Concrete buildings and the lack of urban planning
Lack of respect of nature (concrete all along the coast, hills, few parks in cities, etc.)
Non-buried electric lines everywhere
Lack of thermic isolation and central heating in houses
5-month-long muggy summers (except Hokkaido and Tohoku)
Natural disasters (earthquakes, typhoons...)
Lack of preservation of the historical heritage
Political corruption (amakudari system, government using postal savings...)
Police checks on non Japanese (e.g. gaikokujin torokusho)
People pointing or staring at foreigners, or saying "gaijin, gaijin !" or "Hello America !"
People telling you that gaijin come to Japan to make money, when salaries are higher in your country
Assumptions that foreigners in Japan commit much more crimes than the Japanese
Assumptions that almost all foreigners living in Japan cannot speak Japanese
Remarks inspired by jingoism (4 seasons, farmer vs hunter, etc.)
Ignorance about the rest of the world (cultures, geography, history...)
General denial or downplaying of war atrocities
Discrimination in general (toward women, young people, foreigners, burakumin...)
The education system (school + juku + homeworks and they still do not learn anything)
The exceptional Japanese ability to copy what China or the West did/does
Other (please specify)
Just an observation, since you selected every item on the poll... is this thread meant to see who shares your complaints about Japan?
As for myself, my only complaint of late would be the schitzophrenic weather. I haven't been here long enough to experience or notice many of the things you have listed, or encounter the attitudes you take issue with.
Yes, but also to see if other people have other complaints about Japan, which they can express in this thread.Originally Posted by nice gaijin
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