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Weird Japan V - Working

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Because I was kept wearing sausages in recent times in the truest sense of the word on the go, with some delay once again a report from the land of hints cats, cell phone charm and Toilettenschlapfen, where soy sauce to Munich white sausage eating (again, a dark side of globalization) and the English language daily outrageous cruelties inflicted (who guesses what Makudonarudo, Datsu Baa, Banira Soosu and Kyandi are, can get a Hello Kitty cell phone chain!).

Today I want to address the issue, which the Japanese devotes about 90% of his life: work. As my colleague has a little expressed succinctly: "The Japanese like to work!" - "Like work" translates as 10 to 12 hours of work per day, at times also on the weekend.

"Pfoah!" Thinks now of the Central European officials and frightened before the nightmarish conditions. But wait! Not so fast! How could I know of several books on Japan, though the Japanese workers spend the most time, in a comparison of work, what the average Productivity in this period concerns, however, he finds himself in the midfield but again ... in effect means that the Japanese (of course, the Japanese girl, really, but because of the patriarchal and macho corporate structure rather the Japanese) as the Europeans, his 8 hours work and 4 hours mainly so that spends, but not to leave even the first to place of work - because industry is only about working hours, performance is defined. I imagine in practice something like this before: in

site Otemachi. Photo: Coala.

also the Japanese population in recent years, plagued by the scourge of rising unemployment - but unlike other countries, will find only discussed loudly on employment offensives, one can observe the actual implementation on every street corner. An estimated 10 percent of the Japanese population of working age working as a street or billboard or as a guide and a further 5% will be paying to have them yell at passers-by.

Ok, he works as a guide - but he has a lightsaber!

It is a sickening sight, under how inhumane conditions, the residents have to work one of the richest industrialized nations of the world:

A combination of Job unworthy billboard and Barker.

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Things to do in Tokyo I: Hanabi Taikai

Yesterday, I and a handful of Japanese is a great idea: Why not go to the Sumida river and look at fireworks (Hanabi)?

Asakusa Station, walk to the river bank estimated 600-700 m, looking ahead.

Ok, maybe that was "a handful of Japanese ' a bit of an understatement ...

look back.

Since panoramic view and sitting on the riverbank general anyway overestimated more (I say now, just like that), I have begun to retreat and chose the only slightly unidyllischere alternative

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Cordinka I. Japan

Today I want to also use the opportunity to not only report on the Japanese, but just from my own life in Tokyo ...

As already fears in March, I live really close to the Nerd district of Tokyo, Akihabara ... I told my colleagues that some people responded to my tentative attempts at communication with flight, said Selbig, this should not be due to racism or xenophobia, but it could be very easy to see that I am taken to so-called "otaku" ... the Japanese equivalent of the average Austrian computer science students.

Akihabara - Otaku's Paradise. Photos: Coala.

psychological rather than less technically interesting shopping is the fact that I'm very close to the Tokyo market well (am sure that the correct translation of "Okachimachi" is ...) I live ... probably one reason why I hardly been plagued by homesickness.

Büli, büli, büli in Japanese. Photos: Coala.

Even my sparsely furnished small room I have now been able to adapt a little to my personal design needs and in the context of a medium design or delusional attack with colorful glittering Kitschkram from the 100-yen shop stuffed (or, as my sister put it Minkasie once so nice: "It looks like the nest of a magpie gay").

Before:

After only a few days:

And when I'm not walking around to take pictures shrines and Japanese, the food section of various stores buy empty durchzukosten or 100-yen shops, I try every day during the week to do desperate as if I were a Waitress in a posh restaurant and serve well-off locals German haute cuisine in the form of fried sausages with mustard and white at discount price of 20 to 30 euros ... which are then consumed by gourmet and an expert eye, almost reverently.

Cosplay á la Cordinka. Photo: Coala.

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Japan's lost youth

As reported in March in this blog is about 1 million Japanese youth and young adults as suffering from a "Hikikomori" designated mental disorder, which means that they no longer leave the house and instead prefer to hang around in the kitchen Mutterns and surf the Internet (yes, we have all done it ... but we also leave time in between the kitchen to see what else life has to offer even more so). But what about the rest of the Japanese youth?

Well, somewhere there will be safe here very normal young man - I've yet to find only ... ok, maybe I should look but not necessarily in Harajuku ... So I will now introduce another act of original group of Japanese population aged 15 to 25 ... one that is passionately devoted to the so-called "cosplay," according to Wikipedia (see link in the header) is defined as follows: "The Cosplay is his favorite character of the participants through costume and behavior of the original as possible dar. The character can be taken from a manga, an anime, video game or a movie."

And then the look of:

No, there is no carnival, but a typical day in July. Photos: Coala.

weekend will gather like-minded young people in Harajuku, specifically on Jinguu-Bashi, to present themselves to the public. Seems to me a little concern, however, that this trend seems to be obvious contagious ... and gaijin (foreigners) can be affected by it!

The dark side of globalization. Photos: Coala.

Jinguu At-Bashi but you can not only observe spontaneous manifestations of youthful fashion errors, ...

but also the performances of the stars of the future listen to Japanese music scene - well, at least you can hear that effect experiments.

This young man smashing the passer like Japanese opera songs by megaphone contrary.

Photo: Coala.

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Weird Japan IV - Eating Weird

Trying in Tokyo, to survive as favorable as possible, thus avoiding the overpriced tourist stalls, which include but an English menu as a special feature, and sets off instead of on your own to the next supermarket to to get food, you're with a huge Problem faced: What the hell is this stuff and you can eat at all?

Photo: Coala

What then? The buy, which you can identify? But this is not necessarily the best solution - especially, if a vegetarian ...

German sausage. Photo: buy Coala

This, of whom it has at least heard of before?

Instant pufferfish (Fugu). Photo: Coala

Or is simply resigned to his fate and cost?

mussels cuddling. Photo: Coala

But fortunately there is still the sweets department ....

home, sweet home. Photo: Coala

can Altogether we noticed that the Japanese (and also the Japanese) has no problem with as natural foods - in contrast to Europeans, his meals denatured quite like a bit from the refrigerated section selects (Who would want to buy a steak with eyes?).

I'd rather stay in chocolate ... Photo: Coala

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Japan III - OLs and Bizarrzofen

On special reader request, I would like to dedicate today briefly on "Japanese women and their outfits." In the previous reports has been mentioned, that this was the most abundant Modeauswucherungen can find - especially in the ver (w) were wrong youth.

Bizarrzofen. Photo: Coala

Although styling is such victims quite often seen on the street, but it must be noted, however, that most Japanese women prefer it more, so not to attract attention - which is why they attract more or less the same. The main thing, the handbag is LuisVuitton or Prada.

OLs (Office Ladies) Photo: Coala

On Sundays and public holidays will be like the Japanese equivalent unpacked for the Dirndl ...

Photo: Coala

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Weird Japan - Part II

This Sunday I am - like many thousands Japanese women and other - traveled in the Shibuya district, more precisely in the Takeshita Dori, the mecca of Tokyo's youth. As I have seen in a variety of media images strangely dressed Japanese people, eg those that mimic the outfit of their favorite comic book series character. I

After I saw her in the last few days really only relatively normal-dressed people, or at least not worse than in other large cities in the world, I thought it would have acted as exceptions. Far from it! The eye-catching clothing people of Japan just all gather in a certain part of Japan. Here I would like to speak now only a few pictures let:

Takeshita Dori. Photo: Coala

Takeshita Dori. Photo: Coala

These black and white frilly monsters are the way to the standard outfit of the so-called "Gothic Lolita", a fashion accident, which is estimated here from the very young. If you, dear reader, now think, yes, the things hanging around anyway, but only in the delivery, so what moves but none to serious, except in the carnival ... - Far from it! Shortly after that I was able to observe the following in a nearby department store:

Two maids enjoy their day off. Photo: Coala

Note Please also one of the favorite pastime of Japanese Backfischchen - standing around for hours, giggling in machines that produce self-adhesive postage stamp photos in the format - usually surrounded by a garland of cartoon characters. But the questionable behavior of Japanese leisure and home again is worth a separate report ...

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Weird Japan - Part 1

Today, only a short puzzles directly from Tokyo - A longer report will follow soon, but today I am sorry to soon collapse into bed exhausted.
When I was on Friday shopping in Akihabara, an electronics center, and has visited the customer toilet, I found there the following steps:

The whole regulates the flow - and the first three buttons to me are still evident .... aaaaaber what please can I adjust the volume of the "Flushing Sound"? Ok, ok, I understand that somehow, if you want to make the flush providers - but why should she want to make loud !!!???? This also listen to yes all that I have flushed good? But eh not so important, because the toilet that automatically when you loiters too long. So why? One could use the energy that has been put in this invention that is otherwise not useful?

But at least the Japanese are politically correct - you please note the label in Braille!