Originally Posted by
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I heard that Curry Rice is brought by the British in Japan.
I heard also that cooking sushi, sashimi and of course Fugu (very poisonous fish) need cooking skillful.
1) I'd like to now that how many times Japanese people use cars, bicycle, motorbikes and walking down on streets?
2) I wonder also that whether Japanese praise White culture and physical appearances?
But in the same time, the Japanese know they are Asian superpower?
3) Is it true that Japanese everyday life is hard? or is it very beautiful Anime-Comic fantasy like?
4) Do Japanese give a damn where is their ancestors came from?
Popular theories is Japanese (and often together Koreans) came from Israel, Dravidia, Philippines or Sibera (Sakhalin)?
Sushi and Sashima are served raw while Fugu is a type of fish which can be raw or cooked. Fugu needs a very special license to prepare.
1)vast majority walk, bicycle, bus or train around most of the time. A lot of people do own cars but they are not used daily because it is a hassle - specially in the city( most people have to rent a parking space that is several blocks from their homes since their is nowhere else to park their car). Out of seven relatives in Japan, five have cars and only two of those can park at their house. The two that don't own cars live in apartments in Tokyo. Cars are used to go shopping for hard to carry stuff, take kids to kindergarten, move people who have difficulty walking, medium length trips and to go on dates. farther away from the city and more spacious the area, the more cars are used.
2) Japanese people do admire Americans. Generally they want everything that Americans have, but that's different than wanting to be white. Japanese love being Japanese, they are just brain washed by Hollywood movies. As far as looks go, they like how westerners are tall and have long legs, but most of their praise on western looks is politeness. Given the huge number of westerners and halves in Japan the number that make it in Japanese media is very small. The westerners that make it usually got lucky in a drama or CM while and halves usually play down their foreign part if they want to get popular. I'll post more about this in next post.
3) It depends on what you consider hard or beautiful. People work hard for many hours six days a week. People have to be considerate of others all the time, everything is a chore because apartments are tiny and you have to walk all the time. Since you can't store a lot of things in a tiny place and you have to carry whatever you buy back home, people can't stock up on anything and have to make frequent trips to store to replenish things. This also means people often pay the higher prices and go to a place close to home rather than go farther for lower prices. Also. apartment dwellers often have cheap Ikea/Walmart type furniture because nice furniture is often big and heavy/bulky to carry home by walking/train. But the dramas are also true; the friendships, the romances, the tranquility and beauty is everyday. Also, the food in Japan is amazing.
4) No, Japanese people don't care where they came from - only me and a minority do. Most Japanese only have a vague memory of what they where taught in school. Here is whats taught:
legend - a group of gods came to the islands of Japan and we Japanese are the descendant of them. This to me sounds like a true story that got glorified over time. Change 'gods' to 'Jomon' then it IS the story of Japan.
Scientific - 30,000~50,000BC, a group of proto-mongoloids, the Jomon, settled on the Japanese islands. 5,000~15,000BCa second wave of settlers, a group of Neo-Asians called the Yayoi brought wet rice culture to Japan. Today's Japanese are mixed with roughly 1/3 Jomon and 2/3 Yayoi genies.
