Japanese subcultures

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Yesterday I finished up the (free, online) course “An Introduction To Japanese Subcultures“. The course offers a perspective from a cultural criticism viewpoint, formulated by four instructors from a Japanese university who themselves partake in certain subcultures. (For instance, in the third week, the instructor is dressed in a uniform from the

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[strider7901]

So cool. I learned Japanese because I wanted to see more of the culture. I can see why people love anime! That’s sounds like a really fun class

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You speak Japanese? That's so cool! All I know I learned from watching anime, which has... skewed... my vocabulary a bit. But we get by as tourists with it anyway.
I think the culture is the coolest thing about Japan. It's a very modern nation, which makes it all familiar and easy to be there and move around. But their outlook and culture is very, very different, which is really interesting.