#culture: Japanese

[radiomogai]

[PT: Yumejoshi & Yumedanshi Flags. end PT]

Yumejoshi & Yumedanshi Flags

Yumejoshi - Japanese-originated term for a female or fem-aligned person who ships herself in a dedicated, romantic relationship with a fictional character.

Yumedanshi - Japanese-originated term for a male or masc-aligned person who ships himself in a dedicated, romantic relationship with a fictional character.

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits

[kekwcomics]

[0nelinerwordplay]

https://kimonocatsoncups.etsy.com

[vriskan8or]

let her go

[radiomogai]

[PT: Japanese-speaking alter. End PT]

Japanese-speaking alter

[Image ID: A 5-striped flag color from top to botom being very light pink, to light pink, to pink, to light pink, to very light pink. The 2nd and 4th stripes are scalloped facing inwards. In the center of the flag are two text bubbles, they are both light pink. They're both outlined twice, once thinly with light pink and then thickly in pink. End image ID.]

An alter who primarily/exclusively speak japanese than what the system may normally speak.

general non-main language speaking alter flag

[paymetea]

Japanese release of Sun’s Wanna Make Love album cover (1976)

[yellodisney]

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

there’s a japanese new years tradition called 初日の出/hatsuhinode, ‘first sunrise,’ which is when you drag yourself out of bed while it’s still dark on new year’s day and go out to a bridge or somewhere else you’ll have a good view of the horizon to the east.

and then you stand, and you wait.

if you’re me, today, you’re up on a bridge over a river coming off tokyo bay, and the cold ocean wind is vicious in the pre-dawn dim, and even with a good coat and gloves it feels like your nose and ears are slowly freezing off. the sky will get lighter by degrees as it gets closer and closer to sunrise, lines of color forming all along the horizon, and eventually you can pinpoint just where the sun will rise, a splotch of faintly brighter orange against the watercolors. you stare at it until your eyes start to blur.

and you stand, and you wait, and the bridge gets crowded around you, everybody leaning against the rail and looking for the sun and holding their breath, and even if you know to the minute when the sun is supposed to rise, it still feels like it takes longer than it should. in the dim january cold, it can feel like it’s taking a very, very long time.

and then the sun rises, and you realize that you’ve almost forgotten how bright it is.

happy new years, everybody. i hope it’s kind to all of you. あけましておめでとう!!

[radiomogai]

。in order ;

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ -> cherokee , japanese , thai

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ -> inuit , arabic

pasted from under the cut

[ID: six flags with 7 stripes. in between each stripes are thinner lines that act as brighter transition outlines.

the first flag's stripe colours are dark grey, dull sea green, moss green, beige, dull orange, dark red, and dark grey.

the second flag's stripe colours are white, blue, bright purple, light yellow, dull red, dull orange, and white.

the third flag's stripe colours are dark grey, dark teal, dull red, light yellow, brown, forest green, and dark grey.

the fourth flag's stripe colours are black, salmon orange, bright violet, white, dull blue, mango yellow, and black.

the fifth flag's stripe colours are dark grey, dark blue, dull green, white, dark orange, dark red, and dark grey.

the sixth flag's stripe colours are dark grey, green, dark blue, off-white, dark orange, red, and dark grey. end ID.]

IDs by @idescription

。bipoc queer

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ -> for bipoc who identify as queer.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ -> specific flags under the cut. None are for transrace. Tags for reach.

。in order ;

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ -> cherokee , japanese , thai

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ -> inuit , arabic

[nihonbeauty]

[catboygirljoker]

hi.

[itsmarjudgelove]

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Just a small detail that I wanted to highlight from Netflix’s One Piece. Even though this is clearly a Western production of a Japanese series, as you can tell from the more Hollywood-ish dialogue and action, the series isn’t completely divorced from its Japanese roots. For example, in the first episode, you can clearly tell Koby and Luffy are eating with chopsticks. And the little girl serves chocolate onigiri to Zoro.

It feels like the reverse of how anime used to be treated in the early 2000s. Remember when Pokémon had to change the name of the food to stuff like donuts and pizza? Now we have a Western show that’s based on an anime, and they’re making sure not to erase the Japanese influence in the series.

[zaebucca]

Mythical Encounters in ancient Hisui: the Shrine at Newmoon Island Grove