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I don't think Canada features that much for most Americans considering it's their bigger neighbour to the north.
Perceptually that is probably true. I think the country is just taken for granted as sort of like the quiet little brother in close quarters. Having said that, the reality is far different in that many States trade more with other Canadian Provinces than other American States and that a lot of jobs in the U.S are directly linked to cross border trade and obviously vice versa. U.S dependence on various forms of Canadian energy cannot be underestimated and its far from just being oil. Aside from trade both countries do more direct investment in the other than any other singular country.
Its the same with our military, there is this perception in the U.S that Canada doesn't have one and that we don't have military expenditures yet we are ranked 14th in the world just above Turkey and just below your country and both Australia and Turkey are considered regional powers. Again, it is simply a case of Canada sleeping with the giant!
Mexico on the other hand (while important as a trading partner to the U.S, is not to the same degree as Canada), is in a more agreeable climate so it is going to benefit more from tourism than Canada (though we do get ALOT of U.S tourists).. I think Toronto is ranked the 4th or 5th most visited city in the world for Americans After Cancun, London and Paris. Another reason we are kind of just dismissed is really kind of a good thing in that there aren't millions of Canadian crossing the border illegally into the U.S
Add to that the similarities in culture and its just that family member taken for granted. To be honest, I think Canadians overstate their knowledge or understanding of the U.S as well and in many cases we take them for granted so It really is a two way street.
But not too many people outside of japan know about cherry blossom and other types of matsuri, even visitors to japan I must say. The one in Germany looks a bit like comic conventions. Though I have been to the Japanese festival in LA and Vancouver and they are pretty great Though from the look of it there were a lot of people of Japanese ancestry attending those festivals as well.
The visitors of the festival looks like comics. haha
The festival itselfs, the performances of all the japanese groups look very traditinal japanese to me.
Here are performances of very young japanese actors, really cute:
But that doesn't mean that Japan have an influence in the USA. That are japanese companies that producs goods suitable for the US market. Almost all japanese cars sold in the US doesn't exist in Japan.
There's still a lot of overlap. Also sometimes a different name. Top selling cars in Japan, last year:
#1 best selling car, Toyota Aqua, is sold as the Toyota Prius C
#2 is the familiar Toyota Prius (the wagon Prius V is counted as a Prius in Japan)
#3 is the Nissan Note, called the Nissan Note Versa here
#4 is the Honda Fit, found here
#5 is the Nissan Serena, a small minivan not sold here. Perhaps Nissan assumes Americans looking for a minivan-ish car would go for something larger or a small SUV
#6 is the Toyota Vitz, sold as the Yaris hatchback here
#7 is the Toyota Crown also known as the Camry, one of the best selling cars in America
#8 is the Toyota Corolla also one of the best selling cars in the US
#9 is another small minivan not sold here
#10 another small minivan again not sold here
Seems like excluding large cars and non-SUVs, a lot of the cars are in common. Some other popular sedans sold here are North American only (Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima). The Honda Civic was discontinued, and the Japanese Honda Accord is sold as the Acura TSX here.
That's pop culture lol. Real Japanese festivals would be like the Cherry Blossom Festival. Despite what Westerners think, not everybody cosplays in Japan.
I don't think any westerners think anything as we don't really think about Japan..
"Japanese" restaurants are quite widespread here. They mostly serve sushi/sashimi/maki/yakitori/gyoza and most are operated by Chinese immigrants though. They're the most common restaurants around where I live, they outnumber French restaurants, kebab restaurants, Chinese and Italian restaurants and fast food joints. http://www.city-data.com/forum/33868688-post84.html
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"Japanese" restaurants are quite widespread here. They mostly serve sushi/sashimi/maki/yakitori/gyoza and most are operated by Chinese immigrants though. They're the most common restaurants around where I live, they outnumber French restaurants, kebab restaurants, Chinese and Italian restaurants and fast food joints.
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The yearly Japan expo attracts a bit more than 200,000 people:
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Expo]Japan Expo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]
When I have tried sushi made by Chinese restauranteurs here in CA, it usually doesn't taste very good. Is it good over there?
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I notice many put down Spain. This may totally reflect on my region, but around here nobody thinks about Spain very much. Most countries in South America are brought up as often or more. It is interesting to see Spain still carries influence elsewhere.
How many people died in Dutch colonies compared to British/Spanish/Portuguese/French?
Just saying the Dutch were a lot less violent and more helpful to locals than the other European powers.
This is a joke, right? The Dutch were very violent, give me a break.
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Got to drive down and visit the festival sometime!
