Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan

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Title says it all, but I'll give some examples, in order.

  1. WWII (sorry for starting on a bad note, but the importance of this war can't be ignored)
  2. Cars - cheap and reliable, but fairly weak and slow as opposed to Germany and America's powerful but expensive cars
  3. Sony - cameras and electronics
  4. Nintendo - console video games
  5. Food - I never liked it much; improperly prepared raw food is bad for health
  6. Their language - it's not too difficult to learn (the written part, at least. Having studied Hanzi, Kanji should only be a matter of pronunciation and minor variations i.e. shui and mizu), but the grammar is very different from that of Romance and Germanic languages and pretty unfamiliar
  7. Panty machines - girls get paid to donate their used panties. Supposed to have been banned in 1993 but reports say they're still there (Bing it)
  8. Cartoons - they call it anime and manga; focuses on different things, but mainly seems to involve robots/mechas (seriously, whenever I see some anime ad, it's nearly ALWAYS Gundam, the first anime I ever heard of)
  9. Speaking of these things, Japan is very focused on consumer-technology. Still, I think their technological level is a bit overrated
  10. Oh yes, and bad relations with Korea
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Huh.. lets see...

Anime, manga, various words from Japanese... That sort of japanese style music also comes into mind. Also, odd looking people (their eyes are so thin!)
 
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The breakbeat scene, with its anarchistic punk rock influences.
 
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Honestly, it's Tokyo, which is kind-a blah thing to think, but I guess many people think of New York first when they think of the US.
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

- Anime.
- Technology.
- Asian (Japanese to be precise) people.
- The song Big in Japan (it just started playing in my head so it counts)
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Their culture, which is the most beautiful in the world.
 
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-Tokyo

-Nintendo (and video games in general)

-Akira Kurosawa

-Ninjas

-The culture and food

-Samurais

That’s just some of the things that come off the top of my head.
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Video Games
My Freind, Yuki, who moved back to Tokyo :(
Anime
Ninjas
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Sushi
Kendo <3
Samurai
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Meister2192 said:
[*]Panty machines - girls get paid to donate their used panties. Supposed to have been banned in 1993 but reports say they're still there (Bing it)
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Was never banned (and Bing? Eww). They simply shut down a bunch of them under the antiques law. That is...they didn't have licenses to sell what actually were secondhand goods. Which only meant that those who *did* have existing licenses to sell secondhand goods got into the business.
 
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Lets see:

Sushi

Komono

Sumo Wrestlers

Architecture

Robots

Technology

Music - Not JPOP or JRock, but the traditional music

Olives - Yeah may seem odd (No olives are Italian!), but I watched a Japanese program on how olives are grown in a warm climate on an island of Japan and are given a Japanese twist when used.

Casio GShock Watch - Yeah I watched a program on how Casio created the GShock watches, pretty interesting

Anime

Cartoons - they call it anime and manga; focuses on different things, but mainly seems to involve robots/mechas (seriously, whenever I see some anime ad, it's nearly ALWAYS Gundam, the first anime I ever heard of)
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For me its nearly always dinosaur king ad I see more so than other anime ads, apart from Pokemon.
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Anime,Tokyo,Video Games, and food lol
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

For Me:

Video Gaming
Anime
Manga
Food
Cars
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

- Pokemon
- Technology
- Manga
- Sushi
- Tokyo
- Sumo
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

The new Japanese Culture class I just enrolled into for the Spring Semester!
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Don't forget cherry blossoms!
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Tokyo, anime, manga. Later on comes thoughts of "I've gotta go there!"
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Anime, manga, Japans flag, the country of japan, sushi, curry.
 
Re: Thoughts that come to mind when thinking of Japan?

Anime, Aqua Timez, Kyoto, Cherry blossom trees...that's all I got.
 
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