Comments on: Winter Break in Japan http://joeinjapan.com/2009/01/14/winter-break-in-japan/ Life in Japan as a Coordinator for International Relations Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tim http://joeinjapan.com/2009/01/14/winter-break-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Tim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:36:34 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=154#comment-584 Japanese people are almost exactly opposite of Americans... On the surface they will be the most polite and eager people to lend assistance when you first meet them, on the contrary, most Americans aren't polite, and would be hard pressed to give any polite greetings... That said, one you scrub away that first surface layer, that 99.999% of all Japanese have pasted across their faces, you would be S.O.L. if you were ever in a car accident, or needed some real help, on the other hand, Americans, once you scrub away their surface layer, you will find a warm heart and most probably somebody that would give you the shirt off their back... It won't happen in Japan... Also, I don't know how much time you actually spend here, but they have pretty much re-wrote history to fit their own victim-hood mentality... As far as they are concerned, deep down inside, they are victims of the U.S., and the Japanese never did anything wrong... And if they are faced with undeniable facts, their response will be, "Well America did it too!" If you can get over the racism, and are OK with the fact that, no matter how good or how much time you've lived here, or if you are 99.999% Japanese, with a .0001% percent foreign blood, you will never be treated as an equal... Believe it or not... It's true... Lived here over 25 years, have seen the country and people from both perspectives.... Japanese people are almost exactly opposite of Americans…
On the surface they will be the most polite and eager people to lend assistance when you first meet them, on the contrary, most Americans aren’t polite, and would be hard pressed to give any polite greetings…
That said, one you scrub away that first surface layer, that 99.999% of all Japanese have pasted across their faces, you would be S.O.L. if you were ever in a car accident, or needed some real help, on the other hand, Americans, once you scrub away their surface layer, you will find a warm heart and most probably somebody that would give you the shirt off their back… It won’t happen in Japan…

Also, I don’t know how much time you actually spend here, but they have pretty much re-wrote history to fit their own victim-hood mentality… As far as they are concerned, deep down inside, they are victims of the U.S., and the Japanese never did anything wrong… And if they are faced with undeniable facts, their response will be, “Well America did it too!”

If you can get over the racism, and are OK with the fact that, no matter how good or how much time you’ve lived here, or if you are 99.999% Japanese, with a .0001% percent foreign blood, you will never be treated as an equal…

Believe it or not… It’s true…
Lived here over 25 years, have seen the country and people from both perspectives….

]]> By: Arina http://joeinjapan.com/2009/01/14/winter-break-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Arina Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:57:20 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=154#comment-245 I enjoyed your story! It transmits that strange feeling that winter break gives here. I enjoyed your story! It transmits that strange feeling that winter break gives here.

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