After spending years learning the language then living in Japan for 30 years, I can truly say that I love Japan. Besides Star Wars — which is inspired by Japan in many roundabout ways — the main theme of my life has been trying to get closer to this weird and wonderful island country, and helping others do the same through J-List. I asked J-List’s Facebook and Twitter followers to share why they loved Japan, and here are some of the reasons we received!
https://twitter.com/jlist/status/1462292207248060418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Why Do You Love Japan? J-List Customers Share Their Reasons!
The quality of the public transport system and the low cost, high-quality food.
Public transportation. Great food. Bidets.
Making fun and cute cartoons, video games, and rock music. The food is really good.
Drifting is why I love Japan.
Oh idk… They have better convenience stores. Some bathrooms have a seat warmer and toilets that rinse your booty hole. Mos Burger. Sukiya.
Akihabara, the trains and surprisingly good noodles at train stations.
I love random flavors they put on everything that is edible.
2D waifus and hentai are why I love Japan. There, I said it.
Professional customer service. They will help you with your problems regarding purchases.
Tommy Lee Jones? Mark Hamil? Hellen Keller? Read our blog post about 14 people who have an interesting connection to Japan!
Anime, food, games, music. JAV stars like Ichka Matsumoto.
Just everything, the culture, the food, the media, the women!
Why Do I Love Nihon? Hmm, Let Me See…
While pulling together everyone’s feedback from social media, I tried to boil down the core reasons that I personally love Japan. I would say there are five:
The Japanese people. If there’s a more polite, humble and hardworking people on Earth, I can’t think who they might be. Living in Japan has been an extremely pleasant experience for me over the years, and in the course of running J-List, it’s been great to be able to work alongside such hardworking people.
The Safety and Peace of Mind Japan Offers. Being able to walk anywhere in a city, to lose your wallet and know that it will almost surely find its way to the local police station so it can be returned to us, even in the chaos of Shibuya’s famous Halloween rowdiness, is outstanding.
The Blending of Old and New. On my first day here I was marveling at all the things they had in my local Seven-Eleven. I went behind the convenience store to explore some more, expecting to see more modern buildings, but was surprised to find a small Buddhist temple that was several hundred years old. The ability to find modern products, architecture and technology standing beside beautiful buildings of cultural significance is something I’ll never stop loving.
Japanese Pop Culture. Although it started out as a weird underground hobby, practiced by early fans who didn’t mind gathering once a month at their local anime club to watch cartoons in a language we couldn’t understand with no subtitles, anime has become the “default OS” of many people around the world, uniting us in ways not seen before. I love the many ways anime, manga and gaming culture have changed the world, telling stories that no other medium could ever tell. Also, the way ecchi visual themes are built into Japan’s pop culture offer a welcome emergency steam valve for people living in sexually repressed countries.
The “Otherness” of Japan. I love the way Japan always offers a source of totally new ideas, whether it’s the random things we see on Japanese TV or completely new kinds of stories we encounter in anime. I hope Japan never stops being such a weird country.
Thanks for reading this blog post exploring the reasons why all of us love Japan. What makes the country special to you? Tell us below, or on Twitter!
We’ve got great news! J-List has started our Cyber Sale, and you can get $10 or $30 off all orders, with no limitations at all. It’s the perfect time to make that special order for awesome products from Japan you’ve had your eye on! The discount is applied automatically, with no code to enter. So start browsing our new and restocked products now!
