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[Off-Topic] Are you a Wapanese?

I am not, and frankly I take some offense to the statement that Japanese culture is more rich than western cultures.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of America.
It's a nation controlled by the media

I must say I have been interested in learning more about Japan's Buddhist and Shinto history and beliefs.

Oh, and yes. Japanese culture is more rich than Western cultures because people seem to separate it from everything else. From anime to J-Pop to J-Rap - Japanese media is separated from everything else. What's the difference from Pop music to J-Pop music?

KyuuA4 wrote:

Oh, and yes. Japanese culture is more rich than Western cultures because people seem to separate it from everything else. From anime to J-Pop to J-Rap - Japanese media is separated from everything else. What's the difference from Pop music to J-Pop music?

The difference is that J-pop is sung in Japanese....<_<
There's also Brit-pop, so it's not like Japan is the only place separated like that.

Unique is a more proper term, as y'don't really see it duplicated elsewhere.

DKong wrote:

KyuuA4 wrote: Oh, and yes. Japanese culture is more rich than Western cultures because people seem to separate it from everything else. From anime to J-Pop to J-Rap - Japanese media is separated from everything else. What's the difference from Pop music to J-Pop music? The difference is that J-pop is sung in Japanese....<_< There's also Brit-pop, so it's not like Japan is the only place separated like that.

There's pop in nearly all modern countries. And J-pop is pretty much a caricature of American pop; it takes the primary characteristics of American pop and exaggerates them, oftentimes to unintentional comedic effect.

Here's one fun filled fact no one has brought up. so many people here in this thread are like "Japan is so pro," "Japan's culture is so much more awesomer then everywhere yo" but yet they are influenced by us here in America just as much. There are tons of American cultural ideas that make there way there. Yes they have some very nice cultural backgrounds and history in Japan but don't forget they borrow from other cultures themselves.

But for me, rich doesn't mean superior. It simply means that it's more interesting for me and worth my time to study it.

Here's one fun filled fact no one has brought up. so many people here in this thread are like "Japan is so pro," "Japan's culture is so much more awesomer then everywhere yo" but yet they are influenced by us here in America just as much. There are tons of American cultural ideas that make there way there. Yes they have some very nice cultural backgrounds and history in Japan but don't forget they borrow from other cultures themselves.

In this era of globalization, there is no country that isn't influenced by foreign cultures. For as much American culture that has influenced Japan, look at how much Pokemon alone has influenced American culture. On top of that, nations don't get conquered by foreign cultures, they incorporate it. What's American culture in Japan isn't truly American as time goes by since it becomes more and more "Japanized". Same for vice versa. Therefore there's really no basis in disproving richness of a culture by saying that it's not "pure".

You should rethink that. It's something hard to realize when you live in a dominant country, but when you live in the peripheria you start seeing things differently. And Argentina isn't so much in the peripheria as many other countries out there, specially in central Africa and the Asian southeast. Dominant countries actually culturally conquer the dominated countries. It's always been like that. The easiest way to see it is the "lingua franca" of the era. Right now, English is the most important language worldwide, because the United States are the most dominating nation worldwide. I mean, English must be the language most school systems have officially integrated with their common assingments, not just as an extracurricular subject. This is actually cultural domination.

But it's always been like this. In the time of the Roman Empire, conquered provinces were forced to learn latin, and so through mispronounciation of latin in the peripherial provinces romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Ruman) were born. While France was the dominating power back in the XVIII and the XIX centuries, French was the 'cult' language. Like I said, it's pretty hard to realize it when you live in a dominating country, but from here, it's a whole different story.