So, the culture/lifestyle portrayed in mangas/animes differ a lot from the japanese lifestyle itself?
March 29th, 2009
hyde asked: I mean .when you see it in mangas/animes it seems some kind of a realistic paradise/fantasy…….they portray japan/japanese culture in such a way where they have the good sides of both the orient(values,norms) and the west(standardization/modernization)……….but japan itself is different…..I mean a busy life 9 to 9,technofreaked,strict cultures,rigid,disciplined lifestyles(things not portrayed in [...]
Am I weird for Loving Anime and Japanese culture?
March 27th, 2009
anime fever asked: I just cant help it and I dont know why I wanna learn to speak japanese (currently am) I want to take kendo classes I love samurai and anime I love their food tradition people culture god….I love it all and I dont know why and when people ask me so why [...]
Between the arabs and japanese culture which one is more acceptable?
March 27th, 2009
Mari Laveau（^ω^）♥ asked: I addicted to the arab, northern and eastern african costume and architecture……last june I visited yemen, I’m not a muslim but I like their clothing…..I don’t understand why my parents find I’m weir? I’m just interested in the coloring of the middle eastern costume, architecture and traveling places….. I wanted to wear [...]
Will I be welcomed in Japan if I know how to speak Japanese and know about Japanese Culture?
March 27th, 2009
Tony asked: I am a white American male and I am a 17 year old male and a High School student planning on getting a job and saving enough money to go to Japan one day but I am just wondering if any of the Japanese in Japan will support an American if he/she knows [...]
Question About “Stigma” in Japanese Culture/Language?
March 26th, 2009
Yggdrasil asked: Sorry to use anime as my examples…but anime helps me learn the language.
Anyway, here goes. In Azumanga Daioh, one of the girls, Sakaki-san is not your “standard” stereotype of a Japanese girl…for two reasons…height (174cm and still growing at 16) and bust size (Osaka calls her “an American” while staring at her development. [...]
Is there a way to balance a love of Japanese culture without becoming known as a wannabe?
March 24th, 2009
Pressure.Point asked: I have had a HUGE interest in Japanese culture throughout my high school years, and I have taken the language for 4 years, been there twice (once on a homestay where I went to school), and I have started to primarily listen to J-Rock, love the art/architecture, and the list goes on and [...]
Do you know what Jiso means in Japanese culture?
March 24th, 2009
Snowcrane66 asked: It was puzzle for me and still lingering in my mind for a long while that there were tons of little stone made Jiso statues along the track where I went hiking down in a very rural lonely villiage in the southern Osaka. As I know that most Japanese don’t have any religion [...]