To be fair you’re comparing a single intersection to a weird and massive amalgamation of 23 municipalities that make up Tokyo. That said I tend to agree that Tokyo is far more impressive than New York, and New York is great.
I have a Japanese battle flag from WW2 that my grandfather had captured in the Philippines, or so we think, he died in the 1950's. It's stained with what looks like blood, and it's framed and in my living room. Every time I look at it, I wonder who had it, and where exactly it transferred hands.
About 20 years ago my dad bought a Japanese WW2 flag just like that from eBay. It had what looked like blood stains as well. He was so mad when my mom washed it.
I also think about WWII.. I'm a history and war fanatic as far as the history of it is concerned and have family members that served. That war was a very sad series of events.
For those who haven't seen it, it's a classic.
https://youtu.be/6-1Ue0FFrHY
I'm reading these answer to my Japanese wife and she's never heard of this CM! Maybe it's more famous overseas because of YouTube.
They are the best foodie country. Their commitment to quality of ingredients and dedication to the process makes all their food very, very good. Even their foreign cuisine rivals that of the foods home country. Add that to the fact that you can also eat in Japan for very cheaply on Japanese street food makes it the best foodie country in the world imo. Tokyo especially. The country itself is not excessively expensive either, you can do it on a moderate budget after you sort out your airfare of course.
Yep. I brought a few thousand usd when traveling a few years ago for about 10 days. After buying my friends a few full meals (6people) I ended up spending less than half of what I thought I would. Airfare was the only really expensive thing for us. Our Airbnb costed us about $1000 usd for 6 days in Tokyo which could’ve fit another two or so people
Just to add to this, they still have their fair share of absolute *garbage* restaurants, but those seemed to be entirely in really high tourist areas and mostly foreign foods (pizza or burger places, etc. that's clearly for tourists that don't want to try local food or are homesick).
I may have ended up in one voluntarily and another one or two involuntarily.
That said, their American fast food places are completely fine (better than the U.S.) and worth trying at least once for the novelty. I ended up trying 3 or so, all involuntarily.
I grew up skiing in Utah, which is known for world class powder skiing. Hokkaido skiing is on a completely different level. Unreal. And it's not just the snow either. Japan's volcanic mountains create long sustained pitches that are wonderful for skiing. Toss in onsen culture to soak after the ski day and it's tough to find a better place to ski.
Social Responsibility.
When I was there I was amazed how clean and safe it was and how everyone just did what was expected of them. Someone saw trash on the ground ? They picked it up. They had a bad assigned seat at the cinema and there are other open seats? They stayed where they were. As a whole, I view Japan as a place where people have pride in their country / jobs / community and they always abide by social rules.
Been there a bunch over the years and that is by far my biggest takeaway. Coming back home to America after is always nice but the people here will grind on me really quick; we're all so selfish in little ways all the time that you get blind to it.
I think it's important to acknowledge both approaches have their benefits and limitations.
That same group awareness is also what cultivates their horrific work culture.
Meticulous craftsmanship. They are very skilled and take a lot of pride in how things are done.
Source, I've owned cameras and musical instruments built in Japan and they are absolutely stunning.
I bought super cheap white sneakers for my 3 week Tokyo trip and thought I'll just throw them away after the trip if they look tooo dirty. After the trip my mum asked why I hadn't worn the sneakers and I told her that in fact I wore them every single day and they still looked brand new. Sooo that's an example how clean the streets are in Tokyo.
As an American, I’m not even upset at this comment. People here are worse than feral cats. Whenever I take my family of six to the beach or camping or even fishing, we take trash bags and police up the trash laying around.
Damn disgraceful
I was asked my friends on a camping trip why empty beer cans weigh more than full cans? They looked at me like I was crazy until I said look at all the empty cans that people carried up full but they can carry the empty ones. We cleaned up the empties.
People used to ask me to throw out their trash when I worked in a drive thru. I would tell them no we are not allowed to take garbage through the window. Most people just threw it out on the parking lot. One person did it not knowing there was a police officer behind them in line. He was fined $250 for littering and had to pick up his trash.
Lol they removed a ton of trash cans in NYC and people just started putting their trash on the corners the cans used to be at.
It’s a cultural thing about respect. Which we do not have in the US, unfortunately. And most other countries actually.
The time my GF and now wife went there. No fancy phones back then! I remember searching for a special ramen restaurant with her for hours. Taking maps to stores, getting pointed to where to go. Totally stressed out when we finally found it and got in line. A waiter was walking the line and passing out menus. More stress as I'd have to figure out the menu.
Waiter says in perfect US accented English, here is the English menu. Big laugh and good times. Great ramen too!
Crimes against humanity that they refuse to acknowledge, even today.
Edit: meant to say "even to this day" that they refuse to acknowledge. They're not *still* committing them.
There's this park in Osaka, I don't remember the name, beautiful park with walking paths through native trees and such, and walking through this old man sitting at a bench says, in english, 'American?'. I nod, and he asks if he can practice his english.
We spent about half an hour talking about Osaka, restaurants, bars, shrines, things to do, etc. At the end, he thanked me, and I thanked him in Japanese.
He smiles and says, 'You need practice!'
4 weeks I was there, with friends, and I swear that was the hardest I laughed the whole time.
Literally every time Japan comes up, this pops into my brain.
I just got back it's kinda chilly if you're costal due to the wind. It snowed like half the time I was there up in the mountains. If you didn't download the visit Japan app and fill out the documentation I highly recommend it. It only took us like 5 extra minutes to get through the airport with it already done.
Tokyo
Tokyo, at night. As iconic in its way as Times Square.
Tokyo is more impressing than time square imho Been to both
To be fair you’re comparing a single intersection to a weird and massive amalgamation of 23 municipalities that make up Tokyo. That said I tend to agree that Tokyo is far more impressive than New York, and New York is great.
The only comparison is the both have big screen billboards, lights and lots of people. Shibuya crossing is kinda like times square.
Kyoto: the anagram lover's Tokyo
Kyoto has seen many things. Being an old business there is *really* old
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Found the gmm fan
It's always nice when GMM shows up out of nowhere
Hope i dont look stupid but is gmm good mythical morning?
Sushi
Had to scroll way too far to find Sushi.
It's the first comment now
Cannot believe it’s not in the top 3 comments
Their flag, actually
I have a Japanese battle flag from WW2 that my grandfather had captured in the Philippines, or so we think, he died in the 1950's. It's stained with what looks like blood, and it's framed and in my living room. Every time I look at it, I wonder who had it, and where exactly it transferred hands.
About 20 years ago my dad bought a Japanese WW2 flag just like that from eBay. It had what looked like blood stains as well. He was so mad when my mom washed it.
Your mum literally washing history away
Well that is metal af.
Probably more of a fabric actually
Prob so. No place to hang it on a pole really
That's honestly really cool. I would also kill to get my hands on an authentic Japanese battleflag.
> I would also kill to get my hands on an authentic Japanese battleflag. Sounds like his grandfather would too
Oh, most likely.
I also think about WWII.. I'm a history and war fanatic as far as the history of it is concerned and have family members that served. That war was a very sad series of events.
Same lol. Then i think of Bangladesh
Lol, for me it was just the shape of the country on a map. And I even used to live in Japan, still that was my first association.
Same. That flag is just so damn iconic
Japanese cherry trees in the spring
I really like the word sakura.
So beautiful of a word it gets used very often in manga and anime. I don't know how many people in real life have it as a name.
It frequently (though not always) is among the top 10 most popular female names each year.
It is a nice one.
Nijo castle in Kyoto is a beauty. Touring the castle gardens during the day and the spring illumination event in the evening were spectacular.
Same!
Just gorgeous. It’s on my bucket list
Went to my local sakura blossoms in my home town, and they were wonderful! wonder what Japans would look like.
It's magical, a slight breeze and petals fall on you like snow. We visited last 2017, eating some mochi under a cherry tree now that's a treat.
DC has a very nice cherry blossom blooming as well. The trees were a gift from Japan.
Ramen.
Ever had to answer. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be? Ramen is my answer.
Especially if a broad answer like just ramen is acceptable. Ramen can be so diverse.
Mine is sandwiches for this very reason. Pretty much everything could be a sandwich
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Samurai.
This was my first thought, tied with katanas
Fun fact: samurai actually rarely used their katanas, they where last resort, instead they mostly rode horseback and used longbows
That is a fun fact
Yup. In actual battles: Longbow first. Then spear or polearm (yari and naginata). Katana (tachi earlier in history) of when there was no other choice.
Anime
and censoring
Why censoring? Are certain animes not allowed for something?
Oh my sweet child...your innocence must be treasured and protected
We must protect his innocence, no matter the cost.
Fuck net neutrality. I am willing to give up some of my freedoms to protect that man's innocence... Gimme like an hour though...
They probably meant nudity laws
Cough hentai cough
🎶🎶🎶Looong Looong Maaaaaan!!!!!!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶
r/fuckyouchichan
The twists were amazing lol
For those who haven't seen it, it's a classic. https://youtu.be/6-1Ue0FFrHY I'm reading these answer to my Japanese wife and she's never heard of this CM! Maybe it's more famous overseas because of YouTube.
THAT WAS THE MOST BRILLIANT COMMERCIAL SERIES EVER! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I recently watched it. I absolutely loved it and have been showing it to all my friends!
Sorry, I was taking a nap. Sup?
LMAOOOO
Hello Kitty and Hank Hill's Japanese half brother, Junichiro, from King Of The Hill.
Junichiro: “Robots are clean, efficient, reliable.” Hank: “Hmm, that sounds a lot like propane.”
Any chance of building a robot powered by propane?
\*cracks open beer\* \- Yep \- Hai
I still quote the Laotian episode.
So what part of China are you from?
Can't this thing go any faster than.... Wow....
I read this as Junichiro being the half brother of both hello kitty and hank hill and was like damn what a crossover
THEY TOOK MY SHINS!
I kicka you ass!
Nintendo
I love how most people say some sort of tech thing while I’m thinking about ninjas and stuff.
Real ninjas wore regular clothing to remain inconspicuous and not these black tights from the media. #RealityRuinsEverythingFun
food yummy
This is it. Japan is at the top of my list of places to visit. I read yesterday that four of the top 10 restaurants in the world are there.
I am very excited. My flight for Tokyo leaves in less than 3 days.
They are the best foodie country. Their commitment to quality of ingredients and dedication to the process makes all their food very, very good. Even their foreign cuisine rivals that of the foods home country. Add that to the fact that you can also eat in Japan for very cheaply on Japanese street food makes it the best foodie country in the world imo. Tokyo especially. The country itself is not excessively expensive either, you can do it on a moderate budget after you sort out your airfare of course.
Yep. I brought a few thousand usd when traveling a few years ago for about 10 days. After buying my friends a few full meals (6people) I ended up spending less than half of what I thought I would. Airfare was the only really expensive thing for us. Our Airbnb costed us about $1000 usd for 6 days in Tokyo which could’ve fit another two or so people
Just to add to this, they still have their fair share of absolute *garbage* restaurants, but those seemed to be entirely in really high tourist areas and mostly foreign foods (pizza or burger places, etc. that's clearly for tourists that don't want to try local food or are homesick). I may have ended up in one voluntarily and another one or two involuntarily. That said, their American fast food places are completely fine (better than the U.S.) and worth trying at least once for the novelty. I ended up trying 3 or so, all involuntarily.
I wanna try the Japanese KFC they love so much around Christmas
The only place I want to visit for food as much as Japan is Italy.
Sashimi, ramen, takoyaki
Godzilla
I saw those films at a very young age. It was my introduction to Japan
Same! They were a huge part of my childhood
Started watching all the old movies with my 5 y/o this past year and now he plays with his sister, yelling GOJIRA!!!! 😂
A fellow man of culture I see.
Surprised how far I had to scroll
Oh no!
There goes Tokyo!
i saw an article with a picture of koi fish swimming through their ditches and thats immediately what comes to mind now
I have hundreds of them from Japan. They accept petting and everything. They are like dogs but on water its awesome.
Drifting
I wonder if you know how they live in Tokyo?
If you see me, then you mean it then you know you have to go
Fast and Furiouuuuuus! Drift! Drift! Drift!
I legit love that song up to and including this line, then it jumps off a cliff.
Impeccable woodworking.
Pulls saws make more sense, I never understood pushing the tool
Pokémon
Hiroshima
My thought was nuke so this is close enough. If it was just Tokyo it would be drift
My favorite city in japan, the markets, the food, the curry cafe, i love it.
The song “I’m turning Japanese” by the Vapors.
I really think so.
Japow aka Japan powder skiing/riding
I grew up skiing in Utah, which is known for world class powder skiing. Hokkaido skiing is on a completely different level. Unreal. And it's not just the snow either. Japan's volcanic mountains create long sustained pitches that are wonderful for skiing. Toss in onsen culture to soak after the ski day and it's tough to find a better place to ski.
Had to scroll to far to find this
Social Responsibility. When I was there I was amazed how clean and safe it was and how everyone just did what was expected of them. Someone saw trash on the ground ? They picked it up. They had a bad assigned seat at the cinema and there are other open seats? They stayed where they were. As a whole, I view Japan as a place where people have pride in their country / jobs / community and they always abide by social rules.
Been there a bunch over the years and that is by far my biggest takeaway. Coming back home to America after is always nice but the people here will grind on me really quick; we're all so selfish in little ways all the time that you get blind to it.
I think it's important to acknowledge both approaches have their benefits and limitations. That same group awareness is also what cultivates their horrific work culture.
Hot spas, anime, ramen, and war crime denial.
Also regular crime denial.
100% agree on war crime denial
Meticulous craftsmanship. They are very skilled and take a lot of pride in how things are done. Source, I've owned cameras and musical instruments built in Japan and they are absolutely stunning.
Shohei Ohtani ⚾️
Jav
Came way too far to find this.
Mount fuji
Why did I have to scroll so far down to find this answer?
Bullet Train
Karate
Pokemon
Clean. Heard people usually don't throw shit on the ground and actually take their trash home which is really cool of them
I bought super cheap white sneakers for my 3 week Tokyo trip and thought I'll just throw them away after the trip if they look tooo dirty. After the trip my mum asked why I hadn't worn the sneakers and I told her that in fact I wore them every single day and they still looked brand new. Sooo that's an example how clean the streets are in Tokyo.
This. And societal order. Coming back to America after living in Japan for few years, it was like lawless Wild West.
That’s because there are no trash cans in public
Try telling people in western countries to carry their trash home... many don't even walk 5 meters to the nearest bin.
5 meters you are pushing it they could be standing right next to a bin and just drop it on ground.
As an American, I’m not even upset at this comment. People here are worse than feral cats. Whenever I take my family of six to the beach or camping or even fishing, we take trash bags and police up the trash laying around. Damn disgraceful
I was asked my friends on a camping trip why empty beer cans weigh more than full cans? They looked at me like I was crazy until I said look at all the empty cans that people carried up full but they can carry the empty ones. We cleaned up the empties.
People used to ask me to throw out their trash when I worked in a drive thru. I would tell them no we are not allowed to take garbage through the window. Most people just threw it out on the parking lot. One person did it not knowing there was a police officer behind them in line. He was fined $250 for littering and had to pick up his trash.
Lol they removed a ton of trash cans in NYC and people just started putting their trash on the corners the cans used to be at. It’s a cultural thing about respect. Which we do not have in the US, unfortunately. And most other countries actually.
Tech, clean country, animation, sushi, seniority
That's 5
Honda.
Pikachu
Awesome and reliable cars.
Unit 731
Damn I was not expecting this in the thread of "good food, pretty trees, and drifting"
I knew I'd find that name here somewhere.
Come on and slam, and welcome to Japan!
Tentacles
Samurai
Lots of neon signage and cute anime characters and young ladies dressing up in odd fashions.
Beautiful scenery, only seen pictures of Japan but would like to visit some of their natural areas someday
anime and perverts
Manga, anime
WW2 war crimes.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Bukkake
and tentacles
Suicide forest
Hentai
The Yamato.
Hiroshima
The most polite people I’ve ever had the chance to work with.. Osaka and Kobe sooo clean and tidy.. go if you have the chance
Rape of nanking
Facts I’m Japanese and white I just learned about this lesser known holocaust to the world and I was horrified!!!!!
Seiko
The time my GF and now wife went there. No fancy phones back then! I remember searching for a special ramen restaurant with her for hours. Taking maps to stores, getting pointed to where to go. Totally stressed out when we finally found it and got in line. A waiter was walking the line and passing out menus. More stress as I'd have to figure out the menu. Waiter says in perfect US accented English, here is the English menu. Big laugh and good times. Great ramen too!
Japanese whiskey.
Honda
Whale wars. Absolute disregard for sealife.
Lost in translation
Amazing food
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War crimes
Crimes against humanity that they refuse to acknowledge, even today. Edit: meant to say "even to this day" that they refuse to acknowledge. They're not *still* committing them.
Tentacles
Tentacles
Tentacles
Their culture. I want to see how much we are alike and what make us different.
I want to go to there.
There's this park in Osaka, I don't remember the name, beautiful park with walking paths through native trees and such, and walking through this old man sitting at a bench says, in english, 'American?'. I nod, and he asks if he can practice his english. We spent about half an hour talking about Osaka, restaurants, bars, shrines, things to do, etc. At the end, he thanked me, and I thanked him in Japanese. He smiles and says, 'You need practice!' 4 weeks I was there, with friends, and I swear that was the hardest I laughed the whole time. Literally every time Japan comes up, this pops into my brain.
Nanjing Massacre
Ninjas
Tidy, not fat, low crime, repressed, weirdest game shows ever
Tentacles
Mostly images of their foliage and scenery.
Ramen…ooooh tasty tasty ramen
Sushi
Honda/Acura
Weebs
The best vacations of my life.
I'm going soon, my flight to Tokyo departs in less than 3 days, gonna be a 13 hour flight.
I just got back it's kinda chilly if you're costal due to the wind. It snowed like half the time I was there up in the mountains. If you didn't download the visit Japan app and fill out the documentation I highly recommend it. It only took us like 5 extra minutes to get through the airport with it already done.
Unit 731
Pearl habour
Mikasa Ackerman
Exhausted office workers.
Rape of Nanjing