Japan I love you, but you’re freaking me out.

This is going to be a two parter. The first part is stuff that I don’t like about Japan.

People who work in stores and restaurants.

When you go to a restaurant or shop in Japan, they’re going to yell something at you. Sometimes it’s a word (Irasshaimise). Sometimes you don’t even get that (shaimise, shai, seeeeeeeee). How does everyone not get sick of this? For one thing, isn’t it annoying to say the exact same thing every 10-20 seconds? On the other side, isn’t it annoying to hear the employee cattle call no matter where you go?

For those that can’t imagine here’s a way to visualize it: Imagine a store full of loud Walmart greeters that say hello/welcome when they 1) see someone enter a store 2) hear another employee say hello/welcome.

The female polite voice

Sweet Zombie Jesus. This is even worse. It goes from the mildly annoying (they go from a normal pitch to a dog whistle pitch) to the downright headache/shotgun massacre inducing (nasally, loud). Seriously, listen to yourselves. Especially that girl in the Nara Ganko. When you speak you make me want to punch you in the throat (and that is when I’m feeling nice).

The ignorant people (there are lots of them)

This goes from the small, but annoying (Japan is not the only country that has four seasons), to the large and really annoying (not knowing anything at all outside of Eastern China). I can see this happening if a Japanese person when to America, but Japan just loves so many Western things and yet knows little to nothing about so much.

The weird shit.

Really. Boobs are fine and all, but do you guys really need to make such weird/odd stuff? Naked anime figurines, tentacle rape, “Adult” manga (it’s not even that good, it just has breasts), dating games, rape simulators, etc. etc. Maybe some of this stuff is useful at keeping the sexual tension low, but some of it is kinda too far.

The objectification.

I’ve been to a maid cafe. I didn’t like it. During the whole experience I just felt dirty. The guys were fine with it. The girls were fine with it. I guess everyone here has come to accept it. It’s kind of hard being around it when you don’t grow up in it. American objectification doesn’t seem like much of anything to this. At least in America it’s both ways.

I know that it’s been a while since my last post. I promise to post more regularly. The next post will be soonish since this is a two parter.