there and see if I'm lucky enough to make it into Square-Enix itself!!:D

It's not like they're uncommon thoughts. Most fanboys r liek totally moving 2 nihon someday.




I love Japanese people because they don't stereotype themselves the way the rest of the world does.
Are you saying the rest of the world stereotypes themselves or the rest of the world stereotypes them? Either way, I disagree.
A large portion of the rest of the world stereotypes them. I don't know if they earned that stereotype as I've never been to Japan, but I've known Japanese people (well, at least one that I can think of, anyway) who complained about how everyone thinks that all Japanese people are into anime and weird shows and sushi and the like. Japanese people are just that - people.

But that's true of any culture. Except Jamaicans; Jamaica is one big Jamaican stereotype.

O.O

Wow rly?
My love wants to do animation there

That would be like a Japanese man moving to Australia to be a digerydoo player. Or something. It's infringing on their artform.

[Venom]

Japan is a pretty cool place, I wouldnt want to live there because it has volcanic land.

[Madame Adequate]

That would be like a Japanese man moving to Australia to be a digerydoo player. Or something. It's infringing on their artform.

How the Hux can someone own an artform?

[mooglebunni608]

Hmmm. Well I can't say I love Japan, because I haven't been there. But it is a pretty awesome looking place. Mostly I just like the food ^_^

[licence]

Never been to Japan, but it isn't a place I want to go. They bring out great games, but I just wouldn't want to go there.

Their history is also interesting.

[Anaisa]

I had considered moving to Japan, because I had heard lots of good things about it. But then I was told that I would be perved on more in Japan, than in the north west of England, which is really saying something. They may have been joking of course, but the mere idea was enough to concern me.

[Christmas]

People tend to compare pros of another country to their instead of looking at the cons too of that foreign country,



If I did that I wouldn't like anything.

Only if you like anything that is perfect that is.

[Leen-Leen]

I pretty much love Japan because it's where I spent my childhood. I lived there for a few years, and I miss it so much. I'll go visit one day, maybe even live there ...

[Jojee]

Japan is overrated, methinks... :p But they have produced a lot of nice stuff ^_^ I don't really have much of an interest to visit, though. I mean, it'd be nice if I could but I'd rather visit Europe and a bunch of other countries first :</>D

[fantasyjunkie]

I spent a year there in the 80's. Man, I really loved it there. No political correctness there either! It was great!

[black orb]

>>> The place is overpopulated already, and I think they dont want us. So I guess they just send you back to your crappy country if you dare to move there..

[Melkor_]

After some careful thought,I don't wanna live there.
Maybe visit the country when I can,and see after that.
Yeah most of you people tell me that they don't like foreigners infringing their art and stuff but I don't wanna do anything like anime there.

Anyhoo,I guess this fanboysm has affected me and it shall wane.
I will carry on enjoying their beautiful anime and music but I won't try to live there.
I guess that if I am hated in my country I will be hated 100 more times there.:mad:

[Madame Adequate]

Japanese people apparently love American culture. It just goes to show you that people will be attracted to anything that is foreign to their everyday lives.

Yeah. I mean, how could anyone be attracted to vapid crap like Hemingway, Miller, or Williams? :rolleyes2 Bunch of hacks, I tells ya.

[~SapphireStar~]

The anime, the manga, the fashion, the food, the technology and the arctecture (sp). Im a big fan of the country and would love to go.

[Roto13]

Japanese people apparently love American culture. It just goes to show you that people will be attracted to anything that is foreign to their everyday lives.

Yeah. I mean, how could anyone be attracted to vapid crap like Hemingway, Miller, or Williams? :rolleyes2 Bunch of hacks, I tells ya.

Call it a hunch, but I don't think that's what he was referring to. :P

[Madame Adequate]

Maybe not, but it gets to me when people say "American culture = beer and football" when in actuality there have been some striking things to come from the country, and when in reality it's not actually any worse than the rest of the world is.

[Yamaneko]

Popular culture is the only thing we export anymore. Same goes for most other developed countries. We don't exactly think Mirabeau or Arouet when France comes up in everyday discussion. Should it? Maybe, but popular culture is easy. Just turn on the TV. Opening a book is too hard for the general populace.

My intention was not to dismiss American culture, though. It was to direct attention to the similarties between a global community.

[McLovin']

Japan created Final Fantasy. Therefore Japan is ait.

[Madame Adequate]

Popular culture is the only thing we export anymore. Same goes for most other developed countries. We don't exactly think Mirabeau or Arouet when France comes up in everyday discussion. Should it? Maybe, but popular culture is easy. Just turn on the TV. Opening a book is too hard for the general populace.

My intention was not to dismiss American culture, though. It was to direct attention to the similarties between a global community.

In that case I retract my earlier statements and support what you say.

[Reles]

Fooood *drools* :D

Porn in vending machines. Just kidding.

[Auragaea]

I'd never want to go to Japan. As a black man, I know I'll be harrassed by a lot of Japanese people with typical african american stereotypes such as "biggu diku" and wearing baggy clothes with lots of bling-bling. I'm content living in the U.S. for now, but I would like to go back to my country of Ghana.

[Moon Rabbits]

I'm not in any sort of OBSESSIONX with Japan, but I really like sushi and sashimi and bubble tea...oh and those video games are pretty rad too.

EDIT: What?! Porn in vending machines?!

[Rengori]

Been there once, have no intention of going there again.

[moogle maniac]

yeah i like japan but i don't love it i like korea for example it's way better because ive been there and theres anime and manga, rpgs and whatnot but no risk of being killed by a tsunami, volcanic eruption of earthquake like japan

[Ashley Schovitz]

Oh I would love to go to Japan someday too they made FF and they have the best food there is!

[Jojee]

Porn in vending machines.

<i>Well</i> then. Never mind! Japan isn't overrated, I'm gonna live there! ;)

[rubah]

I think it'd be a nice place to visit, so long as I didn't have to fly there. good grief that would be long ;o

I think it's required that everyone on the internet be obsessed with japan at some point

[edit-- and once you're on the other side, it's funny to see the reasoning behind the next generation of japanophiles justifying their choices xD But that goes for most things I guess]

[Sweet Beloved]

I would love to visit Japan, at least once. And I love their sense of style...*eyes gleam* I plan to go there when I'm 18 sometime.

[Shlup]

That would be like a Japanese man moving to Australia to be a digerydoo player. Or something. It's infringing on their artform.

How the Hux can someone own an artform?

It's called "culture." Every country has it.

[Madame Adequate]

It's called "culture." Every country has it.

... Apparently, I need to reiterate my point.

How can someone own an artform?

I really fail to see how my location of birth can have any impact whatsoever on my appreciation of, and skill with, an artform. If anyone cares about anything other than that, they don't have any idea of culture's worth anyway.

Edit: Culture is a far, far, far broader and more intricate thing than can be divided along national lines anyway.

[Shlup]

Hey, don't get fussy with me; I'm just stating the way the world is. Anime is a part of Japan's culture. A non-Japanese person attempting to create anime is sometimes seen as an invasion of that culture. You know what I'm talking about here; you're just agreeing because you don't like it.

[Rinoabella]

Japan is good because it made FF. And after playing FF I came here. And after coming here I met my boyfriend. Therefore Japan is good.

Oh and I also took Japanese at school and enjoyed it but don't remember much anymore :(

[Zeromus_X]

It'd be nice to visit there once (so my studies wouldn't go to waste...), but I would need to study much more to ever hope to obtain knowledge of anything close to literate Japanese.

Dunno about living there, though. Overcrowded, expensive housing, etc etc...

Baseball murderers and genocidal high school students with black notebooks, etc...

[Monster Hunt]

I like it because I'm half japanese, half of my family is there and the lollies...

WOOO HOOO! I'm going there this christmas! Free new year's day money!!! :)
But no big celebration for christmas... :(

[Del Snizz]

Do any of you love the place enough to save it from Godzilla?

Yeah. Didn't think so.

[fantasyjunkie]

Do any of you love the place enough to save it from Godzilla?

Yeah. Didn't think so.

ROFL LMAO! :D :D :D

[Rostum]

Hehe, I just finished watching Lost in Translation. What a coincidence.

Anyways, I am very happy with living in Australia. It's such a beautiful place, and I've explored the whole eastern half of the country. So beautiful and for the most part, people are great.

I do think Japan looks extremely interesting. I really do want to visit one day -- what puts me off though, in FFXI, a lot of the Japanese community are very racist towards english speaking players (not all, I've met some really lovely people!) and I've been told a lot that there are defenately a fair few traditionaly cultured Japanese that don't like foreigners.

Also, when I was at university, we had a Japanese student that had just moved down to do the course. He spoke english pretty fluently, and we were pretty good friends. ^^