Manners
Some foreigners
say that Japanese culture shows
a great
amount of respect
for others. It makes me feel proud of my country. The situation however appears to be
changing.
At night
on the train
s, especially on the weekend
s, there are many Japanese people speaking loud
ly with peers and talking
on the
ir phones
. There are even a few
that are puking on the train! It seem
s that the Japanese culture of respecting others
is disappearing. On the other hand, several foreigners behave
d themselves as if they
have learned
about traditional Japanese culture.
If
the foreigners
come to Japan
to expecting to see
people acting well-mannered Japanese cultures, the
y situation must have taken them might be surprised. It
shouldn't be like
this. Hopefully,
these types of bad
public behavior
in public will not be
carried on by the younger generations and
will be improve
d by
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
so that not to surprise visitors
won't be surprised in
a negative way.
I think that
these types of bad
public behavior
s in public are rampant because many Japanese people are unwilling to
express what they
really think
with one another. The question is
, why
are they
so unwilling
to do the right thing?do right things. It might be relate
d to bullying, one of the biggest problem
s in Japan. In
my next notebook entry, further analysis would be discussed from my point of view.