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01-06-2009, 02:58 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: 日本国
1,399 posts, read 1,245,016 times
Reputation: 300
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What comes to mind when you think of Japan?
What's the first things that come to your mind when you think of Japan? Here's what I think of, and not in any order:
- Mt. Fuji
- Tokyo/Tokyo Tower, massive skyscrapers, bright neon lights
- My family in Kanagawa
- Sushi
- Trains
- Sumo wrestling
- Darumas
- Kimonos/Geisha girls
- Bamboo
- Torii and shrines
- Contemporary Japanese youth culture
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01-06-2009, 03:21 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Oxford, England
7,129 posts, read 3,825,861 times
Reputation: 4916
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All very cliche I'm afraid but here goes :
Whale Hunting
Shinto
Bullet train
Hich Tech obsessed
Best Food in the World with French Food
Hello Kitty
Politeness
Tokyo
Hiroshima / Nagasaki
Samurais
Green Tea
Edamame
Sashimi/Sushi
Hakiro Kuwosawa
Very trend conscious
Kyoto
Geishas
Mount Fujiyama
Paper screen wooden houses
Ryokans
Tatami
Karate
Karaoke
Sake
People who tend to be very conformist
The Invasion of Manchuria
Cherry Blossoms
Sony and other electronics companies
Internment camps of Allied PoWs
Empire of the Rising Sun
Bonzais
An amazing way to have retained traditional values and yet become a cutting edge Nation in terms of technology and trends
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01-06-2009, 03:29 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Brisbane Australia
143 posts, read 87,233 times
Reputation: 51
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Asides from the above,
Sake.
Asahi Beer
World War 2 (Sorry but that is something most pacific nations associate with Japan)
I love Jappanesse Fashion, people watching is wonderfull in Japan
And of Course my Favourite TV show THE IRON CHEF!.
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01-06-2009, 06:16 AM
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English Teacher in Japan
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Japan
2,384 posts, read 1,251,129 times
Reputation: 493
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I'm living in Japan now..
For whatever reason...I think of 7-11 stores all over the place. It's the first thing that comes to my mind. Occassionally I think of a skirt walking by as well  |
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01-06-2009, 07:23 PM
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Rhinestone In The Rough
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
5,587 posts, read 1,770,471 times
Reputation: 11482
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I think of a very good friend who was an exchange student from Japan!
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01-06-2009, 08:48 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Vt but soon to be AK
7,318 posts, read 2,790,128 times
Reputation: 1765
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Racism.
Overcrowding.
Sorry if I'm too negative...
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01-06-2009, 10:24 PM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Unknowed
10 posts, read 1,021 times
Reputation: 14
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High-Tech
Big
Amazing
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01-06-2009, 10:29 PM
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Member
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: WI
50 posts, read 32,853 times
Reputation: 20
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weirdoes. I can never understand waht they are thinking
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01-07-2009, 07:42 AM
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Member
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Join Date: May 2008
94 posts, read 53,507 times
Reputation: 37
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who can understand what you are thinking?
At least they can spell
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01-07-2009, 12:22 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
254 posts, read 182,797 times
Reputation: 93
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Efficient public transportation
Good, affordable national healthcare system
General attitude towards foreigners seems a bit xenophobic
Good cuisine
Use of Chinese characters in written language, similarities with Chinese cultures
Cherry blossoms
Giant hornets
Quirky TV shows
Robotics
WW2 Atrocities (e.g. Nanjing Massacre) |
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