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 Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:41 pm
H o s h ! k o Cires Hitomi Kanzaki About table manners.. Pointing your chop sticks at people is rude. You'r not supose to pour your own drink it's bad luck, you should ask someone to do it for you. And if you empty your cup the host usually just keeps filling it, so if you don't want any more, then just leave a little bit because if you drink it all they will just pour you some more. That is very dangerous when you are drinking Sake...because they keep filling up your glass it is really hard to tell how much you have drunk gonk Lol yeah especialy if your drinking sake! Any one here try sake? What did you think of it? I liked it alot. Traditionaly it's served hot but I like it better cool. Here's a interesting fact on sake. No matter how much sake you drink and get drunk the next morning you wont have a hang over. And if you have a hang over in the morning from other alcoholic drinks take a shot of sake and you'll better. (That's what they say anyways, haven't tested this theory my self yet.) all this is very interesting gut i don't drink alcohol 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:48 pm
i dont really know much... sweatdrop
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LacusClyne_hija de sparta
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:12 pm
Hello I call lacus and it(he,she) is my first you see here jeje and know my favorite language he is the Japanese I wait that aga friends here
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:43 pm
hieikyo There's also this illness that is exclusive of Japan. Hikkikomori: a disorder that makes people lock themselves up for no apparent reason maybe for years. It's usually seen in teenagers and young adults. And it's becoming somehow like a plague through out Japan. It's very unknown and very feared. Parents don't really know what to do, how to help or how to seek for help. Thinking about what the neighbour would think about it and all. theres alot of those in korea also. There is a special club in Korea where ppl get togehter and visit those people to break them out of it. Not forcefully or violently, they try talking to them. Its almost creepy cuz its like they act all weird and freaky but they try their best. Japanese ppl sometimes (especially the older adults) care about the outer appearence more than inner..>_>'' but lately the teens and younger adults think opposite...so hopefully..the plague will stop with more responsible parents that are aware...cuz the disorder can start with just being in withdrawl and hte parents giving up. T^T but then again...im sure this isnt happening in only japanese pplp, there were some cases in america too. I remember seeing it on discovery channel.
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:24 am
Ready...Steady...
The only real facts I can think of, is always take your shoes off when entering a building. They even do this in the school's. They never wear shoes while inside. ^_^
GO.
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:52 am
PikaChika I only been in Japan once and i've picked up alot from the culture. I was there in the summer time, very humite indeed. I saw how the japanese had hankerchifs on them to wipe the sweat off of them. They also use them for drying off their hands. Theres no paper towels in the restrooms, so i to buy one, or else i had to wipe my hands on my pants! gonk The japanese are very nice as well. i went to an arcade in Narita. i was looking at these two gentalmen playing a drum game. i talk to them and they kind of knew english, while i knew a little japanese. after that chat about where i was from and they where from, they treated me to a dinner. they were so nice to me. i'm going back next year and meet more japanese people. xd hope to go in July heart xd heart xd They also don't have toilet paper in most bathrooms. The toilets are set in the ground and you have to squat to do your business. Carry a packet of kleenex so you don't get caught without something to wipe on gonk Although, if you're a foreigner and don't want to use the squatty toilets, the handicapped bathroom and a lot of public restrooms are western style now.
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:15 am
A lot of people are mentioning how students commit suicide for failing a test. In Japan, they are a collectivist culture. We are individualists and focus on the needs of individual people. We tell people to follow their dreams and all that stuff. A collectivist culture worries about the group as a whole (usually family or work group). They set aside individual needs for the goals of the group. They worry a lot about honoring your family and company. If a student were to fail something, it's dishonoring to their family. Commiting suicide is a way to say that they know they dishonored their family and they're making up for it. A lot of times in Japan people do things like commit suicide for the honor of the group. Rarely do you find people who do something like that for themselfs.
I learned about this in psychology so I'm pretty sure I'm right. Though if I'm wrong, please correct me.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:17 pm
hieikyo There's also this illness that is exclusive of Japan. Hikkikomori: a disorder that makes people lock themselves up for no apparent reason maybe for years. It's usually seen in teenagers and young adults. And it's becoming somehow like a plague through out Japan. It's very unknown and very feared. Parents don't really know what to do, how to help or how to seek for help. Thinking about what the neighbour would think about it and all. That sounds like wwhat every teen in the USA had lolz.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:47 pm
Izumi.Kane hieikyo There's also this illness that is exclusive of Japan. Hikkikomori: a disorder that makes people lock themselves up for no apparent reason maybe for years. It's usually seen in teenagers and young adults. And it's becoming somehow like a plague through out Japan. It's very unknown and very feared. Parents don't really know what to do, how to help or how to seek for help. Thinking about what the neighbour would think about it and all. That sounds like wwhat every teen in the USA had lolz. mmm dunno if it comes to that extreme here's some info about it : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2336883.stmi wasn't going to go for the info on a first thought but it's for sure pretty different than what happens in the rest of the world.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:14 pm
hieikyo Izumi.Kane hieikyo There's also this illness that is exclusive of Japan. Hikkikomori: a disorder that makes people lock themselves up for no apparent reason maybe for years. It's usually seen in teenagers and young adults. And it's becoming somehow like a plague through out Japan. It's very unknown and very feared. Parents don't really know what to do, how to help or how to seek for help. Thinking about what the neighbour would think about it and all. That sounds like wwhat every teen in the USA had lolz. mmm dunno if it comes to that extreme here's some info about it : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2336883.stmi wasn't going to go for the info on a first thought but it's for sure pretty different than what happens in the rest of the world. ah ok. From brief descriptionit sounded like every american teen self centered and emoness lmao.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:00 am
Izumi.Kane hieikyo Izumi.Kane hieikyo There's also this illness that is exclusive of Japan. Hikkikomori: a disorder that makes people lock themselves up for no apparent reason maybe for years. It's usually seen in teenagers and young adults. And it's becoming somehow like a plague through out Japan. It's very unknown and very feared. Parents don't really know what to do, how to help or how to seek for help. Thinking about what the neighbour would think about it and all. That sounds like wwhat every teen in the USA had lolz. mmm dunno if it comes to that extreme here's some info about it : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2336883.stmi wasn't going to go for the info on a first thought but it's for sure pretty different than what happens in the rest of the world. ah ok. From brief descriptionit sounded like every american teen self centered and emoness lmao. xDDDD yeah it kinda sounds like that but it's has weird things like the guy that locked up a girl in his room for 9 years xp creepy... dunno if that happened to one of my future children i'd probably knock the door down and drag him/her out but that's cos i'm a bit more brutal than most ^_^U
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:28 am
most of what i know of japan is weird random things. like how it was or still is illegal to draw curly cues (pubics) >.> according to wikipedia. I kinda believe it....don't ask why stressed sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:53 am
Izumi.Kane ah ok. From brief descriptionit sounded like every american teen self centered and emoness lmao. Well, actually a bunch of American tv shows seem to make american teens look like that too to non americans >_> *is a non american* Anyway, about the being a collective group more than a individualist, it seems that a lot of the teens are trying to break out of it, what with western influence coming in. That's why we have the Harajuku looking kids. Well, I'm not Japanese of course, but I think that's one clear attempt to break the culture trend if i ever see one >_> I'm from another asian country, and we're also "hot" on the "being a group" rather than individual thing. Ours isn't as bad as the Japanese tho I think. There's good in it tho that I can see. Like how westerns would think there's good in being individualist. Just not when it's an extreme
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:03 am
does japan celebrat easter? i know they celebrate christmas some.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:32 pm
Yami Takashi does japan celebrat easter? i know they celebrate christmas some. Not so far as I know. Christians make up a very small percentage of Japanese, and Easter is much more of a religious holiday than Christmas. Christmas isn't even a day you get off, just a day to exchange gifts (and is overshadowed by New Years a few days later; New Years is a very big deal in Japan.)
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