After spending 10 nights in Japan I am now qualified to make sweeping statements about the Japanese culture. The following are immutable truths (told in a convenient pros and cons style) about this wonderful and bizarre country:
Pro
Suntory Boss is the boss of them all since 1992.
There’s no use denying it.
Con
Japanese people seem as pro-Japan as Americans are pro-America. I was asked by one of my gracious host’s fathers why we came to Japan. He was an awesome guy but really pushed hard for an answer he found satisfactory. I think the question was probably just mistranslated and he actually asked, “How awesome is Japan?” The same day, a man on the street approached us and told us in English that “Japan is number 1.” With proof like that who was I to argue. Instead, we replied with, “Nippon ichi!” and he was gleeful and satisfied.
Pro
Engrish is awesome and plentiful. Some of my favorites taken from a photobooth – “Have fun it!”, → Up to 6 billion readers.
