508 Quotes About Japan

The new fans of Japan won’t be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy.

One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.

Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.

Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies.

Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.

He did not care about titles and was proud to be a farmer beyond all else.

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit.

Even if there are no new Mighty Atom manga or films created, the Mighty Atom character has become a permanent fixture of both Japanese and global pop culture.