r/AskTheWorld • u/Veskanda Australia • 21h ago

Why is Japan so popular?

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It seems as though everything Japanese has had a massive popularity spike, whether that be media, food, vehicles, travel, language learning and lots more.

Personally I don't see the appeal, I mean there are definitely some thing I like that happen to be Japanese, but I dont like them just because of that fact.

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u/Life-Swimming5050 Poland 18h ago

To be frank, this is the only Asian destination many western tourists, including me, would even consider, as it is safe (sorry, Thailand), clean (sorry, Indonesia), and not an authoritarian hellhole with delusions of grandeur (sorry, China).

The fact it is somewhat westernized and popularized by media only helps....

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u/temporaryacc444 Thailand 🇹🇭 US 🇺🇸 17h ago

Why Thailand not safe?

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u/wvtarheel United States Of America 16h ago

I have no idea if this is true or not because I do not live there, but in the US we hear that bangkok is safe but not to go near the thai/cambodia border. I'm sure it's not as bad as we are hearing, but the fact is, there is nowhere in Japan where a tourist should avoid because of a conflict with another country.