[sillygodxdisco]

1. japanese people flash the peace sign all the time. 9/10 pictures of japanese people, they'll be having a peace sign. young people, though. not old. =p

2. no there really isn't. you can leave a bike unlocked and it won't be stolen. my friend was telling me how her dad went to tokyo and forgot his camera in a bathroom and it was still there the next day. the crime rate is really low in japan. my dad was comparing japan and america to me. he's like "in the u.s. this year, there are a few thousand people who die from gunshots. in japan, there was 7" or i think it was 12. anyway i was like o_O

3. i don't know.

4. HAHA i accidentally went to kabuki cho in shinjuku [it's a neighborhood] by myself last summer. thank god it was in the morning, but there were creepy men who asked me if i needed help. it's a shady area, and full of like love hotels and hostess clubs.

5. uhm no. the fashion inspired by "cartoons" [anime, manga, etc being the better term] is cosplay. schoolgirl may be cosplay. but goth is inspired by jrock, such as bands malice mizer and moi dix mois.


things i find strange:

1. when i went to harajuku last summer, it was august 12, noon, and about 100 degrees outside. i was at harajuku bridge and saw a girl walking across it wearing a thick black hoodie and black pants and looking pretty comfy, whereas i was sweating like a horse in a tshirt and shorts.
2. how japanese people just don't sweat in general, even though their summers are always 100+ degrees.
3. how all japanese girls are stick thin and have huge eyes but i'm not/ i don't.
4. i never understood where people in tokyo live. in new york city, there are apartment buildings among the other buildings. but in tokyo there aren't any residential buildings. i saw a residential area in roppongi but that's about it.
5. how japanese girls do daily tasks with those long nails.
6. why people think yamanba are attractive.