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Originally Posted by XxBiancaxX
Arg!! here where i live... there are a lot of people who claim that japan is the best culture in the world... and there is nothing wrong about that thinking... but... to say that only because the anime and manga??... OMG... that reaaaaally bothers me...
I'm studing Psychology and im dying to go to japan so i can study at the Osaka university because they teach a lot of things that my university doesnt have... also i want to observe whit my own eyes all the cultural presure that my japanese friends told me that the japanese comunity holds... thats because im doing a research about that and im really interested about the topic...
I love japan because when i was a little girl my nani was japanese and she told me a lot of things about her country(good and bad thing like eeeeevery culture that exists have)... she made me fall in love of her culture 
I hate that for people that loves japan because of the anime, there are a lot of stereotypes that affect all the people that want to go to Japan for good reasons...
I hope that u guys dont hate me because of my opinion :P!!
SORRY FOR THE BAAAAAAD ENGLISH.... T-T |
Sadly, most people are first exposed to Japan either by electronics/automobile or their pop-culture. The interest has to start somewhere, and there is nothing wrong if the interest stems from pop-culture. But what really intrigued me is how can people just decide that they love all aspect of the country after just limited pop exposure? I mean, if you think about sequences its more like: Anime/Manga > More Anime/Manga > I love japan and want to move there
I just think that the proper way to do it is: Anime/Manga > Visit Japan > Like it enough > Do more research on the country > Do love it, lets move there (Or Anime/Manga > Do more research > Visit > Move)
Or like yourself, other valid reason.
basically, don't just say "i want to move to japan" after watching several episode of naruto, and claim that "I am interested in their culture".
If you do a search on the "living in Japan" forum, you will find a LOT of idiots saying that "Japanese Culture" is the reason why they want to move there, while you can tell they know nothing about Japanese culture....
Edit: Look up "Funk Fujiyama" on youtube, its a song from the 80s by Kome Kome Club, that pretty much summarize what limited knowledge most foreigner has about Japan: Samurai, Geisha, Sushi, Mt Fuji, Harakiri
The song is a pun on foreigners, but I really don't think its far off