Japan is becoming overly internationalised and globalised. “Globalisation is the global movement, and control, of products, capital, technologies, people and images. It increasingly takes place through the work of organisations, perhaps the most powerful of which are multinational corporations.” McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, United Colors of Benetton, Apple, The Body Shop are just some examples of multinational corporations which one can find in Japan. To me Japan seems to be more americanised than globalised. More and more Japanese people are choosing American style sports, clothes, food and music. Japanese students prefer to do American sports and dance as opposed to doing something traditional Japanese. For them it is not cool to do tea ceremony, traditional Japanese dancing, ikebana…
On the first photo you can see the Statue of Liberty in America Mura, Osaka. Ame-mura is famous for being a place for observing some of the ridiculous clothing choices of Japanese youth culture. Ame-mura is a Japanese interpretation of the U.S. There are many Western-style restaurants, clubs, American clothing shops.
On the first photo you can see the Statue of Liberty in America Mura, Osaka. Ame-mura is famous for being a place for observing some of the ridiculous clothing choices of Japanese youth culture. Ame-mura is a Japanese interpretation of the U.S. There are many Western-style restaurants, clubs, American clothing shops.
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Nice pictures. I agree with you in that some of the juxtapositions are a little disturbing... but I am old and cynical.
Where does your quote come from?
Do you think that all Japanese students have to have traditional Japanese hobbies and interests? There are a wide variety of clubs and circles on campus and most of them seem Japanese in nature to me. And when they do adapt things from other countries (America) they most certainly put a Japanese spin on them.
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