First Thing That Comes To Mind When You Think Of Japan

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those san, chan, etc words added after someone's name
a very strict social etiquette

Vocaloid, Japanese video games, Black Butler, Attack On Titan, Soul Eater, Sailor Moon, more anime.

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-LegoMaster2149 (Written on November 2, 2017)

Anime

Manga

Sushi

Bowing to others in greeting, which is much better than shaking hands and spreading germs imo.
Kappas

Godzilla

Pokemon

Hello Kitty. most people outside of Asia think she's Japanese for obvious reasons, but according to her backstory she lives in London England. I even read somewhere she's not even really supposed to be a cat. She's, well, a girl.

Always being colorful, quirky and alive. Not dull and boring like where I live.

The bombing of Hiroshima.

Crowded conditions

People wearing masks when they have a cold or flu

Weird and amusing superstitions, like sneezing for no obvious reason means someone, somewhere, is gossiping about you.

Kawaii!

Putting five fingers on characters' hands instead of four, even if they are "cartoony" looking, because there's some kind of Japanese mafia where they chop people's fingers off. Sometimes they even add extra fingers to western characters that normally have four, but I think they're okay with Mickey Mouse.

Sumo wrestlers

Vending machines that sell practically everything, and they're everywhere so you don't even have to go into a store to buy stuff.

People calling any sweet, non-alcoholic fizzy beverage "juice", instead of "pop" or "soda", even when there's nothing close to fruits and/or vegetables in it. Apparently it's supposed to be a kid's beverage, kind of like Kool-aid, but teens and adults often drink it anyway.

Ninjas

Stereotypes like all Japanese people being Ninjas or knowing at least some other kind of martial arts.

Nudity, sexual themes, violence and death not being that big of a deal in animation and video games, unlike American society.

And yet, they censor violence or sexual themes in games made outside of Japan, even though the games are targeted towards adult players and have realistic-looking adult characters committing such acts, while it's perfectly acceptable for their own games to show anime-style 8-year-old-looking girls being barely clothed and in compromising positions. Seriously, what the hey?

Seeing the "man of the moon" as a rabbit. That is why Sailor Moon's Japanese name "Usagi", meaning rabbit, is a bit of a pun.

The two most hated vegetables being carrots and bell peppers. A lot of anime characters really hate them. But they really like broccoli and don't get why it's so hated in western society. So in the movie Inside Out they changed any images of broccoli to green peppers. But I like broccoli *and* carrots. I think most western people just haven't eaten broccoli that's been cooked right, where instead of cooking until it's still bright green and is tender but still firm they boil it until it turns into a greyish mush and tastes gross.

Also one of the minor characters being changed from a moose to a tanooki.

The fact that I might never have known what a tanooki is if it wasn't for their games like Super Mario 3 and Animal Crossing.

Baseball being a popular sport.

People celebrating Christmas, even if they aren't Christian. They don't really care if they aren't, they just see it as a fun and romantic holiday. People over here could learn from that.

Akira Kurosawa and his great films,bonsai,sushi,and the most peaceful gardens,geishas,art,and polite people.
And of course Godzilla.

Kamikaze

then

the Japanese game show Endurance with Clive James taking the piss

then

A spitting image sketch of Japanese taking the piss out of Clive James

toyota...corolla...and phones from motorola.


also, old people! and very low speed limits!


the emperor, wool, kero kero bonito.

Being possibly the healthiest and longest-living people in the world, but also having one of the highest rates of suicide. Contrary to the stereotype, however, very few commit seppuku. Disembowelment is not exactly a fun way to die.

Science, modern technology, and all kinds of wacky gadgets which may or may not have Hello Kitty's face on them.

Robots, fictional ones like Astro Boy or Doremon, or real ones, which are not usually quite as cute and lovable.

Cutey Honey

Tokyo Mew Mew

Ranma 1/2

The college roommate that was Japanese. He had the nerve to accuse me of stealing his precious lil curry.. which I did not do. But who cares? The landlord believed him. He got me evicted. The landlord broke the contract. Gave me 15 days notice to move out. Instead of 30. Almost ended up homeless




Math

Electrical engineering

Sushi

Cram school

Standardized tests

Karate

Conformity

Yakuza

Workaholics

Crowded trains

The flag

The Maneki Neko (Beckoning Cat)
Japanese Bobtail Cats

Bowing

Sino Japanese war

Jujitsu

Aikido

Ikebana

Hiragana

Katakana

Japanese class from high school

Mount Fuji
Geisha
Anime
Sushi
Pokémon

torii gates
jizo statues
tea ceremonies
kabuki
nō
kuzunoha
kitsune
bakeneko
tengu
yūrei