Japan’s Good, Bad, and Strange
I wanted to share with you three lists; one is the top things I love about Japan. The second contains the things I hate, and the last one is a list of things I just don’t understand about Japan!
5 Things I Love About Japan
- Low crime makes you feel secure whenever and whereever you are
- The food is simply marvellous. And the variety you can get is top notch.
- You are never bored in a city like Tokyo. Always something to do!
- Japanese people are extremely service-minded and courteous.
- Public transportation is abundant, on time, and clean!
5 Things I Hate About Japan
- Earthquakes – sooner or later there’s gonna be a big one.
- It’s expensive to live here, and apartments are generally rather small.
- Japanese people’s lack of flexibility can be frustrating.
- Honne and Tatemae
- Japanese working hours tend to be ridiculously long.
5 Things I Simply Don’t Understand About Japan
- Fried fish and rice for breakfast
- Why most houses & apartments only have frosted windows.
- The fascination of Pachinko.
- J-Pop
- Japanese people’s patience to wait countless hours for anything.
I’d add J-pop to the ‘hate’ column. Under ‘Don’t understand’, I’d put Yamamba fashion.
Yamamba fashion! Wow, now thats a word you don’t hear everyday! My girlfriend was actually impressed that a non-Japanese person had even heard about it!
this blog is a good one. I grew up in Japan so I know that fish and rice for breakfast… I actually liked it but I know the stand point being a pancake eater in to a natto eater… my mom did that … in the morrning with row eggs…few!
Yeah, I guess its a cultural thing – something to do with upbringing. I simply cannot understand how anyone would like to eat something as heavy as fried fish and rice in the morning!
Mind you, I dont like fried fish that much no matter what meal it is.