Japanese Culture

I like Japanese culture, and I also like Chinese culture a whole lot. Maybe it’s because of the apperance of the magical beings in that culture. How do I get more in tune with both cultures in all aspects?

Talk to people who are part of those cultures- different people can be part of different sub-cultures so theses so much to engage in. Theres only so much you can learn from a culture text-book style, so you got to experience them- perhaps visit those places. Cinema is a good way to go, but learning the languages (manderin, cantonese, japanese) would probably get you more in tune with the cultures.

I really want to have a masters degree in petroleum engineering and a bachelors degree in the Japanese language. Is something like this hard to do?

You can do both at the same time as long as the school that you attend offers both./

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What are your opinions as to why this is. By the way I’m not saying all Japanese are xenophobic or racist, but everyone knows about the general Japanese feelings about foreigners.

I certainly don’t think Japanese dislike foreigners at all. I have lived here for 4 years already and have been treated with nothing but kindness.

I also don’t think Japanese don’t want foreigners to enter the job market here – in face many large companies are actively recruiting foreigners – Sony’s aim is 30% of the new workforce in Japan should be non-Japanese. The thing is, most foreigners don’t understand Japanese well, and ultimately non-Japanese are more likely to leave the country and desert the company than a Japanese national. If Japanese companies think twice about hiring foreigners, it is for there reasons rather than xenophobia.

Anyway, that’s beside the point. I think the questioner is making faulty assumptions.

I’m writing something and would like to know. Basically I need to be able to say they look similar, are similar, or dont look anything like business buildings etc in America.

I think Japanese and American buildings look similar.

I don’t think there are many "restaurant building" in Japan. A restaurant is in a building. But a building is not only for a restaurant.

Hey guys,
i am going to japan for a week next week and i need a list of the main places i should see.
this is my schedule:
2 days in tokyo
1 day hakone
1 day hiroshima
1 day nara
2 days kyoto

now what are the main places i will be able to see in these places in the time that i have. also for each of the cities, what are the main tours/day passes available?

information would be appreciated!

thanks a lot

Some great places there that should be on any travel schedule to Japan.

Tokyo – Asakusa district famous for Sensoji temple and Nakamise shopping street; Meiji Shrine; The Imperial Palace; Ginza and Harajuku.

Kyoto – Kiyomizudera; Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion); Ginkakuji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion); Nijo Castle; and Heian Shrine.

Hiroshima – Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Peace Memorial Museum, Genbaku Dome (Atomic Bomb Dome), Hiroshima-jo castle and Miyajima.

Nara – Todai-ji (???) or Great Eastern Temple.

I’m Chinese overseas, I like both countries, both cultures are great, the food, technology, and stuffs… I notice that most of Japan’s manga (comic) are inspired by China’s story, which’s an evidence that Japan respect China culture very well….

But how do Japanese treat Chinese (Born in Japan, emigrant etc) living in Japan? Do they look down at them or treat them just as well as everyone?

Also, can Japanese tell those who’re Japanese and those who aren’t (Korean, Chinese etc)?

have you heard or read any histories of Japanese invaded in Singapore and China?

During my grandparents times, Japanese bitterly hate Chinese people so much. As much as they wanted to kill them. They will like chop off their heads right after they saw them in front of their very eyes. O.O

But now its so different, it seems like the Japanese people are kinda respect the Chinese people. And they don’t mind if they want to stay in their country. But most of all, the Chinese people must learn how to speak Japanese language in order to stay in Japan.

I know the Japanese have a lot of unity,tradition, and social order.Is there a word for it?

I would say ?? (shuukan) which means custom.

So I added the Japanese language input onto my computer. But when I try to type in Japanese all that comes up is the English letters even when the input setting is on Japanese. Does anyone know how I could fix this?

If you’re talking about the language bar, the IME standard input thing, then this is easy to answer.

Is your language bar minimised onto the Taskbar? If so, click on it and select, "Show the Language bar." In the Japanese setting, you will see a long bar of options. One should show a capital A—this is the input setting.

When it’s showing the A, it means it’s set to Romaji. Click on it and select what you want, whether it’s Hiragana or Katakana. I had this problem at first, too.

Usage note: When it’s set to hiragana, it will automatically search for the kanji equivalent of a word when you’re done typing it. Simply press Enter to keep it in hiragana, Space to browse options.

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Hope that helps.