Why Japanese like foreigners I am proud of Japan because it has a unique culture, such as Sushi, Sumo and so on. However, when I live in Canada, sometimes I feel Japanese people are different from pe

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Why Japanese like foreigners I am proud of Japan because it has a unique culture, such as Sushi, Sumo and so on. However, when I live in Canada, sometimes I feel Japanese people are different from people from other countries. I believe that Japan has some problems. Most Japanese are inclined to be shy. When I went to a party, international students enjoyed dancing a lot but the Japanese people, including me, did not do. We just watched and recorded the dance. Of course, I think although it depends on the individuals, Japanese habits lead to this result. We do not have many opportunities to dance. I have never played dancing before. Thus, I envied Latino students, such as Brazilian and Mexican, enjoyed dancing. Additionally, I see Japanese people insecure because we care about mistakes very much. According to newspapers, Japanese students tend to feel no confidence. Also, in my class, I am often awkward in front of classmates and we often think foreigners are better looking than us. That is why some Japanese hope to get married to foreigners. These examples express Japanese people are insecure. I appreciate Japanese culture. Japanese always keep clean and polite. These habits are essential to Japanese. I am proud of these. However, I hope to learn about different cultures because these make me broaden my horizon.

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Why Japanese like foreigners

According to newspapers, Japanese students tend to feel no confidence. Also, in my class, I am often awkward in front of classmates and we often think foreigners are better looking than us. That is why some Japanese hope to get married to foreigners. These examples show that Japanese people are insecure.

I appreciate Japanese culture. Japanese people always keep clean and polite. These habits are essential to Japanese people. I am proud of these. However, I hope to learn about different cultures because these make me broaden my horizons.

Good job! A nice piece of writing.

There's definitely some big culture shocks when it comes to Japanese culture compared to western culture. When I visited Japan, I was amazed by how clean and orderly things were, and I also always felt safe. These are things to take pride in, for sure! While all cultures have faults, there's a lot of things western people envy about Japan :)

Thank you for your comments, Ram-san! This is my opinion based on my own experiences so I apologize to you if you are irritated. I understand what I write may be too much generalization but I hope to practice writing what I want to express. Looking at Japanese insecurity, although there are many outgoing people in Japan, compared to Latino people, I think we tend to be shy. I go to an international language school now. In this school, there are many students from various countries, such as Brazil, Mexico, China, Korea, Vietnam, Kuwait, and so on. The Japanse students who I met here are shy so they don't want to express their opinions positively. However, the students from other countries like to express their opinion. At first, I was surprised at them, I feel the Japanese students do 遠慮, which I cannot explain in English. If you are Japanese, you can understand it. Additionally, I wrote my perspective found on http://www8.cao.go.jp/youth/whitepaper/h26gaiyou/tokushu.html. Please check out this data. Japanse self-esteem was much lower than the other countries. Turning to Japanese people keeping clean, we do not want to leave rubbish. For example, if you use an eraser, you will throw the rubbish of eraser into the trash bin. Of course, I know some Japanese don't do that but I learned that from teachers in an elementary school in Japan and my parents. Sometimes my friends from Korean said to me that it is very polite that is why you are Japanese. Anyway, thank you for sharing with your opinion. This is not a generalization but my opinion.

Yuyasan, this is a clip from FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL in Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpnjqYWBcas I hope you like it ;) I totally disagree with you because, in Japan, I have met lots of very vocal and outspoken Japanese people. Most people who are shy in the presence of others are very expressive in arts and other forms of expression as if these two are the very opposite sides of same coin. I am sure there are foreigners who aim and choose to get married to a Japanese, but such choice is NOT made based on one's insecurity. So, what proof do you have to claim that some Japanese people choose or incline to marry a non-Japanese out of their insecurity!?? I also totally disagree with you about the fact that most Japanese are polite because I have met many rude and arrogant Japanese natives and they had never lived abroad, so I suppose we can regard them as pure Japanese because they hardly know and were uninfluenced by other cultures. There are many Japanese people who keep their homes dirty, so the public places being kept clean is merely because we have the strong sense of cooperation and not because we are clean people but the standard of sense of orderliness and cleanliness is higher thanks to this 'social' attitude we have. Feeling awkward in a group of strange people or a group of foreigners is a natural reaction if you are not used to being in such situation. It has nothing to do with being Japanese. Again, I have hardly met any shy Japanese here in Japan. I don't know where in Japan you are from, but being from Kanto or Kansai or other areas would make such a difference, so you cannot generalize Japanese people like you do. I know many westerners who would hate to dance in a group lol ! When I read your comments, I get this feeling that you are projecting your own tendencies and ideas and generalizing it as 'Japanese' tendencies. It's not only outdated, but also very disturbing and misleading to depict and present one's own culture in such a way I must say.

Why Japanese like foreigners

I am proud of Japan because it has a unique culture, such as Sushi, Sumo and so on. However, when I live in Canada, sometimes I feel Japanese people are different from people from other countries. I believe that Japan has some problems.

Most Japanese are inclined to be shy. When I went to a party, international students enjoyed dancing a lot but the Japanese people, including me, did not do. We just watched and recorded the dance. Of course, I think although it depends on the individuals, Japanese habits lead to this result. We do not have many opportunities to dance. I have never played dancing before. Thus, I envied Latino students, such as Brazilian and Mexican, enjoyed dancing.

Additionally, I see Japanese people insecure because we care about mistakes very much. According to newspapers, Japanese students tend to feel no confidence. Also, in my class, I am often awkward in front of classmates and we often think foreigners are better looking than us. That is why some Japanese hope to get married to foreigners. These examples express Japanese people are insecure.

I appreciate Japanese culture. Japanese always keep clean and polite. These habits are essential to Japanese. I am proud of these. However, I hope to learn about different cultures because these make me broaden my horizon.

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