Unpleasant things about Japan

[smartguy1]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

[thomas]

You shouldn't hide behind a German flag. The drift of your post becomes clearer after having established that you are obviously from Korea (not implying that all Koreans share your views on Japan!).

:souka:

PS: I have updated your country flag in order to reflect your location.

[thereisnospoon]

Having just browsed at our friends previous posts, it does appear he/she does have a negative bias towards Japan, that being the case it is quite surprising such a person would frequent a japanese orientated forum.

[thomas]

... it is quite surprising such a person would frequent a japanese orientated forum.

Perhaps surprising, but unfortunately not infrequent since we have established these fora in 2001.

[Mike Cash]

Perhaps surprising, but unfortunately not infrequent since we have established these fora in 2001.

Numbers 1 and 5 are sort of hard to take issue with, though.

[thomas]

Numbers 1 and 5 are sort of hard to take issue with, though.

As for #1: the filthiest toilet I have seen in Tokyo so far was near Tsukiji wholesale market. Still, impeccable and sterile in comparison to most European public toilets, lolol. However, I have to admit I am not well acquainted with Korean public toilets.

[PaulTB]

Numbers 1 and 5 are sort of hard to take issue with, though.

Number 2 is probably a "It's there if you look for it" type of thing but they do seem to sell sick stuff that they wouldn't be able to get away with in the UK (TTBOMK). I'm thinking particularly of the 'adult manga' market.

[Mike Cash]

Number 2 is probably a "It's there if you look for it" type of thing but they do seem to sell sick stuff that they wouldn't be able to get away with in the UK (TTBOMK). I'm thinking particularly of the 'adult manga' market.

It's sort of interesting that a guy from the country that brought us the Reverend Moon gripes about Japanese cults.

[PaulTB]

It's sort of interesting that a guy from the country that brought us the Reverend Moon gripes about Japanese cults.
ぜんぜんフォローにならないよ。

[Arch]

Have you actually been to japan ?

[kirei_na_me]

It's sort of interesting that a guy from the country that brought us the Reverend Moon gripes about Japanese cults.

Heh. Good point.

[RockLee]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.
@1: ...go visit Belgian amusement parks or public bathrooms, you would be surprised how filthy they are!!!
@3: Lucky us ?
@5: yes I heard about that, but the work-situation is different
@7: they are GLOBAL, not only Japan ;-)
@8: Europeans do talk very loudly too, annoying, but I'm used to it OR I listen to my music ;-)

[60Yen]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

1) Meet Europe pal...
2) That's called freedom, everyone has it own hobbies
3) Well, I don't see a problem in that...
4) War sux, dunno 'bout it
5) Meet Europe pal... (1 Euro for a coke can)
6) Ever been to Amsterdam? Loads of drugsaddicts that can piss ya' off. Really annoying and creepy.
7) Don't you just love freedom? I do, that's why I'm a liberal...
8) Meet Europe pal...

I guess Europe pretty much sucks...

[PaulTB]

I guess Europe pretty much sucks...
You've never been to America? :D

[60Yen]

You've never been to America? :DHehe, no. I think I should be happy with that, as I said I like freedom, but you will find a weird freedom in America. Allowing guns but the usage of drugs is against the law :? That's weird crap. Guns are actually one of the few things that should be banned...

[Ewok85]

1 and 6 made me laugh. My city has been labeled as the murder capital of the world! Woot, go here, go here. And the toilet thing? Not only are they bad here theres a good chance of being raped or assaulted as well! errgh....

[shotime77780]

omg this is the saddest post ever :D :D well maybe because i havent spent a lot of time in the cities?? ok here i go

1)i hope that was a lie, the toliets at local parks were clean..... and cmon a local park had a toilet!!!

2)errrm some what true

3)maybe where you live its true :p

4)are proud of world war 2? i think its the oppasite most japanese hide thier identiy esp. in front of koreans and chinese ~_~ i sometimes do that >_<

as for brainwashed, yes thier schools are more drills then actually thinking sooo....i guess this is true

5)omg you got it right illl give you 100ten for this one!!!

6)and they say japan is the safest place in the world to live......???
maybe you shouldnt be such a gaijin and go arround with your arrogant attitude and getting into fights, i heard lots of stories about that
:D , be humble

7)do you have first hand experiance or are you just saying what the media told you?

8)yes that is deffinantly true in the cities i mean these tokyo business men dont care if a guy on a wheel chair is trying to get on the train, they just swarm the front door!!! me first me first!!! capitalism sometims makes me sick

but it is very differnent in the rural areas ^_^

as for talking loudly maybe its because population density is smaller so you hear them closer to you?

[Pav_Bxl]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

Oh well, this just sounds like the common bashing you can use from people who never been in Japan and thinks they know everything about it :giggle:

Ok some comments due to my experience in Japan and experience of other people there :

1. Looks like we all agree, Japan's public toilets are not the worst in the world ... as Rock said, come and visit Belgium's public parks, we can discuss after.
2. It's not true, it's just that somehow they hide that fact less that other countries (i.e. puritan US).
3. That's bullshit. It's just what all otakus in the world thinks. Of course some girls are like that, but not the majority. If it's like you say that all westerners are fond of asian girls (or are you just jealous :p ).
4. I don't think they are proud of it, it's just that it's still a shame for them. But I think that they didn't have the same after-war as Germany for example ... Their Emperor (Hiro-Hito) stayed on the throne after all ... Whose fault ??
5. Yeah right ... as said in other topics, Tokyo is the most expensive town in the world .. but i can tell you that it's possible to live there without spending too much money. Well of course, if you buy only Armani's clothes in Ginza ...
6. Hmmmm yeah that's right .. Tokyo is VERY dangerous ... Maybe because all the japanese girls jumps on gaijin every footstep they take ?? :sorry:

7. No comment about that ... oh yes one ... don't you think that catholic religion isn't crazy ??? Some believe that a guy came back from the grave and turned water in wine .. wowowowowow.
8. Well, the "loudlyness" is common to asian people i've heard (from an asian girl) so maybe you are one of them :? No offence

[Maciamo]

smartguy1, frankly, have you ever left Korea ? Do you realise how indoctrinated you have been regarding points 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 (because there is really not much difference with Korea, and I have been there and have Korean friends) and especially about point 4, as many younger Japanese are ashamed and blush or look down everytime I have to remind them about WWII (especially if they didn't think I knew some distturbing facts they don't learn at school, but know anyway).

As for the last point (5), you should look at Seoul and compare salaries and the cost of life there to that of Tokyo. At less than half the salary, houses/apartments are almost as expensive in Seoul (sometime more) than in Tokyo !

[Ewok85]

Cost of things vs. average wages is the only way to determine living costs. Things here are cheap but wages are low, but friends in the Uk say things are more expensive there but they have better wages. It all balances.

[canadian_kor]

However, I have to admit I am not well acquainted with Korean public toilets.

They are pretty bad thomas, trust me. :D

[Keiichi]

He must have only visited like the worst club in Yokohama or something to base all of those off of. :D

Keiichi

:D

[canadian_kor]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

As a fellow Korean, I am ashamed that you would say such things in public as it paints all Koreans as ignorant buffoons. If you really want to put Koreans in a more positive light, please refrain from making such comments.

1. I don't know about this. I have never been to Japan. But I will tell you that Canadian public washrooms (in parks, etc.) are not germless areas also.

2. Perhaps I will not understand some of the fetishes that some Japanese people have over there (like men buying used girl's underwear), but you'll find all sorts of crazy stuff around the world.

3. Okay, this is way too much of a stretch. Perhaps a more accurate statement would be that some Japanese girls like whites and some Japanese people are only nice to white people. (If Japanese girls only wanted white guys why are we still seeing intra-racial marriages in Japan? Why aren't Japanese girls flocking into North America and Europe to find that eligible bachelor. Your generalization is just plain stupid.)

4. Uhh...no. I have a Japanese friend who likes to avoid talking about what happened in World War II. Btw, did you know that just after Korea was liberated by the Allies that the South Korean government massacred it's own people in Cheju Island? Did you know about that? Why do we always complain about Japan but hardly ever talk about our own misdeeds?

5. Okay. If that is so, go stay wherever you are.

6. So are places like Seoul, Bangkok, New York, Los Angeles, London, Sydney, Paris, etc. What's your point brother?

7. You'll find crazy cults around the world. You know, like Reverend Moon's cult.

8. So do Koreans, Chinese, and most Europeans. The only "quiet" people tend to be English speaking groups (i.e., Americans, Canadians, Australians, etc.). I also don't know how speaking loudly has to do with a lack of courtesy. It's mainly cultural. Have you ever been to a Korean restaurant and been around those fobs? Boy, you can hear their conversations even if you're like three booths away. Does that mean they just don't care about others? You tell me.

You know, perhaps you should change your nick to "ignorantguy1" cause you obviously don't have a clue to what you're talking about. If you have anything positive to contribute to this forum then share those. If not, go form your own forum on how "screwed up" Japan is.

[TwistedMac]

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[thereisnospoon]

Man, when I was in Jordan a few years back, I had the misfortune to have the necessity of using a public toilet, I don't know how they did it but there was excrement about 4 foot up the wall. Got to be the filthiest loo I've ever seen. Gross.

[silver angel]

@8

ummm have you ever been around Hispanic people??

@6
When I went to El Salvador, I was scared for my life when I got on a bus. There are killings everyday there. You get robbed on the bus and the police wont or can't do anything about it. The bus seats are stained with people's blood. Danger is everywhere. Here in Canada, there are places where women get raped, assulted and murdered. (men as well)

Try to understand that some of the thing you have said can be misunderstood by different people and may cause some misunderstandings.

[antantrevolution]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

@1 - Come visit Las Vegas, go into a Terribles gas station and see if you want to have a poop - let alone even risk touching anything to wash your hands.

@2 - Have you been to Germany? To the Japanese end of it, I will say that Bukkake is a little much.

@3 - Strangely enough, I saw Japanese girls and people in general nice to everyone during the entire time I was there. As to whether they meant it, that is another story.

@4 - I don't think that is a valid statement at all, none of my Japanese friends, nor my fiance are proud of WWII at all. I think that it is actually a bit if brainwashing going on inside of your own country that may be making you think that. I will admit that Japan still has not apologised for any of the atrocities they commited during WWII, but that is the government, not the average person.

@5 - It really does depend on where you go. If you went to Tokyo, then yes, I would have to agree with you there. However, if you went to Fukuoka, then it is not too expensive at all.

@6 - Anytime you enter a major city, you are bound to have dangerous parts, I don't think Japanese cities need be singled out. I bet you that I can go to Seoul and get my ass handed to me if someone was really itching for a fight. Same goes for Vegas, NYC or LA.

@7 - You wanna hear crazy? It's caled organised religion.


@8 - Were ya in a Karaoke bar at happy hour? Or have you been basing your opinion of Japanese people through anime? Not only are they not loud people, anytime I was near any of them, they were quiet as hell in public.

Now, what you should have done was labeled some of the finer points of Japan.

Here, I'll do it for you.

1 - Godzilla. No matter how you slice it, you can't beat a grown man in a rubber suit doing a victory dance over a destroyed super size model of Tokyo.

2 - Japanese women. They are hot. 'Nuff said.

3 - Japanese beer.

4 - Nissan Skylines - It doesn't matter which. They're all top.

5 - Katsu Curry.

6 - Cigarette vending machines every 4 feet with cheaper American cigs than in America.

7 - B'z.

8 - That girl in Narita airport that wanted to touch my hair.

9 - Sonny Chiba.

10 - The inspiration for Kill Bill.

11 - my fiance.

12 - Arcades in EVERY building.

13 - Polite people.

14 - Toilets that confuse you.

15 - automatic hand dryers everywhere.

16 - Road construction workers in Tokyo look like the dozers in Fraggle Rock.

17 - Many wonderful places to see historical type stuff.

The list could go on, but I have to go to work :(

Ant

[Giorgia_]

>I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan

Visited Japan? You did, indeed!!

>1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

that's a lie.

>2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

may be, but may not be. i sort of agree with you in some sense...

>3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

how can u say something like that!! it's a complete crap.
NEVER generalise a thing without knowing it well.
u know what? one of my japanese friends likes black people
(i think it's because she likes Hiphop music)
as well as the white and yellow people.
what a pity!! u must've met only the discriminative girls in Japan.

>4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

MY GOD!!! i can clearly see that u've never been to JAPAN!
That's just the opposite.
They are not proud of WWII nor they are not brainwashed either.
besides, so many Japanese students have doubts about their education at school and each one of them have their OWN opinions about the wars and other things.
japan is now getting better in the sense of their ways of thinking.
before, japan was stereotype kind. Now, it's not like that any more.

>5) Living expenses are too high

that's kind of true.
probably not for Japanese people who earn money there.
must be a serious problem for tourists, though.
but still, it depends on what u're comparing it to.

>6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

i'll rather shut my mouth here since i've never been to Yokohama.

>7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

(ushc=such?)
i have absolutely no idea for this one.
could be true... could be...

>8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

True. even Koreans talk loudly (just for u to know).
i have 3 Korean friends and they are all nice.
if i were to choose one bad point of them,
then i would say that they talk in such a loud voice...
i'm not saying that YOU are talking loudly,
but it's the same things as you say "Japanese ppl are too noisy".
i feel it when i see japanese tourists talking in a restaurant.
they just kept laughing... o, was it noisy...
But most of them are not like this, i believe. (i hope.)

PLEASE DO go to japan and see what it's like.

[fugue]

I visited Japan,
No, you didn't.

[Mike Cash]

Have you actually been to japan ?

I have been to Japan three times.

Hehe, no. I think I should be happy with that, as I said I like freedom, but you will find a weird freedom in America. Allowing guns but the usage of drugs is against the law :? That's weird crap. Guns are actually one of the few things that should be banned...

I wish Japan would require all motorists to carry loaded handguns. Driving manners would take a sharp upswing.

@1 - Come visit Las Vegas, go into a Terribles gas station and see if you want to have a poop - let alone even risk touching anything to wash your hands.



I remember going into a T/A truck stop in Florida, back when I drove trucks in America, and finding the toilet in such a horrible state that I wouldn't even use the urinal. I went back outside and pissed in the parking lot. I'm sure we've all seen crappers so nasty we wouldn't sit/squat to do our business there, but that was the one and only time I've ever seen something that was too nasty to even piss in.

While on the subject of truck stop toilets, let me put in a good word and a bit of advice for anyone motoring across America. You can always count on finding spotless facilities at any Flying-J truck stop. Toilets and showers both. And you don't have to be a truck driver to make use of either. They're fine places for any motorist, and you can stop there with complete confidence in a pleasant experience.


>3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

how can u say something like that!! it's a complete crap.
NEVER generalise a thing without knowing it well.
u know what? one of my japanese friends likes black people
(i think it's because she likes Hiphop music)
as well as the white and yellow people.
what a pity!! u must've met only the discriminative girls in Japan.



Here's a little known and seldom remarked upon secret.....

<heresy>
Lots of Japanese girls like Japanese guys
</heresy>

[Giorgia_]

Here's a little known and seldom remarked upon secret.....

Lots of Japanese girls like Japanese guys


Exactly!!!!!!!!!! that's what i forgot to mention....

[Hero]

I also noticed Japanese are very nice/welcoming to "white" ppl...
Also noticed the Japanese girls often want to talk to the "white" ppl, lol.

There were many guys/girls that wanted to be my friend. And there was many girls that wanted to go out with me, lol. Also one of them wanted to have casual sex with me whenever I wanted even though she had boyfriend... very strange, lol.

sorry.. not trying to brag or nothin.

I met this old man who just started to talk to me outta no where. He was in WW2 and just kept talking to me about how he lost many friends in the war... he was smiling the whole time. I was thinking "Is he not bitter about it?"
Many ppl i met there felt war is bad.

Yes, Fukuoka is great!.. even though it's only part of Japan I've been, lol.
Maybe soo many ppl talk to me and girls want to be my girlfriend because they don't get much foriegners.. or so I heard.

[Kyoko-san]

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[Mike Cash]

I met this old man who just started to talk to me outta no where. He was in WW2 and just kept talking to me about how he lost many friends in the war... he was smiling the whole time. I was thinking "Is he not bitter about it?"


My father-in-law was in WW2.

He can hold a unit reunion anytime he wants to. He's the only one from his unit to survive the war.

[Brooker]

1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

My list of unpleasant things about Japan....

1) While using Japan's "filthy" toilets, my legs cramped up and I had to keep from falling backwards with my pants around my ankles.

2) Hostess bars are too expensive and there's no nudity.

3) Not nearly enough Japanese girls threw themselves at my feet.

4) Japanese people constantly brag about how they lost WWII.

5) Since I made so much more money while I was in Japan, now that I'm home, I feel poor.

6) While walking the streets of Tokyo/Yokohama I was deathly afraid of being attacked by groups of school kids or salarymen who are an entire two feet shorter than me, cause, I don't know about you, but Japanese people scare the crap out of me.

7) Japan didn't have nearly enough cults for my taste. I like to have enough options that I can worship satan in the morning and still manage to squeeze in enough time to toss a virgin into a volcano in the afternoon.

8) I wasn't able to eves drop on Japanese conversations because they were being drowned out by the conversations of foreigners.

[blessed]

1) hmm, toilets...
ever seen trainspotting?
now halve that and place it in most unmodernised parts of moscow and other big russian cities. trust me, there is no safe distance from a russian public toilet.

2) key, some of their porn is wierd, but, hey, so is germany's (no arguments here please, i've probably seen more than is safe for a whole mongolian horde)
russian paedophile problem? I think ballkicking is incomparable.

3) no idea... but my time will come...

4) yeah, well sadly everyone has some form of patriotism (idiocy from my point of view). They were an empire. You declare yourself an empire, you're out to conquer, so basically, everyone else get ready. In affect, if you get conquered, you have little to complain about, you were given a warning, your fault for not listening. This isn't in defence of human rights issues, but simply of territory grabbing, of which they grabbed a lot in the short time. They should be proud of this achievement, just like England is proud of the fact it owned a 1/3 or 1/4 of the world.

5) in my opinion, the whole world is too expensive: why should a piece of cloth be worth way up into 4 digit numbers?

Consider this: I was in Ukraine just now. Average earnings 20$ a month, yet when it comes to products: petrol, decent clothes, decent houses, and decent foods are priced not too differently from those in western shops. In that sence, life is seriously expensive for the 170 or so poor countries where incomes are so low food is expensive. heck, russia is the 3rd most expensive country but with an average income 20 times lower than that of Japan.
in my opinion, if we exclude tourists, then japan would be, like, one of the cheaper countries: huge incomes and prices that dont increase too much from harrods.

6) In Japan, there were 380000 reported cases of "major" crimes: includes murder, rape, arson, kidnapping, robbery, thefts.

In New York alone, there were 400000 thefts in 2000. with 200000 more serious crimes and 1000 murders.

Murder is 13 times less likely in Japan than in America, with around 1000 murders in the whole country per year (if anyone has seen bowling for columbine, those statistics are seriously underestimated)

so, overall unless you walk around asking people to duel you, you'll be fine.

But still, if you feel unsafe in the safest country in the world, I advise the ISS where crime is non-existent.

7) the biggest cult is any organised religion (which are, to a large extent, abscent in Japan)

8) people talk loud everywhere, but here i agree, it could be annoying for a while, but then you either realise that sometimes you yourself shout in public and think "damn, and I thought I was special, infact I'm just like everyone else", or you just tune it out.

[Genius]

1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.


I beg to differ on this. You need to come to America and look at some of our public toilets. They are so nasty you think you might catching something just from looking at it. I went to a concert about a year ago and had to piss. All urinals were taken so I went into a stall and found crap on the toilet seat and ground. That was gross.

[Brooker]

Of course you can expect that at a concert. That's why you're supposed to take a crap before you go. But if you're at a fancy restaurant or something, the toilet is probably going to be quite clean.

[jieshi]

hehe he. If you think tokyo and yokoham are dangerous (and they are meant to be two of the safest cities in the world) come to sydney and have a look around kings cross, darlinghurst and oxford street. I think that would change your mind.

[smartguy1]

I agree with you.
The funny thing is that Japaneses are very proud of invading Asian countries and even proud of murdering some Americans.
In some countries, these things are shameful history, but Japaneses think it is a proudful thing.
I also agree that in Japan, students have no respect to any eldery or any ppl that they don't even know.
USA is far better than Japan.

I love the US

My list of unpleasant things about Japan....

1) While using Japan's "filthy" toilets, my legs cramped up and I had to keep from falling backwards with my pants around my ankles.

2) Hostess bars are too expensive and there's no nudity.

3) Not nearly enough Japanese girls threw themselves at my feet.

4) Japanese people constantly brag about how they lost WWII.

5) Since I made so much more money while I was in Japan, now that I'm home, I feel poor.

6) While walking the streets of Tokyo/Yokohama I was deathly afraid of being attacked by groups of school kids or salarymen who are an entire two feet shorter than me, cause, I don't know about you, but Japanese people scare the crap out of me.

7) Japan didn't have nearly enough cults for my taste. I like to have enough options that I can worship satan in the morning and still manage to squeeze in enough time to toss a virgin into a volcano in the afternoon.

8) I wasn't able to eves drop on Japanese conversations because they were being drowned out by the conversations of foreigners.

[senseiman]

I agree with you.
The funny thing is that Japaneses are very proud of invading Asian countries and even proud of murdering some Americans.
In some countries, these things are shameful history, but Japaneses think it is a proudful thing.
I also agree that in Japan, students have no respect to any eldery or any ppl that they don't even know.
USA is far better than Japan.

I love the US

That is complete BS. I have never met a Japanese person who was proud that Japan invaded its asian neighbors during the war. Americans proud of their country invading Vietnam, Iraq, etc? Yeah, meet them all the time, but never have I met a Japanese who possesed such jingoistic views. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[Tateishi]

Smartguy1 just seems completely blinded by his hate for the Japanese or he has ran into a few dumb arse Japanese people. Your view are completely ignorant and you put all Japanese in the same category. I have never meet a Japanese who is proud of their war history or boast about their defeat in WW2. I have however meet Japanese who do respect the elderly and show plenty of respect to people who deserve it, even without knowing them. I suggest you get your facts straight before before posting sutff like this.

[Hero]

Yes I noticed lots of respect and kindness in Japan. Even to strangers. Some of the students who also came on the trip got lost in the city and a Japanese person (stranger) drove them back to the dorms, lol.

But I did notice in the university classes... a lot of the girls chatter and E-mail while the teacher is talking. I think it's rude.. but then again, us Americans are always told not to do this 'cause it's rude. Maybe it's ok in their society???

There were a few times I was referred to as hakujin and gaijin... my girl says gaijin is bad version of gokujin (however you spell it). I was kinda mad but I got over it.

[jieshi]

Smartguy1 just seems completely blinded by his hate for the Japanese or he has ran into a few dumb arse Japanese people. Your view are completely ignorant and you put all Japanese in the same category. I have never meet a Japanese who is proud of their war history or boast about their defeat in WW2. I have however meet Japanese who do respect the elderly and show plenty of respect to people who deserve it, even without knowing them. I suggest you get your facts straight before before posting sutff like this.

I second that motion. No one likes a person who posts stuff about something and can't back it up with facts or evidence

[Eve]

what's katsu curry?

[Mike Cash]

Yes I noticed lots of respect and kindness in Japan.

Out of curiosity. Was any of the going-out-of-the-way sort of kindness you observed Japanese-to-Japanese? Or was it all Japanese-to-foreigner?

[TyPe-ZeRo]

It's fairly obvious that many people have their own experiences about Japan and other countries. May the be bad or good, it shouldn't discourage a person's adventurous side to visit any country in this whole world. It's funny how theres people who say "so and so's country is horrible" and theres always someone to contradict that statement. Everyone has THEIR OWN experiences. Also I will re-iterate that it SHOULD NOT discourage anyone from visiting Japan or ANY OTHER Country!

Theres a lot of bad places, they don't just exist in the U.S. / Japan. These places exist EVERYWHERE in this world.

the whole weird fetish / cult thing is absurd. I've read that the Japanese are fairly more open to sex than europeans / americans where sex is a topic that isn't as widely spoken about (ie Paradise T.V.)

and it's suprising that you bring up sexually corrupt. The U.S. is corrupt also, if a male touches a females shoulder accidently, the female can file a lawsuit for thousands of dollars and get some type of compensation from their employer. What about divorce in the U.S. , the ex-wife would get 1/2 of all possesions? I'm not saying its corrupt, I believe that women should be treated as fairly as men and shouldn't be considered inferior to each other. But I believe the sexual harassment thing a bit too harsh. Sorry I offended anyone :?

[Mike Cash]

I second that motion. No one likes a person who posts stuff about something and can't back it up with facts or evidence

Unless it's something positive. Those are among the more common posts here.

[Reiku]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ReikuHiteruo/Emoticons/LolLolLolLol.gif

I've never had the fortune to visit Japan, but I know prejudice when I see it--and smartguy1 is full of it.

I've been letting myself get into arguments on this forum a little too easily, so I won't bother responding in detail--but there is one thing I have to point out:

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

Yeah, well, like I said I've never been to Japan, so I can't really comment on the validity of that statement...

....but I can say that we in the U.S. seem pretty proud of WWII as well, and--last time I checked--we were the only country that nuked two cities full of innocent civillians during that or any other war.

Personally, I think any country that hasn't committed such an atrocity should be damned proud of itself.

[kirei_na_me]

what's katsu curry?

Tonkatsu with curry sauce poured over it. One of my favorites. *drool*

[kochisho]

Some of you are so uninformed, arrogant, and fill with misinformation, I can't even respond to such nonsense.

[Hero]

Mikecash I'm not sure... I mean.. there was lots of "going out of the way help" towards us students.. but it might be because our sensei said to wear our University name tags around with us so ppl would treat us nicer, lol...

I'm pretty sure they'd help eachother out.

[Foxtrot Uniform]

Some of you are so uninformed, arrogant, and fill with misinformation, I can't even respond to such nonsense.

Huh??? You could at least tell us who they are. I kind of feel insulted by this remark...

[Reiku]

Maybe he was too pissed at the first post to see straight, and missed our posts. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ReikuHiteruo/Emoticons/LolLolLolLol.gif

[kochisho]

no, I'm talking about the accusations about how "not" free we are as Americans and what a terrible place to live. its all nonsense and scare tatics used by anarchist, commies and the socialist left wing.
I always seen Japan as clean. Then again, I always stayed in Kansai most of the time. I also been to Korea and its filthy. Empty lots filled with trash and a lot of pollution.
The Filthest city I ever seen was Paris, France. I thought I was in the worst neighbor in Mooracco

[Psi-dood]

DOOD! The thing on japanese girls going ga ga over white guys. ITS SO TRUE! Even if away from Japan. It goes for asian girls in general. Here in San Diego, you will only mostly see an asian chic with a white dood. I'm not racist or anything, but I cant help but see patterns. My asian girlfriends (not dating, just friends) are all into white guys, even if they dont admit it, but its kinda... obvious. My japanese girlie friends are only into white doods, they just dont admit it (well one of them does...). But they will admit they wont date other japanese guys, (but I think, asian guys in general). Its so obvious. Even my female friends totally admit that asian girls are ga ga over white guys. It sucks for the asian guys who like asian girls. Over here... you will never see an asian guy with an asian girl unless the girl is either traditional or part of a racial clique. This is how it is in San Diego.... for reals. I'm not racist or anything, I'm just stating what I see with my eyes when I go out on the town.

of course nothing is 100% and there are always exceptions and yada yada, I speak generally based on my observatons and comments from my friends (who are asian and girls themselves).

[canadian_kor]

I agree with you.
The funny thing is that Japaneses are very proud of invading Asian countries and even proud of murdering some Americans.
In some countries, these things are shameful history, but Japaneses think it is a proudful thing.
I also agree that in Japan, students have no respect to any eldery or any ppl that they don't even know.
USA is far better than Japan.

I love the US

I have a Japanese friend and he is never proud of what happened during WWII. You're obviously someone who has issues. But please don't take it out on people here.

Perhaps you just had the bad luck of meeting a few rotten apples.

[Reiku]

no, I'm talking about the accusations about how "not" free we are as Americans and what a terrible place to live. its all nonsense and scare tatics used by anarchist, commies and the socialist left wing.

Actually, the use of derogatory terms like "commies" is a scare tactic used by people to denounce and ostracise those who don't share their political veiwpoints.

I am not misinformed, nor am I a communist or an anarchist--and what I'm saying is not "nonsense". It is my personal experience as someone who was born, raised, and has lived in the United States of America for his entire life.

America is a terrible place to live--being a New Yorker you should be especially aware of that right now...

...but then again, may of my fellow citezens have entered a remarkable state of denial since Sept. 11th.

I find it ironic that failing to stop a terrorist attack has induced more pride and patriotism than any of our accomplishments--it's kind of sad really.

At any rate I realize that arguing with someone who states his opinion with such passion would be pointless--since we obviously won't agree on the matter, I suggest we not bother aguing it any further as I'm sure we both have more enjoyable ways to spend our time.

[kochisho]

I'll just say is I lived all over the Country and the World and living in New York is the best place to live.imho
I love how these parnoids scream "loss of freedom" and "the evil patriot act" when they never read it or if they did, understand it.

All I can say is love it or leave it. I know MANY Japanese who tell me I'm lucky to live in America and would love to live here.
Theres more japanese in NEW York than any other place besides Japan. Some Guys, (not saying you for I don't know you) fall in love with Japan because they are nothing in their home Country, some girls actually pay attention to them which never happened in their home Country. This is why they fall in love with Japan and have yellow fever.
America has territory from Puerto Rico to Guam. We have it al. Mountains, wilderness, tropics, beaches, desert, major Cities, the strongest currentcy and the U.S Constitution. and like my grandma from Ireland told me to say "Thank God I am an American"

[Mike Cash]

Mikecash I'm not sure... I mean.. there was lots of "going out of the way help" towards us students.. but it might be because our sensei said to wear our University name tags around with us so ppl would treat us nicer, lol...

Thanks for getting back to me on this. That's just as I suspected.


I'm pretty sure they'd help eachother out.

If I were to write here an account of all the many times I have seen Japanese people go out of their way to avoid helping a fellow Japanese in genuine distress, Emoni would get carpal tunnel syndrome throwing red rep points on me and there would be a deafening cacophony of rosy red Japan bubbles bursting. I'll refrain.

Huh??? You could at least tell us who they are. I kind of feel insulted by this remark...

The funny thing is that Mr. Pot seems not to recognize Mr. Kettle when he looks in the mirror.

[jeisan]

I'll just say is I lived all over the Country and the World and living in New York is the best place to live.imho
I love how these parnoids scream "loss of freedom" and "the evil patriot act" when they never read it or if they did, understand it.

so for those of us who dont, in your own words "understand it," why dont you explain the postive points of the govt being able to come and search your house for no apparent reason.

I know MANY Japanese who tell me I'm lucky to live in America and would love to live here.
i know MANY europeans and others whod never want to live here and are much happier being in their own country.

Theres more japanese in NEW York than any other place besides Japan. what does this have to do with anything?

America has territory from Puerto Rico to Guam. We have it al. Mountains, wilderness, tropics, beaches, desert, major Cities, the strongest currentcy and the U.S Constitution. and like my grandma from Ireland told me to say "Thank God I am an American"

the dollar is not the strongest currency in the world, the british pound is, and as of today the euro is stronger as well. http://www.reuters.com/financeCurrencies.jhtml check it.

[MeAndroo]

I find it ironic that failing to stop a terrorist attack has induced more pride and patriotism than any of our accomplishments--it's kind of sad really.

I really don't think it's the failure to stop the attack that has been the impetus of the rampant patriotism in this country. Rallying around a president during times of sudden conflict, especially during peace time, is a natural response, and even though people complain about how Bush has handled it, his approval ratings were sky-high following the attack. I suppose I can't speak for everyone, but my feelings of patriotism were sparked more by those that died in an attempt to save others in NY, and those who took it upon themselves to stop another plane from reaching its target at the cost of their lives. Ignorance was exacerbated by misleading shots of Middle Easterners celebrating, and this has definitely been a negative part of these past few years, but I don't think pride in your country is a negative thing. Of course, some people take it WAY too far...but that's nothing new to the US, nor will it end with the US.

All I can say is love it or leave it.

"If you don't like it you can get out." When something that you love is messed up, what's the best thing you can do? Leave it alone apparently...

America is a terrible place to live--being a New Yorker you should be especially aware of that right now...

You're right. I'm totally moving to a different country, because I'm so sick and tired of being able to spend my time talking about useless crap on the internet rather than having to scrape together a living picking berries and sewing Nike clothing for 15 cents a day. Poor us.

I guess the grass is always greener.

[kochisho]

so for those of us who dont, in your own words "understand it," why dont you explain the postive points of the govt being able to come and search your house for no apparent reason.

You just proven yourself a wise ass. By you signature, I hope you aren't a mod here.
Illegal house searches? Where? By who? My house has never been raided (My osaka apt was however by japanese police. 14 of them, taking pictures and ripping the place apart for a gram of pot) I don't know of any other people that had there houses raided illegally by police for no reason. Sounds like something you are going to back up instead of looking like a scholar. You may play one on the internet, but thats a different story.

the dollar is not the strongest currency in the world, the british pound is, and as of today the euro is stronger as well. http://www.reuters.com/financeCurrencies.jhtml check it.

Dollar is strongest currency due to its international value. Rates flux and are bank controlled. The dollar always gets weaker b-4 an election but regains it afterwards. Go to Japans airport "duty free" area. Try paying with a pound note or a euro, You can't. But they do take US dollar
:bravo:

[jeisan]

You just proven yourself a wise ass. By you signature, I hope you aren't a mod here.
Illegal house searches? Where? By who? My house has never been raided (My osaka apt was however by japanese police. 14 of them, taking pictures and ripping the place apart for a gram of pot) I don't know of any other people that had there houses raided illegally by police for no reason. Sounds like something you are going to back up instead of looking like a scholar. You may play one on the internet, but thats a different story.
better a wise ass than a dumbass, and nah im not a mod here i just act like one.
by the way you still didnt answer my question, explain how the FBI or whoever being able to search anyones house at will, is a good thing. and/or anything else you find good or useful about the patriot act. i'm trying to understand your point of view, yet you just skirt the issue.


Dollar is strongest currency due to its international value. Rates flux and are bank controlled. The dollar always gets weaker b-4 an election but regains it afterwards. Go to Japans airport "duty free" area. Try paying with a pound note or a euro, You can't. But they do take US dollar
:bravo:
the dollar has been under the pound for a long long time, and will be after the election. its easy enough to just goto a bank and get your money exchanged. i know id rather have 100 pounds than 100 dollars anywhere in the world. i dont see why youre trying to argue with the facts.

[kochisho]

You're not a dumbass? you sound like one. the fbi and police can't make illegal searches on u.s citizens. you are the one that has to show the proof.

Are you sure you are American? Are you black? Not being racist but I heard the same rants by Black Americans I met in Japan.

[kirei_na_me]

jeisan's as American as they come, being a Texan and all... :p There are some southerners who would say that being a 'Yankee' isn't really American. :D

Anyway...

[kochisho]

Texas...no wonder he's mad.

[jeisan]

the patriot act made such searches legel so they arent illegal seraches anymore. but if you want proof innocent americans have been searched for no reason go watch fahrenheit 9/11 there are a couple cases documented in the film. in any event you are the one proclaiming the value of the patriot act, i myself see it as utterly useless and opressive if anything. but since you havent been able to say anything good about it i suppose you dont know why its good either and are just brainwashed into thinking so. benjamin franklin once said "those willing to sacrifice a little liberty for a little security will get neither."

as for your irrelivent race questionaire ill tick the "other" box. since, well my skin color has nothing to do with any of this.

[cacawate]

Are you black? Not being racist but...
Lollerskates!!!!!1111ONE

[Duo]

I'll just say is I lived all over the Country and the World and living in New York is the best place to live.imho
I love how these parnoids scream "loss of freedom" and "the evil patriot act" when they never read it or if they did, understand it.

All I can say is love it or leave it. I know MANY Japanese who tell me I'm lucky to live in America and would love to live here.
Theres more japanese in NEW York than any other place besides Japan. Some Guys, (not saying you for I don't know you) fall in love with Japan because they are nothing in their home Country, some girls actually pay attention to them which never happened in their home Country. This is why they fall in love with Japan and have yellow fever.
America has territory from Puerto Rico to Guam. We have it al. Mountains, wilderness, tropics, beaches, desert, major Cities, the strongest currentcy and the U.S Constitution. and like my grandma from Ireland told me to say "Thank God I am an American"

I'm just wondering here, but are u or have u been in the US military ?

[kochisho]

If you think bringing up someone's race is racist than you are way too p.c .

Yes, I was in the USMC, is that dishonorable to you?

Yankees not American? I am from the 3rd state. The orignal 13 colonies. Texas was mexico.

About the patriot act. Those searches should be legal. They aren't raiding innocent people. And you talk like Michael Moore has credibility.
I live in NYC. I'm not waiting to be killed. Just because you feel safe in dirt water, texas doesn't mean we aren't at war. I witnessed 9/11...I know.
U.S citizens are protected by the constitution. There was no amendment taking away Americans freedom.

[kirei_na_me]

Yankees not American? I am from the 3rd state. The orignal 13 colonies. Texas was mexico.

I just said that as a joke. Trying to lighten the mood a little. Obviously, it didn't work. :eek:

[kochisho]

i know...i wasn't hating or being mad. can't be mad at a cutie like you. imma sucka for pretty gals

[jeisan]

hahahahaha i never said anything about being american or not, it doesnt matter what texas or anyother state was or wasnt anyway since we werent around then. im not originally from texas either but thats neither here nor there, and its way off topic.

i asked you to state the good points of the act, youve yet to do it. please quit trying to skirt around it and answer. tell me whats so great about it, my lowly liberal mind cant comprehand, please i need your help.

[kochisho]

Don't you mean "comprehend". Hey, i make typo's too but I'm not self proclaimed genius.

I did say why it was good. For the safety of our Country. And its was decided by both parties
"Congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism: The USA Patriot Act was passed nearly unanimously by the Senate 98-1, and 357–66 in the House, with the support of members from across the political spectrum"
The Patriot Act already led to terrorist arrest and investigation. NOT ONE INNOCENT PERSON WAS WRONGFULLY OR ILLEGALLY CHARGED DUE TO PATRIOT ACT> All the left has "What could be..."
Remember what the left's platform was in 84? Nuclear freeze sound familiar? Thank God the Left was wrong.

As for Michael Moores slants..well read this
http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/moore/online/patriotact.htm

[jeisan]

oh yup, thats exactly what i meant. ponders when i proclaimed myself a genius... oh well it was to make up for the 'e' i used to spell "anything" eariler. no worries.

well i dont think its safer for the country, think its bad juju, while it may stop some sort of terrorism from outside it makes it easier for us to terrorize ourselves from the inside. oh well you think whatever ya want, but it seems like the start of something bad to me.

[Reiku]

Wow, see this is why I wanted to just drop the argument...

...kochisho had "forum troll" written all over him from post 1. :D

[kochisho]

oh yup, thats exactly what i meant. ponders when i proclaimed myself a genius... oh well it was to make up for the 'e' i used to spell "anything" eariler. no worries.

well i dont think its safer for the country, think its bad juju, while it may stop some sort of terrorism from outside it makes it easier for us to terrorize ourselves from the inside. oh well you think whatever ya want, but it seems like the start of something bad to me.

Lets rewind..........Thats what the left was screaming in the early-mid 80's about "Star Wars" and the "Arms race" Thank God they were wrong.

It's facinating how everyone said Star Wars would never work and by 2008 the Whole U.S would be protected by missile defense. God bless you President Reagan!:relief::bravo:

Wow, see this is why I wanted to just drop the argument...

...kochisho had "forum troll" written all over him from post 1. :D

troll. were having a cross fire type discussion. if you can't chill don't participate.

or do you want every post to look like this.

"Isn't Japan great"

"Yes, who would win a fight, godzilla or king kong"

godzilla because he is from japan"

"yes indeed"


Boring....ne?

[bossel]

The Patriot Act & US security:

Dis-Mything 9-11 Part 1: Protected My Ass (http://www.ncc-1776.com/tle2002/libe183-20020722-03.html)

Professional Paranoid, Part II (http://www.ncc-1776.com/tle2003/libe237-20030907-03.html)

Slightly biased for being of Libertarian origin. But still much better than US governmental propaganda.

[Glenn]

troll. were having a cross fire type discussion. if you can't chill don't participate.

or do you want every post to look like this.

"Isn't Japan great"

"Yes, who would win a fight, godzilla or king kong"

godzilla because he is from japan"

"yes indeed"


Boring....ne?

Uh, you seem to be missing a lot in between personal attacks and "I lub jpan!" It seems to me that you were having less of a discussion and more of a name calling exchange. I think that you are among those who need to chill.

You just proven yourself a wise ass.

Sounds like something you are going to back up instead of looking like a scholar. You may play one on the internet, but thats a different story.

You're not a dumbass? you sound like one.

Texas...no wonder he's mad.

Just because you feel safe in dirt water, texas doesn't mean we aren't at war.

Don't you mean "comprehend". Hey, i make typo's too but I'm not self proclaimed genius.

[chikazukiyasui]

I hesitate to interrupt in this conversation, warm as it is, but I just thought I'd make a small correction to the following factoid:

Theres more japanese in NEW York than any other place besides Japan.

There are far more Japanese in Sao Paulo than in New York.

I don't know if that proves that Brazil is the best country in the world. I think I'll leave that to someone else to decide.

[Duo]

Yes, I was in the USMC, is that dishonorable to you?



No, not all; like I said, I was just wondering.


Just because you feel safe in dirt water, texas doesn't mean we aren't at war. I witnessed 9/11...I know.


Who are you at war with exactly ?


U.S citizens are protected by the constitution. There was no amendment taking away Americans freedom.

The constitution is just a piece of paper that can interpreted in many ways.

[sky888]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.


Just to confirm.. that the country that you have visited is call "JAPAN"..

Just in case you went to a wrong country...

[antantrevolution]

what's katsu curry?

OMG!!!! Katsu Curry is Fried Pork over rice with Japanese style Curry sauce on top. One of the greatest foods ever to come from Japan.

Mmm, I want some right now....

Ant

Wow, it looks like this discussion has become quite the pissing match, eh?

I had already stated my feelings about the post 9-11 US. I am, and always be, proud to be an American. I was born here, and God willing, I will die here. I love my flag, I thik it is the most beautiful one on this earth. I am proud of the soldiers that live and die so that I may enjoy freedoms not seen in other countries. Regardless of how many people view the patriot act or its effects on some things, remember this, it is hard to catch many fish without some sort of a net. I witnessed the effects of 9-11 first hand, and I will be God-damned if I am going to allow that to happen again. I do agree that it will be a thorn in a few poeple's sides, but there is nothing that can be done about it. It's not like we live in the book 1984, we don't have a hammer and a sickle on our flag or government buildings, so stop making it out like we have such an oppresive government.

I won't get into this any further, because this is a tremendous waste of bandwidth.

Just learn how to get along.

Ant

[stupidumboy]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

You are obviously talking about Korea right now.
Have you ever been Japan? I agree to only 5 in some extend.

The rest indexs are way more resonably fit to Korea than Japan.(if you change the WWII title into Korean ultral nationalism)
Number 3 is not correct neighter in Korea nor Japan.

You must be ashamed what you posted here so you cheated your flaG.
You must have been reading too many anti japanese books.

Loser.

I agree with you.
The funny thing is that Japaneses are very proud of invading Asian countries and even proud of murdering some Americans.
In some countries, these things are shameful history, but Japaneses think it is a proudful thing.
I also agree that in Japan, students have no respect to any eldery or any ppl that they don't even know.
USA is far better than Japan.

I love the US

Coward,you are making America involved in this topic because you have no confidence on your crap posting.
You never been to Japan but just posted based on your reading anti japan book like "일본은 없다"

[jieshi]

I cant believe this thread is still going! Its turned into a shameless debate! now about who is right about "there are more Japanese people in new york than sao paulo" really come on its gone right off topic

[okashii]

how do japanese feel about interracial people ( such as myself)

:okashii:

[Hachiko]

1.) They save face too much.

2.) Tokyo's the most expensive city to live in...

...and that's all I can think of right now. :?

[cacawate]

how do japanese feel about interracial people ( such as myself)

:okashii:

There are many, many posts here about this. Our search button is a tool of the grand. This is getting out of hand. We need a repremand....one fish two fish --

[okashii]

There are many, many posts here about this. Our search button is a tool of the grand. This is getting out of hand. We need a repremand....one fish two fish --

i'm sorry i'm new here thanks for the info

:okashii:

[kirei_na_me]

You want to be reprimanded, cacawate? :evil:

[cacawate]

Repremand me! :)

[smartguy1]

The reason why ppl move to USA to immigrate is because Japan is not a good for human to live,period.
Even friends from Nepal Pakistan and Banglasdesh was considering to immigrate and work in Japan, they all cancelled their plan and moved to the US.
Why USA is better than Japan?
Because the US is a melting pot and Japan is not.
I guess Japaneses don't even know the meaning of melting pot. LOL

[senseiman]

The reason why ppl move to USA to immigrate is because Japan is not a good for human to live,period.
Even friends from Nepal Pakistan and Banglasdesh was considering to immigrate and work in Japan, they all cancelled their plan and moved to the US.
Why USA is better than Japan?
Because the US is a melting pot and Japan is not.
I guess Japaneses don't even know the meaning of melting pot. LOL

Now that is a stupid thing to say, though your whole purpose in posting here seems to be to just bait people so I shouldn't be surprised. Very few countries are melting pots. Is your home country Korea a melting pot? Could, say, a big Nigerian guy move to Korea, settle down and live life just like any other Korean? I doubt it, so criticizing Japan for this is just idiotic.

The whole melting pot idea isn't all its cracked up to be from an immigrants point of view anyway, as it places the burden on immigrants to abandon their home cultures and assimilate themselves. Has its advantages, but in large part it means that immigrants have to give up their identities when they arrive and adopt an entirely new culture as their own, which isn't easy.

[Mr. Just-A-Guy]

Answering quite late, but...

Dude, you should go to subdeveloped countries...

[Ma Cherie]

:okashii: I don't say this to be mean, but I never knew there could be narrow minded people on this forum *coughs* smartguy1. :okashii:

[Minxie]

I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan


1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world.

2) Japan is sexually too corrupted.

3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl

4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school.

5) Living expenses are too high

6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places

7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults

8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others.

1. Who the hell has clean public toilets?! all public toilets are nasty and disgusting... so you can't blame them for that because im sure where you're from there are nasty public toilets... lol

2. Japan is a free country who is allowed to express sexuality... maybe a little too much for many nations b/c a lot of countries censor a lot of it. If you watch japanese anime, how much sex do you see in it? and how much references to sex do you actually hear? I think you just need 2 realize that Japan is really open with it. (im not trying to sound bitchy here)

3. Japanese gurls like white people yes, because my dad who is white was a star there when he went... they like blonde hair, blue eyed white guys... i don't know why that is... but i think it has to do with the craze of all the American movies that get shipped over there for them to see...

4. regardless to their defeat in WWII, strategically, for example in WWII, they actually took over Pearl Harbor, had expanded their territory from Korea, China and the Phillipines. The US has done some horrendous stuff, and we always learn the GOOD things about them, when in reality its just a bunch of BS. Honestly, every country brainwashes each citizen. Thats why politics is corrupted!

5. Japan is coming out of a recession, therefore, b/c of inflation prices are high... the yen used 2 be 100 yen per dollar which is $1 to $1yen... pretty soon things will get back towards that level... but coming out of a 10-year recession is pretty hard.

6. Yakuza primarily live there, so of course its dangerous. I heard they're everywhere and don't where suits as much anymore, and just try to blend in with the crowd. Once again, every country has one bad place/city. Take for example NYC... how many people are going to try and bomb down buildings here, and living and working in the city is pretty rough especially when you're a primary target for terrorist activity.

7. cults - are everywhere!

8. Japanese people don't care b/c thats how they all are. Theres a lot of people out their that are rude, annoying etc., but a lot of people just deal with it. For example, if your sitting in the movie theater and people just talk thru the whole thing, or your at a concert and your cellphone rings when they ask you politely in the beginning to shut them off. They only care about themselves, and not everyone else. Sometimes thats a better mentality then caring for everyone and not yourself.

I understand where your coming from, I'm just broadening the perspective on your points, and have some counter-arguments to your disadvantages. Don't take it personal, it isn't meant to be that way!