Written by: Manip Maharjan - 2022009, Grade X
Posted on: 14 December, 2020
Japanese culture is a culture where the smallest of things have certain rules and regulations to maintain. My obsession with Japanese cultures stems from watching and binging a lot of Japanese anime, movies, and seeing the unique art structure, and the eccentric history and landmarks. Japanese culture has been spreading around the world at a very rapid rate thanks to the different art forms of Japan and the different landmarks and animes. My obsession with Japanese culture stands from watching a lot of anime and various Japanese monuments. Japan is also known as the land of the rising sun has various eccentric and unique cultures that set it apart from the different cultures around the world.
My obsession with Japanese culture started when I watched an anime named One piece being one of the first anime that I watched. I was very intrigued by the whole art structure and the animation of the anime. At first, I only watched anime and other things but after watching anime, l found some culture in Japan which was quite odd but interesting. Japanese cultures’ hints were thrown around in many anime and after watching various anime you could see some representation of the culture in real life. The thing I was most intrigued by was the politeness of people in Japan. Yes, every country has its fair share of good guys and bad guys but in Japan, the word politeness was taken to a whole new level. You could see this by the lack of violence in Japan. According to Vox in 2011, Japan’s intentional homicide rate was 0.3 per 100,000 people, while America's rate was 4.7 per 100,000 people. You could see the whopping difference here. Japan is one of the safest countries to be in and also the people are raised in such a way that they are very considerate about the people and their surroundings.
The Japanese culture spread around the world thanks to its economic boom which happened in the 80s and 90s. Japanese products like Nintendo and Toyota have been a household name not only in Asia but in the entirety of the world. Japan is famous not only for their anime and the love for etiquette and rules but also their unique way of life and food. Everything in Japan is very flashy. The people who are not from Japan or people who are not accustomed to the culture are very intrigued due to their unique way of life. Their food like sushi or mochi and landmarks such as Fukushima castle and its iconic Mt Fuji Japan is renowned for the various odd cultures which we find odd and impressive at the same time. The Japanese culture has been refined throughout the millennia and due to its rich history, it is way unique, unlike the US which was formed no less than 400 years ago.
To sum up, Japanese culture has been ingrained not only in Japan but in the entirety of the world.
