Comments for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Life in Japan http://nogataskier.wordpress.com I will try to share an objective accounting of what it is like to be a non-Japanese in Japan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Don’t Even Try – Understanding Jealousy in Japan (Part 2) by sandrar http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/dont-even-try-understanding-jealousy-in-japan-part-2/#comment-63 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:51:40 +0000 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-63 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on What Did I Do? by Galvatron56 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/what-did-i-do/#comment-62 Galvatron56 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:31:03 +0000 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-62 Interestingly enough, I was reading that most marriages between Japanese and non-Japanese are between Japanese men and women from China or Southeast Asia. From what I see everytime I go to immigration office here, there are a lot of middle-aged Japanese men (laborer-types or small shop owners) married to women from other countries. Interestingly enough, I was reading that most marriages between Japanese and non-Japanese are between Japanese men and women from China or Southeast Asia.

From what I see everytime I go to immigration office here, there are a lot of middle-aged Japanese men (laborer-types or small shop owners) married to women from other countries.

]]> Comment on Eeek! It’s a Woman! by Galvatron56 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/eeek-its-a-woman/#comment-61 Galvatron56 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:23:14 +0000 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-61 Yeah, I have noticed that response (b is more common. I think that the response (b group just doesn't know any other way, and is actually kind of put out by people acting differently. Also, there is a non-Katakana word for domestic violence:家庭内暴力. But I think that is has slightly different connotations than DV.(according to Wikipedia, anyway) I just stumbled across this blog today, and have enjoyed it quite a bit. Yeah, I have noticed that response (b is more common. I think that the response (b group just doesn’t know any other way, and is actually kind of put out by people acting differently.

Also, there is a non-Katakana word for domestic violence:家庭内暴力. But I think that is has slightly different connotations than DV.(according to Wikipedia, anyway)

I just stumbled across this blog today, and have enjoyed it quite a bit.

]]> Comment on If English is the North Pole, Japanese is the South! by Stuck in Kyoto http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/if-english-is-the-north-pole-japanese-is-the-south/#comment-60 Stuck in Kyoto Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-60 Dead on. I've been here for three years now, and have come to the exact same conclusions. Being from the West, it is difficult to accept the situation as it stands in Japan. Even if the Japanese acknowledge the problems inherent in their system, the common response is that nothing can be done to change it. Above all else, that is what frustrates me the most. If Japan won't change, then they have little hope for the future. All countries make mistakes, but it's the ones who address their problems in a logical fashion that have the most success moving forward. I fear that by the time all the old "windbags" die-out, its position in the world will have significantly declined to the point of being irrelevant, which is incredibly sad given that I've met some pretty outstanding people here who I believe would be very influential in any other country, yet are powerless to do anything in Japan. Dead on. I’ve been here for three years now, and have come to the exact same conclusions. Being from the West, it is difficult to accept the situation as it stands in Japan. Even if the Japanese acknowledge the problems inherent in their system, the common response is that nothing can be done to change it. Above all else, that is what frustrates me the most. If Japan won’t change, then they have little hope for the future. All countries make mistakes, but it’s the ones who address their problems in a logical fashion that have the most success moving forward. I fear that by the time all the old “windbags” die-out, its position in the world will have significantly declined to the point of being irrelevant, which is incredibly sad given that I’ve met some pretty outstanding people here who I believe would be very influential in any other country, yet are powerless to do anything in Japan.

]]> Comment on Until the Day I Die (Part one) by Jordi Masramon http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/until-the-day-i-die-part-one/#comment-32 Jordi Masramon Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:31:32 +0000 http://nogataskier.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-32 I have read all your posts in a row after going to Japan on holidays and I find the general tone of your thoughts incredibly negative against the place where you live and the people you live with. Is really Japan such a hell? Are Japanese people really so evil? Why do you keep living in a place you seem to hate so much? About the WW II shaped minds, do you remember the two nuclear bombs US launched in Japan? The only use of nuclear weapons against human beings (mostly civilians) in history. What really surprised me was to see that most Japanese don't seem to resent the US. I have read all your posts in a row after going to Japan on holidays and I find the general tone of your thoughts incredibly negative against the place where you live and the people you live with.

Is really Japan such a hell? Are Japanese people really so evil?

Why do you keep living in a place you seem to hate so much?

About the WW II shaped minds, do you remember the two nuclear bombs US launched in Japan? The only use of nuclear weapons against human beings (mostly civilians) in history. What really surprised me was to see that most Japanese don’t seem to resent the US.

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