Real Japanese culture to me? What I live on a daily basis. I don`t really think I have any elaborate image of "Japanese culture" as a whole, just a combination of various things through daily life.
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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
How is this unique to the Japanese? All "cultures" have elements within it that were originally borrowed or copied and modified as well as moments when they have been "reimagined"
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I think that when people point this out in regard to Japan, it is the short length of time it takes / has taken for things to be go from completely foreign to irrevocably Japanese. Things can go from being completely unknown in Japan to being a deeply ingrained part of life in a very short period of time - and often ending up with a Japanese enough flair to make it unique. Or at the very least, to make it seem as if it had always been there.
I don`t really think that any
specific part of Japanese culture is unique - it all exists elsewhere in some form or another. I don`t think that anyone would debate this. It`s the specific combination of the traits that is unique to Japan.