What do you not like or hate about Japan?

[ccg]

what i like about japan-the handsome guys are nice to look at.hahahahaha
what i hate about japan- the handsome guys who are stuck-up,who doesn't want to consider a girl even as a friend or try to understand her more first if she's not attractive or charming enough to him.BASTARDS

 

[Brooker]

what i like about japan-the handsome guys are nice to look at.hahahahaha
what i hate about japan- the handsome guys who are stuck-up,who doesn't want to consider a girl even as a friend or try to understand her more first if she's not attractive or charming enough to him.BASTARDS

Yikes! She says they're handsome one minute and calls them bastards the next. Scary.

 

[Mal]

Yikes! She says they're handsome one minute and calls them bastards the next. Scary.

Women are the definition of scary

 

[TenMonGaKuSha]

what i hate about japan- the handsome guys who are stuck-up,who doesn't want to consider a girl even as a friend or try to understand her more first if she's not attractive or charming enough to him.BASTARDS

I guess Japan is not perfect.

 

[Chipi]

(..another topic that makes me rather sad, angry and disappointed..I can't really see the purpose of digging all the negative things, it just makes everyone piss off, and forget the good side of things..And if there are some negative things, shouldn't we try to understand the reasons behind them?Cause and concern. I don't mean to see everything with roses, but where's the middle-way at least... try to see things from the point of view of another culture, and not just your own..)

About the creativity of Japanese youth, just my thoughts;
I do think that in Japanese design schools the students are encouraged for real creativity and expressing their even outrageous ideas freely, and the students imagination and the growth of it is supported. Unlike in Europe, where we're stuck in the old traditional european (german) way of making patterns and basing all the designs on to that...In Europe I think people are more afraid of taking risks, and that kills the creativity.
In Japan I saw so many young people (maybe from ages 12 to 30) with really clever ideas, cool style, expressing themselves and being bravely _themselves_, walking down the street, and being proud (in a healthy way) about their appearance. I mean all the really Japanese/Asian ideas (not all the girls with 'haihiiru', jeans, britney spears make-up etc.) - cool new cuts, buttons, colors, combinations, recycled ideas..
I just _wish_ we could all do that. Of course many people don't approve their style etc, but also many(at least the same amount) people support their style, they let them be, as they are. Here you get far more easily judged, and it takes a lot of character to keep on doing your own thing. I raise my hat to the Japanese creative youth, the teachers who encourage imagination, the people who let wacky people be wacky, Japanese style in general...etcetc..!

P.S. ..yeap, of course Japan is not perfect, there is no such place... but it's quite close in being one, neh?

 

[ccg]

some r handsome n r bastards
some r handsome n nice.i also like those who don't talk much but has charisma.
it's impossible u only read "positive" stuffs in forum.maybe the moderators should state as a rule "no negative comments in any form".then everyone will only write the nice things about japan?

 

[Ma Cherie]

What do I like about Japan? Let's see, I like their Avant Grade fashion. I like the cherry blossoms, I like the bullet trains. And what I don't like about Japan, I hate how their negative mentality towards foriegners isn't changing.

 

[nakeday]

what i didnt like was the flight over there, just so long

 

[Benjaqq]

What is anime?

I like Japan mostly because of the culture and the anime.

Pls kindly tell me what is Anime? I have no idea of this japanese phrase, kind tell me via mail: [email protected]
Many thanks!~ ☝

 

[Brooker]

We have a lot of threads dedicated to the things we like about Japan, so this thread is about the things we don't like. There are always going to be some things that you don't like. And I think everyone here likes Japan despite some of the things they don't like about it or else they wouldn't be here on this website, ne?

 

[Nuala]

I really dislike the whole respect factor in the language. Japanese would be so much better without it.

 

[Pachipro]

Not much really.

Thinks I dislike(d) in Japan:

- Trains that do not run all night as you have to cut out your partying with friends in order to catch the last train home. Often before midnight or risk getting stuck in Tokyo until 5 am.

- No 24hr ATM's

- No more 24 hr beer/whisky and cigarette machines. I loved that when I lived there as I could use them at all hours of the night when studying or when getting home late. These days they shut them off at midnight or earlier.

-The loud incessent vans of the politicians during election time.

-Trains that do not turn on the air conditioner, regardless of the temperture or humidity until a specified day, usually in May.

-The seven minute walk to the train station from my apartment when I was a student and the 15 minute walk I now have from/to the in-laws house.

-Pachinko parlors closing at 9pm, then 10 pm. Now it's 11 pm.

-Smoking on long distance trains. Although I am a smoker I hate it on trains and planes.

-The ungodly long distance, and cost, from Narita airport to Tokyo, then home.

-The high cost of beer compared to the US. (But Asahi Dry is worth it!)

-Riding my bicycle in the rain with one hand while holding an umbrella in the other!

-The high cost of parking my car while living in an apartment- 30,000 yen/month! Not to mention the high cost of tolls on the "expressways" and the cost of gasoline.

-Getting turned down for an apartment/house because the owner didn't want to rent to foreigners.

-Teaching English to the same people for six years and still they cannot hold a decent, coherent conversation!

-The fact that when a fad or fashion starts all Japanese take part in it.

-The high cost of concert tickets.

-The fact that Japanese trains run on time, to the second, and if my watch was not set to the second on the NHK hourly tone that I would miss my train even if I were a few seconds off.

-Young Japanese girls touching my hair or making a fuss over me when I was a student back in the day. At first it was fun, but it did get old after a while.

-Giving away my hard earned cash to hostesses when I was young and but a few days (and longer) in Japan.

-Getting the Disney song "It's a Small World After All" or "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" getting stuck in my head all day after the Kerosene man, or newspaper/comic book recycling man around or whatever they were, I can't remember.

-Waiting at red lights when there were no cars in sight. I often crossed anyway.

-Taxis that refuse to stop just because you are a foreigner.

There are probably more, but that's all that come to mind at the moment.

The likes far outweigh the dislikes however, and I posted them somewhere else on this board.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Main trouble is......

it's way to far away to travel to from Maine!

Uncle Frank

 

[Davey]

Older man that go to concerts from music groups like Morning musume to see girls from 12 -18 dance in short skirts.. people like that would be called Pedo's

 

[RockLee]

Older man that go to concerts from music groups like Morning musume to see girls from 12 -18 dance in short skirts.. people like that would be called Pedo's

Hey hey, watch it man! I'd do that too if they were good singers

 

[Davey]

I know that you are a MM fan rock, thank god you are not 35-40.. and i know you arn't watching then young kids .... i hope...

 

[Carlson]

i hate the car insurance.. and taxi's from japan.. lol

my insurance went up 15000 Yen every 3 months for a accident that wasnt even my fault.. i bumped into a taxi and they are buying a new bumber and paint job.. lol

 

[RockLee]

i hate the car insurance.. and taxi's from japan.. lol
my insurance went up 15000 Yen every 3 months for a accident that wasnt even my fault.. i bumped into a taxi and they are buying a new bumber and paint job.. lol

The fact you said "I bumped into a taxi" would infer you are in fault, right Else it would be "The taxi bumped into me"

 

[Carlson]

the taxi hit car infront of him.. and then i hit taxi.. like at 2 km... and in japan the rule of thumb is.. no matter what its atleast 10% your fault.. if you didnt have your car it would of never happend..

 

[Mike Cash]

If you hit the car in front of you....then you bear blame for the collision. It doesn't matter what the car in front did. If he magically decelerates to zero instantaneously, you have a responsibility to maintain a sufficient cushion of space between your car and his to safely brake and come to a stop without hitting him. No excuses.

The Japanese term for the cause of this accident is 前方不注意.

But take comfort that at the very least you're not alone; Japanese drivers tend heavily toward tailgating.

 

[hamutha]

the fact that lots of pretty Japan kawaii girl being an AV idol. Eventough there would be normal guy dislike it ...but can't they find another normal job or like normally young idols

 

[If time can talk...]

What I like about Japan:
1.Literature;
2.Firmness;
3.Politeness;
4.Always ready to learn.

What I dislike:
1.Government;
2.History;
3.Racism;
4.Sexism.

 

[Carlson]

If you hit the car in front of you....then you bear blame for the collision. It doesn't matter what the car in front did. If he magically decelerates to zero instantaneously, you have a responsibility to maintain a sufficient cushion of space between your car and his to safely brake and come to a stop without hitting him. No excuses.

The Japanese term for the cause of this accident is 窶楼窶｢ﾃｻ窶｢s窶卍才??

But take comfort that at the very least you're not alone; Japanese drivers tend heavily toward tailgating.

well the fact that my *** end was still in the intersection... i was trying to get as close to the guy so i wouldnt get hit... lol next time ill just let me get hit... lol

 

[Mike Cash]

You're also responsible for not entering an intersection that you can't clear prior to the light turning red.

 

[Yokan]

What I like -
Jrock
Video game industry
Culture
The people themselves

What I dislike -
I don't really have many dislikes to Japan, really, well, Tokyo is the deerest vity to live in the world XD