Max's 16 Things you may not have known about Japan
Ok time for something for our non-gaijin readers. Everyone knows that the Japanese play by some strange rules and just generally do things a little differently. Without getting on a mean streak about my generous hosts, I just thought I’d write about some things that struck me as being a bit odd or unexpected.
1)After finishing lunch, all the teachers stand around the staff room brushing their teeth. Also it is perfectly acceptable to clip your fingernails, as communal clippers are available next to the principal’s desk.
2)In Japan there is no daylight savings time so these days the sun rises at about half past 3…well half past 3-ish. Furthermore, at strategic locations around town a chime goes off at 6am and 6pm everyday. The exact time of the town’s chime can vary from town to town.
3)Schoolgirl uniform fetishes decrease as time in Japan increases. What used to be cute, is now childish and…just… no….it’s just wrong on so many levels.
4)Winnie the Pooh is given an honorific title and is known as Pooh-san.
5)Crapes are, for absolutely no reason, very popular. Harijuku, one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in Japan, has a street that is famous for there crapes.
6)It is socially acceptable for old men to read pornographic cartoons on the train.
7)If you are white and riding your bike at night, the police will stop you and ask if you are Russian.
8)Every town is “famous” for something. For example a local town called Takakoka has the 3rd biggest Buddha statue in Japan. Not bad. I’ve heard of a town that boasts the 2nd longest cement park bench in Japan.
9)Brazillians are Japans Mexicans.
10)The world Karaoke is a combination of the Japanese word Kare meaning, “empty”, and the shortened version of the world orchestra, oke. So Kareoke literally means empty orchestra.
11)It is impossible to lose something in Japan, whatever you lose; you will be tracked down until they are able to return you your lost item. It will be wrapped, and they will apologize for you having lost it.
12)Every conversation with a Japanese woman will ultimately progress into talking about food.
13)Green Tourism refers to not going to Tokyo on vacation. (unvariefied)
14)Some Japanese girls, known as Yankee girls are orange.
15)In public spaces, there are still wanted signs for the members of Om cult that released serin gas in a Tokyo subway.
16)Although this is a pan-Asian thing, and lot of people know about it, I still have no idea why the Carpenters are so popular.
posted by Winesoaked Buddha @ 11:03 AM
4 Comments:
If you do something right, or even something not impressive in any way, people will clap their hands at you like when you first learned to use a potty.
And what's witht the orange thing anyway? Seriously, orange skin, really pale pink lipstick, and dirrrty straw blonde hair. Do they know how wierd they look?
Old men can do anything in Japan. They can fart in public, read porno, and piss on anything they like. They could probably piss on a person, and that person would go, "oh you funny old man."
I think the police will just assume without asking that you are indeed Russian until you tell them otherwise. Then they let you go no questions asked, maybe even with a smile.
Schoolgirl uniform fetishes can increase in time if you are a pervert.
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