508 Quotes About Japan

Noodles arrived in Japan with Buddhist monks from China in the Middle Ages, but until the twentieth century they tended to be made from buckwheat, or a mix of wheat and rice.

It is the experience of those who have had to do with the various peoples of the Far East that it is easier to understand the Korean and get close to him than it is to understand either the Japanese or the Chinese.

When someone who's starved of love is shown something that looks like sincere affection, is it any wonder that she jumps at it and clings to it?

The rain that fell on the city runs down the dark gutters and empties into the sea without even soaking the ground

The call for political freedom took place long ago. The call for freedom of speech is also a thing of the past. Freedom is not a word to be used exclusively for phenomena such as this which are so easily given outward manifestation. I believe that we young men of the new age have encountered the moment in time when we must call for that great freedom, the freedom of the mind.

But if you ask what this spirit is;They give that cough and say;‘The Spirit of Japan is the Japanese Spirit,’Then they walk away;And when they’ve walked ten yards or so;They clear their throats of phlegm;And that clearing sound is the Japanese spirit;Manifest in them

As is known worldwide, Japan has tried to catch up with the western countries since the beginning of this century by importing science from them.

There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them.

Who needs drugs when you have Takeshi's Castle?