I have wanted to make this post for some time, but have not done so until now because I wanted to see if things would change over time.
However, I have started to wonder why this forum exists. Clearly there are people here who have an interest in Japan, but the conversation seems to be mainly based around obcsure or innacurate stories that people have found on the internet or in other places.
Japanese people don't understand foreigners. Japanese people wear bizarre clothing. Japanese people work 68 hours per day and then get drunk and fall asleep in subway stations (after singing all night in karaoke booths). Japanese schoolgirls are all prostitutes for middle aged office workers. Japanese girls want to date gaijin because they are so much better than Japanese men.
I'm just waiting for someone to resurrect the old story about being able to buy schoolgirls panties in vending machines int he middle of Tokyo. (In case you're wondering, I have never seen these mythical machines, and none of my friends have either - and believe me, we'd know if they were real).
Not everything about Japan is good, but then there is often not much truth in many of the stories that appear here. I appreciate that many people here like Japanese culture, but there are also those who clearly never even been near Japan, but still talk as if they are some kind of authority on the way of life here.
Come and live in Japan! Come and meet Japanese people. Then talk about your experiences. I think they may be different to what you expect.
Tiger
However, I have started to wonder why this forum exists. Clearly there are people here who have an interest in Japan, but the conversation seems to be mainly based around obcsure or innacurate stories that people have found on the internet or in other places.
Japanese people don't understand foreigners. Japanese people wear bizarre clothing. Japanese people work 68 hours per day and then get drunk and fall asleep in subway stations (after singing all night in karaoke booths). Japanese schoolgirls are all prostitutes for middle aged office workers. Japanese girls want to date gaijin because they are so much better than Japanese men.
I'm just waiting for someone to resurrect the old story about being able to buy schoolgirls panties in vending machines int he middle of Tokyo. (In case you're wondering, I have never seen these mythical machines, and none of my friends have either - and believe me, we'd know if they were real).
Not everything about Japan is good, but then there is often not much truth in many of the stories that appear here. I appreciate that many people here like Japanese culture, but there are also those who clearly never even been near Japan, but still talk as if they are some kind of authority on the way of life here.
Come and live in Japan! Come and meet Japanese people. Then talk about your experiences. I think they may be different to what you expect.
Tiger