The Japan obsession

[Pas]

I love Japan. I want to live there, but I'm an anti-conformist and that could be a good thing and/or a bad thing. I have no desire to be Japanese, I just want to be with the Japanese, speak Japanese, and be where the Japanese are.

I swear I just went through several phases of different emotions, not one of them being good.

[SenTrix]

We'll hopefully, I will be able to go there for a gap year in 2010 or 2011, I know only know two Japanese, lol. And yes theres tons of places I want to go in Japan such as Hokkaido, Nagano, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto and probably more

Vaughn A.

[hasteroth]

We'll hopefully, I will be able to go there for a gap year in 2010 or 2011, I know only know two Japanese, lol. And yes theres tons of places I want to go in Japan such as Hokkaido, Nagano, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto and probably more

Vaughn A.

I intend to do a gap year in 2012 return to Canada, go to school. Then head on abck over there. Unless I end up going to school out there, haven't decided yet.

[Taokato]

I have no desire to be Japanese, I just want to be with the Japanese, speak Japanese, and be where the Japanese are.

I totally agree with you.


There is no reason to BE a Japanese. I'm satisfied being German.
But what does 'being Japanese' mean? Is an American guy Japanese when he speaks Japanese and lives in Japan?

[hasteroth]

I have no desire to be Japanese, I just want to be with the Japanese, speak Japanese, and be where the Japanese are.

I totally agree with you.


There is no reason to BE a Japanese. I'm satisfied being German.
But what does 'being Japanese' mean? Is an American guy Japanese when he speaks Japanese and lives in Japan?

Being Japanese means being part of the culture, speaking the language, sharing the values, and much more. It is possible for a person of Japanese decent to be Canadian, many Japanese are born in Canada and do not hold the same values as the Japanese from Japan, that's what seperates them. Canadians hold very different values from the Americans so if I were to go south and for some irrational reason want to live there (never) I would still be Canadian.

PS: Canada rules, we burned the White House in the War of 1812

[The Origonal Head Hunter]

Being Japanese means being part of the culture, speaking the language, sharing the values, and much more.

And you want to live there... why?

[Sukunai]

I'm from Quebec, let me tell you, those that have an obsession with 'preserving' their culture likely are just trying to succeed in being left behind by the rest of the planet that has realized we are all increasingly becoming a non nationalized blend of all of the above.

I find cultural protectionism annoying in Quebec, I likely wouldn't enjoy it in Japan.

But hey, let them stay in the past if they insist. Just so long as they realize the future is for those willing to go to it.

[hasteroth]

Being Japanese means being part of the culture, speaking the language, sharing the values, and much more.

And you want to live there... why?

Because I know other people who left Victoria to live in Japan and are doing great, and I simply want to go there.

[SenTrix]

Well, as foriegners if anyone goes to japan, none of will really have any future unless you marry a Japanese person cause Japan isnt really multi cultural. And as the other guy pointed out the otaku population is highly ditested in Japan.

[Draw it blank]

So then the solution is easy: De-otaku yourself for a bit ad take a vacation to Japan!
(Warning: may be harder than it seems)