Today, I will explain how French people, and more generally European people see Japan. If something hurts you, don't forget some of them are clichés, as you have about French people. Feel free to explain what is wrong.
In Europe, we think that :
- Japan is kawaii and fanciful ( music, fashion, we imagine a lot of cute little animals )
- a lot of Japanese wear masks.
- Japanese work a lot.
- Japan is high-tech.
- Japonese eat stange things. Of course, it is a question of habits, in France we eat horses, snails and froggs...
- ...but we also love Japanese food. Unfortunately, it is adapt to our tastes so I don't think it is really what you eat in Japan. Moreover, a lot of restaurant make Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese food in the same time which tends to annoy me since it is different culture.
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And of course, we also think about chopsticks, cosplay and mangas.
And some exemple of mangas in France ( I chosed cover with my favorite characters ).
In France, a lot of young people love Japan because of mangas, J-pop and the kawaii universe. We have a trade show called Japan Expo which is very famous. A lot of people go there and a lot of famous Japonese as singer or mangaka are invited.
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What do you think about this ? What is true and what is wrong ? Leave a comment.
My next post will deal with French clichés. You can make a suggestion or ask a question by leaving a comment so I can answer in the next post.
I hope you liked this post.
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Nina
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16:37 in France