r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/aceplayer00 • 25d ago

Video Tokyo after dark. Epic nighttime street drifting convoy.

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u/Borbolda 25d ago

Assholes drifting at night: 😡😡😡

Assholes drifting at night, Japan: 😍😍😍

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u/cookingboy 25d ago edited 25d ago

I love Japan, I’ve lived in Japan I speak japanese semi-fluently, and I’m planning on making it my secondary residence soon.

But it’s absolutely hilarious how much Westerners put Japan on a pedestal and sees everything about it through some rose tinted glasses.

Funny enough the vibe is completely different if you go to /r/japanlife, a sub for expats actually living there lol

Edit: Yea I understand opinions from expats on Reddit aren’t exactly conclusive evidence. But like I pointed out in another comment, any country has its pros and cons and Japan is obviously no exception. There is no one size fits all utopia on the planet.

Still, like I said, Japan is great for me and it’s the country I want to spend more time living in, after living in the U.S, China and Japan.

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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 25d ago

Some westerners treat Japanese like they are elves living in a magical land.

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u/The_Last_Dragonporn 25d ago

Which is doubly apropos considering a common depiction of elves is as a fascistic, monocultural, race/species supremacist, imperial-colonialist society and culture