[ SECRET POST #3503 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3503 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

See, I'm not exactly sure what expectations of Japan manga and the like encourage. I mean, you're not going to find mecha or people with blue hair. You are going to find lots of people in school uniforms, riding trains, eating onigiri, visiting shrines, whatever.

The best I can come up with is anime voice acting tends to be "character voice" and girls don't actually talk that high pitched. Or that yaoi happens irl at every street corner. Or, that it's culturally acceptable to go around in cosplay (which I don't think any manga actually says).

Every-day life manga hardly make shit up, though.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I know stereotypes of otaku are pretty terrible but I have a hard time believing too many people actually believe that they will see such things in a real country where humans live. You might end up simplifying people in the same way they are accused of simplifying Japanese culture.

One thing I can say that is true for me is that anime/manga encouraged a younger me to believe that 'kawaii' was a big deal in Japan. Then I got older and started thinking that couldn't possibly be the case, that a major Japanese city would be more like other Asian metropolises (of which I'm more intimately familiar). The actual experience brought my perception somewhere up to the middle. There was definitely a lot more 'kawaii' in Tokyo than in, say, Hong Kong or Singapore or Shanghai. Not as much as anime.

Also? What Black Jack taught me about tattoos in bathhouse remains absolutely true to this day except in very special cases, but then again, how could Tezuka lead me astray?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh it's definitely true that kawaii culture is legitimately a huge thing in Tokyo. Everything has cute mascots. I saw freaking traffic cones shaped like cute animals. Cuteness is very much revered. That's not a 100% statement, of course, but it is true. Doesn't mean every Japanese person is a geeky otaku, but there you have it.

Generally in manga the character who warns the other characters about something being taboo or socially unacceptable, is usually telling the truth.

[lb_lee]

Oh man, I think I remember that Black Jack story! No lie, I do feel a bit bad that even if I did ever get back to Japan (unlikely), I would probably not be able to visit an onsen again. Those things are amazing.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Tattoo-friendly onsen exist, I was able to uncover a few for my subsequent trips! You can also splurge and get a room with a private bath. But yes, I was sad the first time and still am a little because the one I was set on (at the foot of Mt. Kurama, which I was climbing that day) is famously beautiful and I still won't be able to go :(

The bathhouse closest to my friend's guest house in Kyoto (You En Me, highly recommended) is very traditional yet gives no shit about tattoos. One lady I shared the bath with actually complimented mine.

[lb_lee]

Er, sadly, it's not just the tattoos, I'm visibly trans as well. I think unless I had a local with me, or could afford a private bath, I would not be able to make it work.

[(Anonymous)]

Private baths are pricy, but I'm considering it for my next trip myself, if only so our small mixed group won't end up separated and we will actually be able enjoy ourselves together. Something to dream about, certainly.

[lb_lee]

Why not? Dreaming is free!

(It is one of my dreams to take my husband to one of those. He would LOVE IT SO MUCH.)

[caerbannog]

Yeah my mum wanted to go to an onsen and it took a bit to explain we probably shouldn't, on account of her tattoo. I wasn't savvy enough to find us a tattoo friendly place though.