Do I find Japan cozy looking just because I associate it with

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>>15792475

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>>15792479

>>15792475
yes. if you ever went outside, you would have similar thoughts about your hometown.

If all it takes to look "comfy" is to be a fucking traffic nightmare but also be overcast, then damn Seattle must be the comfiest city on the planet.

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It's probably because you have nothing but happy memories (or manufactured happy memories) of Japan.

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Japan is not cosy. The only thing cosy is as in that outhouse is cozy, as in fucking cramped and awful.
As in this picture is cosy but then you realize it's full of shit and there's noone to help and your life is awful but you can't die.

>>15792919
me in the center

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Yes.

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>>15792475

Your perceived view of Japan being cozy is just Escapism in the form of an Idealized Life your inner subconscious (one that stems from your formulation years growing up) desires whether you are aware of it or not.

Western culture is very aggressive and confrontational - even the female part of society. That's why Japan feels more cosy.

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Japan is cozy. Can confirm, currently living in Osaka.
Things have a subtle, grayish tint to them here. The sound of the train going by my apartment every night is calming. When it rains, it pours and its wonderful. The stray cats lazing about at quiet shrines.. The sound of the cicadas or the frogs chirping in the rice fields nearby....and even as a dirty gaijin, the people are kind. (although, as easy mode, i guess i have it easier.)
I assume it's even cozier for me because yes, i associate nostalgia from anime with my everyday surroundings. Its pretty nice.
Heres a picture i took yesterday from the top of a building near my house.

>>15793474
only large area of greenspace seems to be right next to what appears to be a waste treatment plant. spooky.

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>>15795652
What I personally find cozy about japan is how the streets are narrow and how every building looks different. It makes it look more human unlike the copypasted, sterile buildings in my country. But it's still safe and clean.

>>15795663
You're blind.

>>15795583
this is true funnily enough, besides being judgmentally pessimistic. your mind is just better than most people in imagination. so much that its better than real life. if you went to japan you probably would like it cause of association but still not as much as the japan in your mind.

>>15795593
Are you regularly confronted in an aggressive way?

>>15792475
I think the aesthetic is extremely cozy. But I'm sure something similar exists in other places too. Then you of course add the culture that is an interesting mixture of past and present, the respect for cleanliness and rules and public transport and all that.

I do feel something similar when I look at pictures of something like Switzerland, though. That's mostly just the aesthetic again.

I'm sure the day to day to lives in every place is quite the same, in all civilized world.

>>15792475
Nope, that's cozy. Let's examine this photo.
First of all, the lighting is cozy. Secondly, the greenery is cozy. Thirdly, the narrow space is cozy. Finally, the rusty tech like the railing or wall show that it's old and well used. It evokes feelings of nostlagia. It's objectively cozy.

>>15799638
Not him but i am and am forced to confronte people agressively quite often.

>>15799638
Not now I'm in Japan and haven't had to deal with a western woman much in years.

>>15798336
>your mind is just better than most people in imagination

I think I know what you mean but could you reiterate this just to be sure.

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nippon is so friigdfing vomfy mane

>>15799687
>haven't had to deal with a western woman much in years.

>>15795652
>>15793474
Instead of cozy, I feel claustrophobia.

>>15792493
Not for me in the blazing heat of Florida though. I just want to finish Uni and move. Either out of the country or at least up north.

When I visited Japan I felt it was orderly and clean but cozy is not exactly the term I would use. If anything it feels a bit too orderly and borderline depressing, seeing people lining up automatically, so many people in suits etc.

Maybe it's better in the countryside but then it is actually extremely boring to live in the countryside even if you seldom goes outside.

>>15792475
Probably, Anime really makes it look dreamy

>>15801671
>extremely boring to live in the countryside even if you seldom goes outside.

That doesn't make sense.

>>15799683
You live in Tokyo
>>15799687
You don't

I live in a relatively upscale "suburban" (by Japanese standards) area and IMO it's pretty cozy. Is it cramped? Yes. Is the smallness of everything inconvenient at times? You bet. But still, it's pretty nice.

The most important thing is that there's little to no crime, so unlike the US, you don't have to worry about getting robbed/stabbed in an alley if you go out for a walk.

>>15803846
>You don't
But I do

Unless you insist on counting my mother back home and showing that one tourist which train to take.

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A place is only comfy if there is lots of vegetation, trees, grass etc.

>>15792483
>>15792479
>>15792475
>>15792833
>>15792713
>>15794367

More anime / real life location comparison pics.

It's definitely cozy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5FsE8oPdk

>>15809899
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRe7mfXcnmM

>>15801671
I want to go to the countryside but I'm scared there will be centipedes and death hornets everywhere

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>>15812370
Visit beach towns.

They're the best.

>>15813075
Does anyone want to go to Japan with me just to do UMI DA

Its a comfy looking place in general. I find cities and towns by the sea to be extremely comfy. Probably because I've always lived near water or something.
Many of the urban areas seem really comfy too despite seeming kind of messy.

>>15792475
Yes. Being in Japan and dealing with its people is completely different than watching some shit on TV or the computer.

Source: Me. I'm living in Tokyo and have been all over Kyushu.

>>15812131
>1992

>>15813075
Urgh that photo does not look comfy.

I find it cozy because it's clean, safe and there's not homeless black people everywhere begging at every traffic light.

>>15801487
same. florida sucks this shit hot as hell

>>15795652
>although, as easy mode, i guess i have it easier
what did you mean by this

Comiket is certainly not cosy

Being around otaku is not cosy

After-work nomikai are not cosy

>>15801487
>>15815797

Many areas of Japan are humid like Florida in summer, but it typically doesn't go over 100F in my area, which is a plus.

Downside is people don't believe in central heat + A/C or insulating their homes + businesses. It's not like FL where you walk into a store and the A/C is blasting and you need a jacket. There also aren't big thunderstorms which I miss.

In winter I'm dying here because I can't handle walking to work in 30F low humidity and working in buildings with no heat.

Been living in the suburbs of Tokyo for two months now.

It's pretty damn cozy. Everything just works, and the only damage you see on public property is rust or natural wear and tear without the nasty graffiti.

My most negative experience during the day is from some lazy konbini cashier that can't be assed to enunciate basic words/phrases. Which is still better than back in NYC.

Sometimes I walk into random alleys just because they look extremely cozy and I know the scariest thing back there is some fat cat or bugs.

>>15817312
>nasty graffiti
Obviously you've never been to Shibuya.

>>15815808
hes probably a chink or something

>>15817339
I said suburbs. Does Shibuya look like a suburb?

>>15817346
im chink

>>15817312
You also use the Odakyu line?

The only place I have seen Graffiti in Tokyo is inbetween Yoyogi uehara and Shinjuku station

Funny how 99% of it is written in English

>cozy

More like sleepy

>>15815808
>>15817346
>>15817771

Is what respect is it easier?

I think the Nips hated the Chinks and vice versa?

>>15817408
>Does Shibuya look like a suburb?

Yes.

>>15819711
significantly easier to learn jap
you look like them (harder to spot a chink in japan than a whitey)
you are geographically closer
etc

I'm glad I found this thread to snap me out of my fantasies. I'm job searching with the goal of relocating to a new environment, and I can't help but want to move to Japan. If only I watched more American films growing up, then I'd probably be happy with the country I'm in.

>>15801296
unlimited kek

>>15820412
But the fact that all those dirty nips look down on you can't be compared with this.

>>15817312
>walk into random alleys just because they look extremely cozy and I know the scariest thing back there is some fat cat or bugs.

This is something I really really want to do when I go to Tokyo. Just put on some relaxing music and get lost for a day.

>>15819711
I wish this meme would die already.

The only hating is done by the old generations that can't let sleeping dogs lie.

Before I even discovered anime I've always thought Japan is cozy. My family lived in a 100 year old traditional Japanese house in the countryside in a place called Sakahogi. We had a huge garden surrounded with bamboo trees and stone lanterns. I miss wandering at night and getting a drink from a lone standing vending machine in the middle of nowhere or sitting on the porch eating watermelon on a hot sunny day. When I think about it these are all scenes straight out of a slice of life anime. Even though anime makes you feel goos and cozy a lot of it is taken from reality. Unfortunately we had economic problems and had to sell the house. It's gone now and somebody crammed 4 new houses on that land.

>>15822515
I'm sorry. Your old home sounded really nice.

>>15792475
More or less. Like this anon said >>15792493 you can find beauty in your own city too. The world itself is a beautiful place anon.

>>15822675
>you can find beauty in your own city too.

Maybe some few nice spots while I can walk around Tokyo in Google Street View and never be bored.

>>15823327
>I'm a white, blonde, pale skinned female.

What on you doing on /jp/ then?

>>15821702
the japs look down on everyone equally (maybe a little more on the coreans), but they won't know your a grimy chink unless you go out of your way to show that you are
if you're a whitey, you can't really hide it

>>15821702
>>15824131

Not sure meme or not but apparently they can tell from the mannerisms and the accent in which the words are spoken.

In other words hard to "hide" if you plan to take part in everyday life.

I find Japan to be comfy around this time of year (late august- early September), probably because it was the time I found out about 4chan and anime 4 years ago.

>>15823878
It's certainly strange that some woman is here blogging and posting images from her facebook, but I can't say I'm surprised any more. This was a /trv/ thread from the beginning, anyway.

>>15823327
>Taking the train is so relaxing
Agreed. The gentle rocking can potentially lull you into sleep, but you struggle to stay awake to watch the scenery go by.

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>>15823327
>facebook
>blog
>btw im a grill
GTFO
I've also been to Japan and you don't see me having my own blog thread, bitch

>>15825121
In the Japanese thread they're unironically talking about child rearing...

>>15825201
but we would like to hear your own blog

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>>15825201
I love your blog!
Subscribed!

Today I burned a tofu! It was a blast!
Your turn!

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Am at Japan atm. Can contribute some comfiness.

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Japan really is comfy.

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Japan could only ever be cozy if you are a NEET
living in the countryside. It's about as comfy as concrete if you
live a normal-man's life here, especially in the city.

>>15795652
How easy or hard is to get a job and live in Osaka? I've always wanted to move there.

>>15825840
I feel like I need to report this image for being toddlercon.

I'm an east asian culture otaku: I wonder if anyone here has photos not only of Japan, but of Korea, Vietnam, China, or Mongolia.

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>>15821562
Well, I watched a lot of american movies growing up, and as a kid, it seemed like a vibrant, cool place, with cool people. But I got disillusioned as I got older, probably because of those 500 pound walrus type shows, retarded sjw news debates, and the cooking shows where everything just has to have "a crunch". Just fuck off, and give me back my gnarly, backwards cap, rollerblading utopia back.

>>15831852
I also mourn the 90s.

>>15829555
I have this Nat Geo book on China from the 80s that's pretty cool. Tons of nice images. I imagine everything in there is extremely dated, though.

There's this douchy sperg on youtube who lives in China that I enjoy. Sometimes has interesting takes on things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVMbp5-bJAM

Also there's almost always people talking about SEA on /trv/ if you're interested.

>>15822261
Two chink friends and I went to Japan last year, we were eating in some fancy McDonald's in Shibuya and some old lady (like in her 80s) started going apeshit at us for a good 10 minutes while all the kids studying there just looked like they felt sorry for us...

We couldn't stop laughing while she got all up in our burgers and shit lmao

>>15792493
I love my hometown, but it never really felt 'comfy'. Since it was mostly suburban sprawl every house felt isolated on an island of grass. Similarly, most families tended to keep to themselves and anything interesting was pretty far out of the way.

I suppose that's why I like Japan more since I've always found comfort in smaller spaces.

>>15827508
How so?

>>15834819
Did she say anything noteworthy?

>>15795593
>aggressive and confrontational
I find this too. Im often scared to hand in work to someone in fear they will mention to me that Ive done something bad on a previous piece of work.

>>15835908
>>15795593

Perhaps you're simply too submissive?

/jp/ - japanese sociology

Being married is not inherently bad but if you're blogging about it on /jp/ you're probably doing something wrong.

>>15834819

What did you do?

>>15847959

Not him, but it's not like otaku don't marry other otaku.

Little off-topic, because I don't want to start a new thread: what are Japanese policies and attitudes towards immigration?
I've heard rumors about them being xenophobic, but considering the demographic collapse they are going through I suppose they aren't really in a position to go full Trump.
Opinions /jp/?

>>15849545
Depends on the person. I've met a lot of friendly people interested in other cultures, but they do assume you all speak English if you're not Asian. Overall, they seem a little xenophobic when I compare them to my country. Japan is also predominantly one ethnicity, with little diversity so it's not too surprising. I don't feel like people are really aware of how bad the demographic collapse is going to be and how much they'll need immigrants. So far, most immigrants that stay have to have a B.A./higher degree or be married to a Japanese person. The quality of immigrants they have now is a lot higher than what I think they'll have in the future.

>>15849545
I can only talk about two places with any confidence, but.

>Tokyo
Foreigners literally everywhere. You'll see a white guy about as often as you see an asian in any given American city. Nobody gives a fuck. Roppongi is like south africa.

>Okinawa
Military base. Basemen everywhere. Okinawans are the nicest people you'll ever meet, so your heart will sink whenever you hear some gaijin fucked with them.

I assume if you go somewhere like Saitama (suburb to Tokyo, basically), you'll stand out a bit more. If you go even further beyond, I think the only other foreigners you'll meet are some occasional JETS and some tourists.

>immigration
When you hear the word "immigration" in Japan, they aren't thinking europeans. Japanese people think Koreans and Chinese, both of which don't have too great a reputation. Chinese are linked with triads, bad mannered tourists, and illegal immigration and taking advantage of Japanese welfare. Koreans are associated with Chongryon (North Korean sympathizers) and Chosen gakko (North Korean schools within Japan that have pictures of Dictators in every classroom). Recently it was kind of a big thing that the governor of Tokyo said "North Korean schools are not getting public funding," which they were afraid to do for a long time because of accusations of racism. Also, Zainichi Koreans in particular are basically the equivalent of Jews to the Japanese. (High representation in media, corporate world, etc...)

They think you're interesting if you're white. If you're middle eastern, or otherwise brown (not asian, though), you're a curiosity but not as interesting as Europeans.

If you're a brown asian, you're not that interesting.

>>15849973
>Roppongi is like south africa.
What?

>>15849973
>which they were afraid to do for a long time because of accusations of racism

I find this odd. I thought the Japanese were "okay" with "racism" and that it wasn't really a big deal considering their relative homogeneity.

>>15850574
>"okay" with "racism"
what do you mean by that?

It felt cosy to me because the cities were very clean, logically built, and everyone was well mannered to an extreme.

Huge amounts of public conveniences, too.

>>15801342
Let's get married!!

>>15850566
More blacks than whites.

>>15851976
Isn't Roppongi famous for pulling tourists into clubs, overcharging them for their drinks, then threatening tourists if they don't go to the ATM and pay? I've also heard people drinks get drugged more frequently there.

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haruhi kyon house model

>>15801342
Isn't that Hinamizawa?
Do you have death wish?

>>15853597
Wow the real version is actually better than the 2D one.

>>15853597
Where in Japan is that located exactly?

>>15853597
They don't look like each other at all.

>>15854873
Osaka-Kobe

http://www.panoramio.com/user/2010627

>>15855145

Thanks kind anon.

>>15793474
Ok, japan is too cramped for my tastes.

>>15801487
>average of 30 degrees celcius
Hahahaha! I almost pitied you but then i google weather in flordia.
Here it gets to 44° in summer and over 50° in the country.
Lose some weight. It'll make the summers more enjoyable.

>>15849973
>If you're a brown asian, you're not that interesting.
Is it true they like Indians, on account of the past cultural exchange? I'm not really concerned with being interesting, but I am kind of curious about what to expect if I were to move there. From what I've heard it's mostly just an association with spicy curry and Buddha.

>>15792475
Definitely.

Living in Tokyo is stressful anon. I lived there a week for Comiket and everyday I thought, "man, going to Japan is a mistake".

>>15853066
Well yes, and Kabukicho have similar problems.

Friend who lives in Japan says that all those blacks in Kabukicho are illegal aliens.

>>15856953
Is it harder for whites to become illegal aliens in Japan?

>>15856913
I don't think living in Tokyo is any more stressful than living in any other megalopolis, or even any other big cities.

>>15792475
Probably not. There's something to a lot of Japanese aesthetic that tends to evoke that kind of feeling it seems, at least for some people. I've heard it described as a nostalgic feeling too.

Other countries with a distinct look tend to evoke roughly similar feelings for different people too, whether it's remote mountain villages in China or the scenic parts of Paris' and Amsterdam's river banks.

Just don't make the mistake of thinking all of Japan is like your favorite places, it has its highs and lows like everywhere.

>>15792475
Japan has a certain nostalgic rusticism that comes from being a rapidly-modernized country that never had time to really grow out of the old ways. You see it in a lot of other recently-industralized Asian countries and in some places in Europe which were traditionally more agrarian or backwards until the last century. It's a sort of omnipresent nostalgia that comes with being a very old, less eminent country that people in North America particularly generally aren't all that familiar with.

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>>15850574

No one is "okay" with racism. Despite how 4chan is and a lot of anons seem to forget this, but being called a racist is still one of the most damaging things that can happen to your reputation, period.

>>15857070

Whites aren't big guys that make for easy yakuza muscle.

>>15857317

That's more because every time things got comfortable and normal in North America (especially the US, but Mexico's history as well), everything gets shaken up and then suddenly shit moves forward really fast. We're not used to long periods of things staying the same, we're used to maybe 10 years at best of being the same, then being forcefully shifted into the next cultural era in our nation's history. And this happens in a cycle, every time.

>>15858305
If you mean that America, and the left Angloshpere to a lesser extent, has become utterly psychotic about what they perceive as racism, to the point that the accusation is enough to condemn and discussing what constitutes racism and why it happens has become impossible, then yes you're right.

>being called a racist is still one of the most damaging things that can happen to your reputation, period.

You seem to be an example of that.

Fortunately things differ greatly elsewhere, Japan being only one example.

>>15858426

No I mean like actual racism and having that charge against you. Unless you're in a place where a certain group is such a social pariah that no one in the society questions said racism, being labelled as a racist for your views is in fact very bad, especially if it's true. It says a lot about you as a person.

>>15858305
>but being called a racist is still one of the most damaging things that can happen to your reputation, period.
citation needed

>>15792475
I'm from Germany, and I've never felt as much at home in another country before when I visited.

It's somehow safe, orderly and European, but also exotic and Asian, plus everything is tightly packed.

I especially liked Takamatsu and the Seto Inland Sea islands - it had this nostalgic feeling, like the Italy I went on holiday to as a child.

>>15858579
It's pretty common in many places.

Japanese people are intensely disliked in most of China and a lot of Korea still. Zainichi Koreans are despised in Japan because of decades of North Korean fuckery. It's a bad idea to be a mainland Chinese in Singapore.

Here in sunny Europe, immigrants from Maghreb and Turkey absolutely fucking hate each others.

All of these are socially acceptable in the circles where it happens. Thinking racism is uncommon is the view of someone rather sheltered.

>>15859454
https://vndb.org/v19829

>>15859480
Thanks

>>15858305
I'm okay with racism, you fucking commie.

>>15858670
>>15859588

I don't think it's wrong to hate someone, but I think people should hate each other as individuals. At least then the hate is a personal thing.

>Thinking racism is uncommon is the view of someone rather sheltered.

It's not that I think it's uncommon, it's that I think holding such views is a sign of not being a very intelligent person. It's for most people holding on to old hates passed down to them, not ones they developed themselves (hence why I don't exactly fault someone who was in a Vietnamese prison camp having problems with Vietnamese people, even if I think they shouldn't dislike ALL Vietnamese people over that). To me it says that a lot of people never grew out of the petty tribal disputes they started out with, which is what nations are supposed to do once they become big enough that they affect more than just their immediate surroundings.

>>15858642

In most western countries it can cost you your job if there's some truth behind it. Now I think that's wrong because even if I disagree with racism, I think free speech should protect you unless you're saying at this shit at your job, but still.

>>15858305
Plenty of people are, you need to socialize more and get out of your personal social group

Don't talk for everyone, casual racism is normal to my family

This thread isn't cozy at all.

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>>15860122
Then make it cozy.

>>15860023
I make racistic jokes, but I would never judge someone by that alone. I think the worrying cases are the ones who seem visibly disgusted by mention of some group they don't like. It's probably more common in the developing world, for example the Malay-Chinese-Indian triangle.

>>15822261
is it worse being white in Japan though?

>>15834411
It's a good video. It's kind of comfy too even if he takes on some difficult topics too.

>>15860084
The difference is I don't think he's actually racist. He just says things with no filter than can sometimes make him come across as such, but I think he's not actually prejudiced because that gets in the way of making potential profit.

I make the distinction between simply being called racist, and actually being racist.

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>>15856516
doubt.jpg

>>15860015
you are a good person with good opinions

nice to see on this website of all places

>>15860165
No man can fight the rising tide.

>>15860015
>It's not that I think it's uncommon, it's that I think holding such views is a sign of not being a very intelligent person.

It's easy to think people holding different views are merely dumb and you enlightened. It's also a thought terminating cliche.

If what you say is true then ending racism would be a fairly trivial matter of education. That is not reflected in reality.

It's easy, trivial even to grow personal hate through animosity. The bulk racism is built up through various grievances, and most of those grievances are real. Dealing with racism means attempting to solve disputes where both sides are in the right, a next to impossible proposition.

>To me it says that a lot of people never grew out of the petty tribal disputes they started out with

Watch the current American election cycle, it's just blue vs red ingroup/outgroup dynamics all the way (especially for the blue tribe since it's been leading for a while). People are unable to grow out of tribe mentality.

Abandoning this isn't a good social move either, hence why people loose jobs there just for being called racist: it's driven by blue tribe mentality.

>In most western countries it can cost you your job if there's some truth behind it.

Mostly in America. And even then, just like everywhere else it's acceptable to be racist as long you hate the right target, which in the US would be white people when the blue tribe leads and black people when the red tribe leads.

>>15860821
>It's easy to think people holding different views are merely dumb and you enlightened. It's also a thought terminating cliche.

This isn't about simply different views, it's about viewpoints that I see as inherently immoral.

>If what you say is true then ending racism would be a fairly trivial matter of education.

No, because you can't "fix" people like that, they have to do it themselves.

>Dealing with racism means attempting to solve disputes where both sides are in the right, a next to impossible proposition.

It's not always both sides being in the right.

>And even then, just like everywhere else it's acceptable to be racist as long you hate the right target

Just because it's acceptable by society doesn't mean it's right. I know this comes across as cultural supremacy on my end, but I don't care, societies that don't have that are BETTER. Hating a group on principle and not the individuals in it that have personally wronged you is to me wrong on a fundamentally moral level and goes against everything love thy neighbour as thyself stands for.

>>15860821
>>15861716
nobody cares about your individual stances on societal organization and personal morality you sanctimonious fucking gits

go have your sociology 101 discussion somewhere else

>>15861744
No one is using this thread for anything else though.

>>15861771

People ran out of real life images made into anime.

>>15861716
>inherently immoral.

Um and what defines what is moral vs immoral?

>>15861716
>Just because it's acceptable by society doesn't mean it's right. I know this comes across as cultural supremacy on my end, but I don't care, societies that don't have that are BETTER.

So in your view which societies are "better" and which are "inferior"?

>>15824450
This.

>>15801487
don't go to new england, the people are assholes

it's also unbearably cold

Virginia is nice

comfy if you're not Japanese

I could imagine it feeling a bit claustrophobic if you are though

>Western culture is very aggressive and confrontational

Totally agree. It seems like the average person views anyone they dont know as an enemy. Driving down the road and the other drivers are overly aggressive assholes. Go in to the grocery store and all the other shoppers and employees are hostile. Etc.

Of course whether you accept that as true probably depends on a lot of how you are viewed by others. Some tough looking guy or attractive woman probably has very different experiences with the general public than say a dorky wimpy looking guy or a fat unattractive woman would. So YMMV.

>>15822515

Live in a Japanese city, now?

>>15860015

You sound ridiculously sheltered, anon.

The human mind excels at pattern recognition. This allows it to shortcut certain calculations before getting to know someone further. As long as people don't necessarily act on it in an especially negative way, this is completely natural.

For example -- go to a popular tourist destination in Tokyo -- let's take the Imperial Palace. Hear a loud gathering of people shouting, throwing trash, and spitting? 99% (I really do not even think I am exaggerating) of the time, it is going to be Chinese.

Racism as a negatively connotated codified concept hasn't even existed for much more than a century, as far as I know.

>>15883803
>>15883803
Of course that is all true. Be careful with mental shortcuts though when you're judging a billion people in one go.

>>15850566
Probably something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfkDzXuWhkk

>>15793474
What is this?

File: Japan 029.jpg (111KB, 922x691px) Image search: [Google]

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I raise your cozy with my meme scene

File: Tokyo.jpg (458KB, 1600x898px) Image search: [Google]

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Personally find Tokyo to be cozy on its own right. Really like the way the entire city look from street view.

>>15886881
Multiculturalism in Japan?

>>15889646
Just a jap tourist surprised to see different colored people.

>>15792493
Seattle is p comfy desu.

>>15888759
Was that photo taken at 11:05am?

>>15798336
I'm not speaking for everyone but this is the case for me, went here and it just doesn't live up. But I still really love it and everyday can be made full of adventures if you want it to be. It's not worse than I imagined it, it's just not what I imagined.

>>15805164
Nice, more retro japan pics please.

>>15887729
Depending on how you split it up, Tokyo has a population of between 9 to 38 million. Either way there's 38 million people living very close together and that's what it looks like from above.

>>15888759
cute umbrella

>>15900064
>9 to 38 million
Whats with the large range?

Also like a third of the population lives in one area? Think of the population loss if something bad happens in the area.

>>15792475
yes.

>>15901973
>Whats with the large range?
It depends on what you define as Tokyo when talking about the population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area#Various_definitions_of_Tokyo.2C_Greater_Tokyo_.26_Kant.C5.8D

Is there a decent gay community in Japan?

>>15906735
Not at all.

>>15906735
>>15907803
Yes there is.

>>15792475
>real world becomes "cozy" when i take off my glasses

>>15861716
LoL, what hugbox do you live in?

>>15914249
/jp/

>>15801342
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirakawa,_Gifu_(village)

Minka.

Awesome.

Sometimes I think the people who designed the Japanese language must be retarded.

>>15919227
White pig go home!

Is there an anki deck out there specifically for sexual terms?

>>15919227
No, they were just Japanese.

All these pictures look indistinguishable from pictures of some places in Australia.