View Poll Results: What do you like about living in Japan ?

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Tasty and cheap food

62 57.41%
Speciality restaurants, which means quicker service

33 30.56%
Reliable trains

62 57.41%
Huge department stores

30 27.78%
Order and respect of authority

44 40.74%
Peaceful people

67 62.04%
Clean streets

61 56.48%
Politeness and helpfulness of the people

48 44.44%
Cute girls with a real sense of fashion

43 39.81%
Mild and dry winters (in Tokyo at least)

22 20.37%
Onsen (hot springs)

46 42.59%
Japanese nature (better than in my own country)

34 31.48%
Japanese seasons (more clear-cut than in my own country)

26 24.07%
Matsuri (festivals) and other traditonal celebrations (setsubun, shichigosan, obon...)

51 47.22%
Love hotels

26 24.07%
The energetic atmosphere (of big cities)

42 38.89%
Japanese TV

31 28.70%
General non-religiousness of the Japanese

35 32.41%
Non-argumentative character of the Japanese

21 19.44%
Low taxes (by European standards)

15 13.89%
Japanese aesthetics (wabi-sabi, sado, traditional architecture, gardens...)

43 39.81%
The ability to integrate aspects of foreign cultures and systems

21 19.44%
The relative lack of political debates and demonstrations

17 15.74%
Japanese-style houses (with o-furo, tatami, kotatsu...)

51 47.22%
The numerous mountains, good for hiking and skiing

37 34.26%
Good service and attention to customers

43 39.81%
How easy it is to move around cities in bicycle

33 30.56%
The homogeneity of society

16 14.81%
The original street pattern, with very broad avenues and very narrow back streets

19 17.59%
The fact that Japanese banks don't charge monthly fees on bank accounts

13 12.04%
Kitsch decoration (pink, neons, cute characters...)

23 21.30%
The relax attitude toward sex (lack of Judeo-Christian shame about nudity, porn, etc.)

36 33.33%
The kindness and interets showed toward foreigners

29 26.85%
The blissful joy and excitement of Japanese women

32 29.63%
The dedication to work of the "salarymen"

12 11.11%
Shopping on Sundays

35 32.41%
The ambiance music in train stations and cute voice of the announcers

25 23.15%
The ease to set up a company in Japan (little redtape)

10 9.26%
The numerous bilingual Japanese-English signs in big cities

26 24.07%
The sense of honour (linked to the concept of "face" and "embarassment")

26 24.07%
The customs of "omiyage" and "duty presents" (who doesn't like giving and receiving gifts ?)

15 13.89%
Seeing women in kimono from time to time

42 38.89%
The Japanese imperial family (the oldest in the world and still respected)

15 13.89%
The abundance of convenience stores and vending machines

49 45.37%
Fast-food restaurants serving more kinds of teas than soft drinks

33 30.56%
The low cost or mobile/cell phones compared to the quality

30 27.78%
Living in Japan made me know JREF

16 14.81%

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May 13, 2008, 23:56 #18

diceke
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Originally Posted by Bunshinsaba

But Western children are worse than grown-ups or even teens; being told by their parents from the time they can crawl that they are little princes and princesses and that they are never wrong and that they are so so special!! All that breeds is rude, ignorant children who solve problems by raising their voice. Whenever I go home, I feel like I am in that old Star Trek epsiode with that planet of bratty, spoiled kids, who try to take over the Enterprise.

I hate it when those kids raise their voice and make a big scene here at JREF.

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