HELLO all my AF friends,

I m curious and wanted to know how the foreigner feel about Japan.

Do u like (or dont like) Japan?

Cant u give me the reason why?


Thanks in advance for ur honest opinion.

I can't help wondering why you care. Are you from Japan?

Yeah, I m from Japan. That's why I wanted to konw.

I like there women, cities, and some of there culture.. Foods are good, gaming is strong there, and they love me!! (cuz i'm a basketball phenom...lol and that's not the only reason why) safe streets, no ghetto gangster crap like in the states

I dislike that it's so freakin crowded, that they're depressed cuz they don't have God in there lives, many are racist ( but the whole world is..lol), traffic is a joke, they still pay homage to evil leaders, expensive$$, everything seems micro over there.. living spaces are SO SMALL!!!

Just my 2 cents, my opinion, not meant to start a crazy forum war, or what not...

I love the friendly and respectful people, the awesomely active city life, the laid-back country life. I love that there is a shrine on every corner, and the food is more diverse than just the sushi I was expecting. I love the five story Kareoke bars, I love the Irish pub I found in Hiroshima, I love Atomic Park.

I love the comparable prices and how the malls and shopping areas don't seem so compartmentalized, they are more open, with one store flowing into the next. I love Dragonball Z. I love the incredible train system. I love the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and the Yahoo Dome because I saw my first J-League game there, and the Nippon Ham Fighters and Yu Darvish because their former manager, Trey Hillman, is bringing Japanese discipline to my Kansas City Royals.

I love that the girls talk to me even though I don't know any Japanese, and seem to think it's cute. I love the floating ToriI (obviously). I love that I can order by pointing to a picture. I love Sapporo and sake bombs. I love sushi joints above fish markets.

Can't wait to go back. Maybe I will take part in this new immigrant initiative the gov't is pushing!

I have not been to Japan up to the day, which I regret, but I have read much about the country and its cultures, and I have seen countless music videos from Gackt to Utada to Kuu (preferring live shows). To me, Ayaka Hirahara is one of the best singers in the world.

I think it is a big advantage that Buddhism is strong in Japan. It also helps to preserve deep and old wisdom against the globalized shallowness. The Shinto side of the religious beliefs is a bit harder to understand, seems to have some fascinating aspects though, e.g. the interesting description of the components of the human "soul".

I like the sound of the language, esp. when women are talking
What I don't like so much is the oldfashioned "shouting" of men, with growling low voice, as shown in some history movies.

Japanese belongs to the "geometric" grammar languages. The Western expression and way of thinking around the verb "to be" / "to exist" seems difficult to translate correctly (if I'm not mistaken). I think we Europeans should learn Japanese language and philosophy about the same level as for English. It would improve our reasoning that is otherwise a bit too "digital" and dialectic.
OTOH perhaps some Japanese people might feel better when they become more open and informal in interhuman relations, while the complex formal requirenents of good behaviour should not make forget the deeper meaning of respect and also tolerance and broad-mindedness.
Accelerated urban life has sometmes not enough room for the maintaining of formal rules of the society and some individuals may lack of the framwork that helps to lead a stable good life. I think here is some fascinating innovation and development going on, with some artists, movie authors and writers going ahead.

1) It's clean
2) It's safe
3) There are no blacks or whites
4) They have a healthy understanding of race
5) Well developed economy
6) People are polite and nice

Bad

1) They like America too much

LOL @ the god thing...

I like Japan because:
they're nice
dont have to worry about getting killed at 2 in the morning
love the clubs there
the bars too

like: anime, sony, terriyaki

dislike: WW2, arrogance, racism

likes: fascinating culture

dislikes: scary infatuations with 白人

i like japan for their japanese sushi

i like japan because it sounds unique

i don't like japan 'cause i've never been there

i don't like japan because i used to dislike this japanese b!tch

I like Japan the very same reasons I love the UK. They're efficient, productive, and respectful. Also being an island nation, they have an interesting and beautiful culture/land.

The reason I don't like Japan as much as I should is because everyone else goes wild bonkers for it. They'll dress up and try to indulge their fetish for Japan. It's a complete turnoff really cause I start questioning if I've ever looked like that and do everything to not look like that.

I like Japan because you don't find many rude Japanese people in this Japanese Chat Forum.

Because Taiwanese Independent advocates consider Chinese people to be sub humans and with encouragement by some far right wing Japanese want to be 2nd class Japanese citizens.

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