Japan Standard

TVholic I am. I was lying on bed while last night watching an interesting TV program, that divided commentators into two groups, Japanese and Foreigners whose members have been in Japan for a long time, and was to barter their each information and perception about Japan for the other's.

The survey that threw at foreigners living in Japan was "What is quite different from and strange to you about Japan?" All answers from them was also interestiong, but I don't intend to refer to. There are not a few people living abroad that like the spiritual BUSHIDO peculiar to Japan or sacred materials of OTAKU such as Animations and Maid-cafe getting famous recently. Two backpackers were broadcasted, the formar, a tall American from Texas, likes OTAKU goods with a passion and this time visited Akihabara where is the OTAKU's sanctuary with his eyes childishly shining, in spite of the fact that he couldn't mostly understand Japanese. This guy had a good one through his whole stay. Ahh, probably except the cheap motel that he took since his length didn't adapt its bed's one. Still you comfortable? On the other hand, the latter, an American maybe from California looking like one of my friend, that have been interested in BUSHIDO since he watched the movie, "ZATOICHI", stopped by a Dojyo to do and practice Kendo that is a kind of sport inherited from bloody SAMURAI's doing. I don't mean to have made light and fun of the formar, but I respected the latter and his own interest.

As to this BUSHIDO, a member in the group, Foreigners, remarked BUSHIDO is a so excellent and interesting mind, and sometimes customs, but people of recent make light of it and the spirit is almost extinct. Another in the same group rejected what he said, because this guy was thinking...

"BUSHIDO is never extinct! That's because, when passing the others on everywhere's street, Japanese females estimate the other's clothes and then get pleased with or chagrined by having and wearing the brand products more expensive or cheaper than the other's as a SAMURAI gets pleased with his survial." Such did the commentator explained. Umm, nobody could even open his mouth.

Japan Standard, regarded as BUSHIDO or SHINTOISM, still seems alive deeply in mind of Japanese. Doesn't it?