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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Jul 14, 2008 23:12:24 GMT -5
If youre a member of this forum, chances are you are "into" Japanese culture..... What got you into it? What do you appreciate/love about it? Would you like to visit Japan, or have you done so already? Let us know!
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Post by rocket on Nov 14, 2010 3:16:54 GMT -5
Interesting subject. I like sk for the same reason I liked the Ramones.....the music. I think because of sk that I'm interested in Japan culture now. In fact I'm quite fascinated by the Japanese.They seem to be perfectionist. I saw the Japan little league team win the championship and was amazed at their team unity and intensity. i wonder how many people are sk fans because they are Japanese.I would be very proud to have some Japanese blood in me,but I'm mostly of Irish make. That doesnt mean I like U2 though.
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Nov 16, 2010 0:05:09 GMT -5
Interesting subject. I like sk for the same reason I liked the Ramones.....the music. I think because of sk that I'm interested in Japan culture now. In fact I'm quite fascinated by the Japanese.They seem to be perfectionist. I saw the Japan little league team win the championship and was amazed at their team unity and intensity. i wonder how many people are sk fans because they are Japanese.I would be very proud to have some Japanese blood in me,but I'm mostly of Irish make. That doesnt mean I like U2 though. HAHAHA , that's ok, I'm mainly French-Canadian, and I HATE Rene Simard and Celine Dion!
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Post by Nuclear Seagull on Jan 13, 2011 12:23:52 GMT -5
I can't remember a specific moment when I got into the Japanese culture, I think it went very slowly. I play a lot of videogames, and most of them are from Nintendo. So I often play "typical" Japanese games, like WarioWare. That game is SO weird and funny, westerners could never come up with something like that. ;D And that is just one of the many examples that show how different Japan is compared to the rest of the world. I mean; éverything is different over there! And I think that is the reason I started to like Japan so much. So I REALLY want to go to Japan someday... Oh, and because of the beautiful girls of course!
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Jan 14, 2011 2:23:05 GMT -5
So I REALLY want to go to Japan someday... Oh, and because of the beautiful girls of course! Of course
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Post by acidwindbreeze on Feb 26, 2011 19:02:17 GMT -5
Hi, Mikado! This topic is very nice! Hi, everybody being interested in Japanese language or culture! As I'm a Japanese and SK fan, I'm probably help you in learning it.
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Feb 27, 2011 4:26:14 GMT -5
Hi, Mikado! This topic is very nice! Hi, everybody being interested in Japanese language or culture! As I'm a Japanese and SK fan, I'm probably help you in learning it. Yeah, you can be our eyes and ears in Japan Also, you can help us get J-pop news hehe
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Post by lazybone712 on May 19, 2015 21:56:22 GMT -5
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Post by tangerinesun on May 19, 2015 23:24:36 GMT -5
Super cute little lesson! That presenter has a Brit accent. Partly.
The women-only cars at rush hour are for a more secure feeling when standing packed together like anchovies in oil — not unusual.
I don't know when transit authorities started this practice.
Straying into a restricted car is (not quite) like walking in on the wrong gender at a public bath.
I have seen this subject getting mined for lowbrow laffs in Japanese comedy, but it's a delicate topic — my impression.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 21:41:48 GMT -5
Interesting subject. I like sk for the same reason
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Post by tangerinesun on Jul 29, 2015 17:41:21 GMT -5
Just a few of the ways you can knot the obi on your kimono. For a regular dose of random creativity from Japan, it's hard to top the Copy__writing Twitter stream
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Post by tangerinesun on Aug 1, 2015 15:16:24 GMT -5
It's summer festival time, people! Let's have HD video. 2012 Hachioji Festival! "Flowing" Folk Song (12:24) Upped 2012 August 11 by manuctv Hachioji is a municipality of greater Tokyo, where this was held (supposing). 4,000 people turned out for the three-day party that year, according to notes. Volunteers from many walks of life perform four songs in the ondo style, but "flowing" i.e., moving progressively down the street. Some evidently feel like dorks in front of the camera, but they're doing this for civic pride, and actually they all look great. - 02:28 "Sun Dance" (New for Hachioji 2012)
- 03:05 "Hachioji Ondo"
- 06:24 "Takao Ondo"
- 09:48 "Tokyo Sky Tree Ondo"
38th Annual Sumida River Fireworks Festival 2015 July 25 (28:12)Upped 2015 July 30 by manuctv Star shells start popping around 03:37, heavy chrysanthemums from around 07:00, serious barrage from 20:00. Overlooking the Sumida River near Asakusa Station in Tokyo, the largest fireworks show in Japan (around 20,000 charges). The spindly tower on the left in skyline shots is the Tokyo Sky Tree. The finale is too bright for the camera's sensor to cope.
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Post by thegl0r on Aug 3, 2015 22:07:42 GMT -5
...Volunteers from many walks of life perform four songs in the ondo style, but "flowing"... Interesting vid that. I went on to watch a few more. As you said, there's a great range of women flowing for civic pride to what sounds rather like 60s J-pop. Some are really getting into it, some look like they've been doing this for decades and aren't about to stop any time soon, and some look a little awkward at performing in public. But it looks great and I'm sure there's more to it than just waving their arms about and clapping while shuffling along. It led me on to hitting the drums. There's some rather shaky camera work thanks to "I've got a zoom and I'm gonna use it!", but worth a watch. Mt.Fuji Taiko Festival (Japanese high school drummers) The highest award Hiryu High School 2011.7.31 Then it was breakfast time, when you'll see what should never be done with chopsticks.
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Post by tangerinesun on Aug 4, 2015 3:23:55 GMT -5
The taiko drumming is pretty damn exciting. Not to diminish what the kids have accomplished, but the director of that drum choir must be a god. Japanese breakfast is one piece of toast that you hold in your mouth as you run out the door to miss your bus. What you don't do with chopsticks, or anything really, is eat natto. Never do that, and everything else will be okay. The stabbing in the rice bowl that seems so convenient for one-hand carry is an absolutely HORRIBLE omen, which is why the mom gets a little flighty. The Shinto graveside offering isn't chopsticks or rice, it's two pieces of stick incense in a bowl of sand. But it looks exactly like that, and if you mimic it with food, it makes people a bit angry with you. Because YOU are someone who INVITES DEATH TO THE DINNER TABLE. And you don't clash chopsticks with chopsticks, like they said. That recalls picking bigger bits of cremated bone for deposition in an urn, but mostly it's kind of unsanitary. And you don't wave chopsticks over serving dishes. Or stick them in your hair. Or roll them around on the table. Or a lot of other things that are more or less obvious. Now I'm hungry.
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Post by thegl0r on Aug 5, 2015 3:33:48 GMT -5
That breakfast vid also made me feel hungry. After watching it, I went and made rice topped with umeboshi. Eaten with a fork. I can't use chopsticks to eat - not unless I've decided to go on a zero food diet. But I know what to do, I'll use three and hold them together with a rubber band then use them like a fork! Or perhaps I just need some minions to help me... Rice has just finished cooking and the plums are calling.
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