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The Three Japanese Cultures

Posted on June 12, 2022 by bakatsundoku

Hi!  It’s been a while since I posted here, so I have a lot to say.  Truth be told, I don’t really think I’m fond of the blogging method of expressing myself, but I haven’t come up with anything better yet.  I’m working on it, though!  First, an update. The

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Japanese, Personal, Pop Culture, Social Justice Anime, cosplay, cultural appropriation, culture, japanese, kawaii, otaku Leave a comment

Kawaii

Posted on August 28, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Kawaii may be the only real Japanese word many people know. And they really don’t know what it means. It’s usually translated as “cute”. And that’s one of the meanings, for sure. Maybe it’s even the primary meaning. But that’s not really what it means. They actually have another word

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Uncategorized childlike, culture, cute, innocence, Japan, japanese, kawaii, weeaboo, weeb Leave a comment

The Shallowness of Japanese Culture

Posted on August 12, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I promised in an earlier post that I would stop complaining about things I don’t like about Japan or Japanese culture. I am keeping that promise. This post is not intended to be as much a criticism about Japanese culture, as using that topic as a springboard into a deeper

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Uncategorized consciousness, culture, Japan, love, materialism 1 Comment

Weeb

Posted on August 8, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Let’s get back to basics, I suppose. From the very moment I began learning Japanese, and even before, I became aware of a specific breed of person – one that I instinctively had very little respect for. This type of person was called a “weeb”, which is short for “weeaboo”.

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Uncategorized culture, Japan, japanese, weeaboo, weeb 2 Comments

I Think I Messed up.

Posted on August 8, 2021 by bakatsundoku

… but I’m not sure I could have done it any differently. This blog originated with a single premise: a Gaijin learning Japanese. Not much more to it than that. I was learning Japanese, about the Japanese culture, and for some reason I wanted to share it. Probably something to

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Uncategorized Anime, culture, Japan, karoushi, kawaii, manga, population decline, salaryman Leave a comment

Japanese Culture: The Seduction of Exoticism

Posted on June 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Over the past few years, My thoughts on Japanese culture have taken a very definite arc. I started out with a general sense of admiration, but then decided that I wanted to learn more about their language and culture. I immersed myself into learning as much as I could about

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Uncategorized culture, escapism, Japan, otaku, weeaboo Leave a comment

“Work Hard, Play Hard”?  Run.

Posted on May 10, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I have something that many people seem to consider a personality flaw – but less so as I grow older. When I was a child, I believed it was important to have “professional” relationships.  Specifically, when I would go to an event where a specific thing was to happen, I

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Uncategorized corporate culture, corporations, culture, professionalism, stupidity, workplace Leave a comment

Vtubers confuse me

Posted on December 3, 2020 by bakatsundoku

So lately, I’ve found a subset of Japanese culture called vtubers. This really wasn’t voluntary, and they confuse the snot out of me. As near as I can tell, they are different anime-like characters that are voiced and acted by real people, they have different personalities, and they stream. Like,

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Uncategorized culture, inugami korone, japanese, korone, vtubers 2 Comments

Ancient

Posted on October 3, 2020 by bakatsundoku

My first exposure to Japanese was watching idol group variety shows, so I guess it’s somewhat forgivable that that is generally the lens through which I see Japanese culture. Their culture, as it currently is, is defined by a mishmash of their own culture and language and some very powerful

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Uncategorized culture, japanese, rakugo Leave a comment

Gaijin

Posted on June 18, 2020 by bakatsundoku

I heard a story. This is a story that appeared on one of the Reddit subreddits that are dedicated to stories.  It could have been MaliciousCompliance, or ProRevenge.  I can’t remember.  It’s not important. Our protagonist was working at a Japanese company somewhere in California.  The managers there were Japanese

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Uncategorized culture, gaijin, Japan, japanese Leave a comment
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