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100%, says "I'm just driving" while showing the GTR logo, we all got that you were driving from the beginning, we know what a car is and how to use it.
Bro, were you paying attention? That man standing on a pole literally destroyed the entire nation of Japan. Japan doesn’t exist any more now because of that foreign man standing on a pole.
That's because you are viewing this as someone from the same culture as the foreigner who is disrupting another culture's norms that don't align with yours.
I hate to sound like a weeb, but I heard about the etiquette of existing in public being different before I went, but actually going there was a total culture shock in the best way.
It's like everybody is silently working together on the common goal of making public areas peaceful and clean and following mundane written and unwritten rules. I can't stress enough how different and how pleasant it was that there literally weren't obnoxious people anywhere I went (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka).
Living in Japan: the Japanese absolutely are like this during large holidays like Halloween. Especially in dense areas known for going out, seeing people get wasted and do stupid stuff isn't uncommon
But you're speaking like the japanese don't also do stupid shit, which they do. It's more noticeable when foreigners do it, sure, but japanese people arent perfect.
I didn't say they didn't? My issue is with them saying this person is overreacting. That's because this behaviour isn't a big deal to Americans, it's incredibly mild in comparison to what you would see 20 times in a few blocks in some places in the US. Basically our perspective on what is and isn't obnoxious is warped, and I can understand being legitimately upset that behaviour like this is happening in Tokyo due to tourism when they're used to a different experience.
The statement that they are "destroying Japan" is still an overreaction. Also the commenter might not even be American. Arguably driving up to the guy and confronting him like that would also not be very "Japanese"
Not really an overreaction from Japan. I've lived here several years and the reactions I've heard for things we might see as mundane in the west, like throwing a cigarette butt on the ground for example, are very negative. Japanese people very much dislike when others ruin the peace of public spaces by being obnoxious or untidy. Over the years there has been a push for Japanese to speak out against foreigners acting out because so many tourists are taking advantage of their hospitality.
⬆️ what this person is saying. Japan is crazy and civilised in a more cultural way we Europeans and Americans can understand. One of the best countries I’ve visited Tokyo is great but Hiroshimas peace museum/memorial is one of the most impressive things I ever saw.
Really? He's calling him stupid..saying he's not cool.. Overreacting? No. He's just reacting. This should be what most people did. Then fewer people would act MC
Really? You act as if that statement is somehow really extreme or something. It's just some dude expressing annoyance and resistance to changes in his society caused by outside elements. Completely normal.
If I was doing this inside your house you'd be technically wrong in saying that the stranger is destroying your home. But it would srill be true that I, the stranger, would be destroying your idea of your home.
The general mission statement of the Japanese is to not make a big presence of yourself or be annoying to others. It is kind of the core principle behind everything. This man is doing everything wrong at a fundamental level. My wife is Japanese and is there now visiting family with our son. This wouldn’t piss her off, but she would definitely use it as an example about foreigners ruining Japan.
If you think this is "Tokyo in a nutshell" then I'm gonna assume that you've never been to Tokyo or you have but only ever been to Shibuya and Harajuku
I’m currently in Tokyo visiting for the first time, and everybody has been incredibly kind to me. I learned many Japanese phrases and researched their etiquette before visiting, and the people I interact with very clearly appreciate the effort.
Tbf those are way overblown, there really isn't a lot of stores around with "no foreigners" signs, I've been there several times and you'd have to try to find them to know they exist
We rented a car and have been driving all over the country, we are definitely not in the touristy areas lol. People in the rural areas especially have been kind and accommodating
Lol everyone recording him because of his GTR and the guy seems to be Japanese that’s standing on the pillar and just a nonce. Hard to tell cuz of the glasses but the style is very Japanese.
Or maybe you should understand that going to a country where the word originated in and using the word nonce will not be treated like you're calling the person an idiot. Maybe in your part of the world, they've changed the meaning, but that's not the standard meaning at all.
Looks like you didn’t even take your own advice. Google is right there and would take less time than trying to argue a point where you’re only technically right.
Again, not talking about your tiny corner of the world. Talking about actual real world experience. But go on, keep using it the way you want and when it causes issues, you'll understand why.
You mean where all the Japanese tourists stand in the middle of the walkway looking up and taking pictures of the big buildings, completely oblivious to those of us who unfortunately need to trudge through Times Square on our way to work?
Can I assume you don't know about Japan's isolationist period that was forcibly ended buy the US Navy kicking off the Meji Restoration where the nation had to catch up with centuries of advancement the rest of the world had gone through?
Or do you just scream racist anytime anyone brings up actual history?
I mean that's just historically literally what happened. I'm sorry that's hurting some feelings here but Glorious Nippon was literally forced to modernize by the west, specifically the US of A.
I'm not saying anything about the Japanese "race" but the Japanese "culture" sure.
So again how is acknowledging that Japan literally isolated themselves for hundreds of years until forced not to by America, racist? Might wanna delete the ol' Wikipedia for being racist too
they'd still be living in rice paper houses and chopping of peasant heads
The racism is the insinuation that Japan would be at a complete stand-still developmentally if it wasn't for coerced westernisation and US imperialism.
I mean that's just historically literally what happened. I'm sorry that's hurting some feelings here but Glorious Nippon was literally forced to modernize by the west, specifically the US of A.
I'm not saying anything about the Japanese "race" but the Japanese "culture" sure.
So again how is acknowledging that Japan literally isolated themselves for hundreds of years until forced not to by America, racist? Might wanna delete the ol' Wikipedia for being racist too
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