Are you interested in Japan, or basically just Ghibli?

I'm just wondering who here is very interested in Japan as well as Ghibli, or are mainly just interested in Ghibli.

When i mean Japan i mean anything Japanese, the music, anime, food, fashion, history, culture etc.

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I personally am not that interested in Japan. It seems like a really awesome place, i do want to travel there and i like a few other Japanese movies/tv shows but my love of Ghibli surpasses my interest in Japan by far.

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I'm very interested in Japan as well as Ghibli. And I think that my enjoyment and appreciation of Ghibli films is greatly enriched and deepened by my experience of Japanese language and culture.

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I lived in Japan for a time in the mid-60s and totally enjoyed it there Long before I became a Ghibli fan. I do prefer watching the movies with subtitles...

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A bit of both, I first found Ghibli and it's films back in the early 2000's then shortly after my uncle married a Japanese woman, and my interest in their culture, food and history spiraled from there, I love going to there house because she usually cooks traditional japenese food, which is amazing.

Ask her if she can make Sukiyaki, more or less pronounced 'Ski-yaki'. One of my fav Japanese meals...

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Mm, sukiyaki... the word itself is so yummy sounding..

I've always been generally in love with Japanese culture. I had a teacher at a very young age who was, and she always liked having me as student. Then she disappeared and no one saw her again.

I didn't quite know a whole lot on Japanese culture when my cousin began adding Ghibli titles to my watch list when we were young. She was friends with a Japanese man who liked that she liked Ghibli. After I began watching them, I took note the films were originally from Japan, and found myself, when we first started getting DVDs, to be switching the languages around.

Honestly, it's hard to say when I became influenced by its culture. I just always found myself attracted to eastern culture as a whole. It likely wasn't just Ghibli itself, as it was more a stepping stone. I became to love the music, the background, the people. But I am like that with any country I become associated with.

I would probably say my love of the country is larger than my love of Ghibli. My boyfriend also loves Japan, and wishes when he was moving here that he could have roamed around in Japan while they waited for their flight. We both love the history and what it is today.

Sometimes I wonder why I was born where I am. I love my country too, but it upsets people that I become so enchanted by other countries. However, if I were to be born anywhere else, I might never have a chance at doing what I want to do.

im probably more interested in Ghibli, but id like to learn Japanese and stay there for a while. The history is amazing and the culture/food of the place is brilliant too

Both! I would love to visit Japan and of course I love Ghibli films.

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Quite frankly, I'm interested in much more than Miyazaki's works when it comes to Japan.

This is pretty much no real surprise, but the rail network actually got me interested. High-density, high-traffic corridors feeding into high-speed, limited-stop intercity lines is arguably the best model for what California High Speed Rail should look like...also, it's how the Japanese National Railways have worked for half-a-century, if not longer.

I mean, really, why haven't Metrolink, Caltrain, and Coaster upgraded their lines for high-frequency electric service yet? And why is it that CAHSR aims to construct circuitous, frequently-stopping routes, starting in nowhere and going to nowhere?

Look where the Shinkansen ran to and ran from, and how straight its right-of-way is. Notice how much interurban traffic exists in Tokyo, Osaka, and the like.

Me? Going just because of anime? Nah, expect to run into me over there studying rights-of-way, electric railway technology, and urban planning.

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I don't think really possible to be interested in Ghibli and dont' care at all about Japan since to understand the first you must get a bit into the latter. It's true that anyone can find "enjoyble" a Ghibli anime without necessarily knowing anything more than what they see, but I consider "being interested" more deep than "find something enjoyable" therefore....I do love Japan, I could never manage to go there since I couldn't afford it, but I tried to read and watch as much as I could about that country. I alwyas thought that if I'll find myself in the situation to radically change my life, I would defintely go there to live. As for Ghibli....what's not to like? Their anime are so beautiful and always inspirational, capable of enchanting very young people as well as adults.

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Welcome to the Tavern, Ivynwater... We always like to see new members who post...

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Thank you, I'll try to participate more : )

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I was taking Japanese classes before i even knew what Ghibli was, and i think those classes are the only reason i know about it at all! It sounds amazing, the culture, the festivals, their movies, the language, the food (i swear i could live on sushi!), I'm planning on going to Japan next year, for a class thing,, pretty much obsessed with Ghibli and Japan ^_^

Fast fact: 12 years into japanese culture and I still have no idea what Sukiyaki is Hadn't even bothered to google it yet.

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OH, you are missing a taste treat, IMO... I love it, but not many restaurants make it... Damn it, now I gotta go find a place...

I understand that in Japan, it is supposedly something thrown together with leftover ingredients, but I never felt tht way about it. AHHH, beef Sukiyaki...NOM NOM NOM

Unlless you are referring to the song "Ue o Muite Aruko" by Kyu Sakamoto, released in 1963 is one of the few non-English songs to reach the charts in America and the only Japanese one. I remember it being a big hit here. A lot of people were phonetically singing it (yeah, me too) , but never understood what the song was about. Too many different interputations... I finally found out what I believe to be the right one when I was in japan... I still retain the tune in my head...

Going out to my local Japanese restaurant now.... sigh.

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