Jwill
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japan's good points being?????
1) anime/manga art
2) samurai flicks
3) tokyo fashion
4) iron chef
5) cheap consumer electronics
6) nintendo and sega
7) zen (a la japanese rather than tibetan, etc)
8) wabi sabi (gardens, temples, etc)
i'm running out of ideas. i'm not sure if i'm pro or con bedrolls. i'm borderline on whether murakami is really worthy of his own bullet-point. same with kurosawa and the guy who did spirited away (hideo something). sumo wrestling, i think, has got to be a definite no. tea ceremonies are another borderline, i want to say yes, but i feel like i'm faking it and just going thru the motions. toyota and honda- surely not.
Most of these "good points" are pop culture. They aren't really that representative of the true Japanese spirit. They don't really tell you what it's like to live in Japan. Many gaijin otaku come to Japan expecting to see the country they learned about from manga, video games, and anime. What they get when they come here is something completely different: real life. I mean, I wouldn't say that America's good points are American Idol, 24, pizza hut, and cowboy hats because those are stereotypical pop cultural icons. Oh, and also, cheap consumer electronics in Japan? I thought that once, too...