Once again, no great news.
Once again, I was invited on Saturday with my family visiting (oh, clever play on words), and on Monday at a small party with friends. With Japan in conventional cooking together, eating and drinking and subsequent visit to a karaoke bar, which really are everywhere in this country.
For people who do not have the movie "Lost in Translation" with Bill Murray seen, Karaoke in Japan is not like us at home. In Austria (and Europe), there is hardly proper karaoke bars and thus almost only "Karaoke Nights" at clubs, where you have to sing before the entire audience. With proper karaoke but only one goes with his friends in a separate room deposits, and you hear only each other, so one must not make a fool of strangers (except of course when it is following a business meeting).
Of course it was also the last week of Valentine's cursed. For all those who should have noticed: I HATE THIS DAY! An artificially generated by the commercial public holiday on which you have to buy anything, just so to prove his love ... Honestly, if I actually invented one, taken at random out day of the year need to show my love, what it means to me, well then good night, then got ich sie gar nicht verdient.
Warum müssen eigentlich vor allem immer die Männer irgendetwas Extravagantes machen und einen Haufen Geld zum Fenster rauswerfen? Und warum müssen wir Kerle versuchen uns immer zu Überbieten in den Dingen die wir unseren Frauen kaufen, sind wir so auf Wettkampf aus? Und warum müssen Frauen, die auch nichts mit dem Blödsinn zu tun haben wollen, sich von ihren Freundinnen erzählen lassen müssen, was für großartige Sachen diese bekommen haben und dann auch noch gefragt werden ob ihr Freund sie nicht denn nicht wirklich liebt, weil er ihr nichts schenkt?
Und das Beste an der ganzen Sache: Dieser "Feiertag" ist nicht einmal frei! Ein Bekannter hat einen treffenden Artikel written about by me, he really speaks from the soul (unfortunately only in English).
In Japan, Valentine's Day actually naturalized only a practice: The girls give the guys chocolate. Some couples even do special things, but this is rare and only applies to to fresh love. I like that, it is not very expensive and as a man must not do anything. It is also here, though, Japan is on to kitschy stuff, very little decoration, and the like exist to this day, but with the limited domestic understandable.
And I will not say whether I've got chocolate on Thursday.
interesting (and funny) facts / opinions about Japan:
Today we deal with reader questions:
Where / how often Japanese drive on vacation?
most families make a day trips and stay in Japan, of course, these trips take place on the traditional holiday season. The majority of Japanese traveling in the so-called "golden week" in April, when several holidays fall in a week and many companies share the whole week. Japanese domestic destinations are almost always the targets abroad, especially Korea and the larger Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Malaysia, etc.) or because of the cultural aspects of Europe.
Why Vienna / Salzburg for Japanese so interesting (the feeling you have)?
Vienna and Salzburg, with their buildings from the imperial era, just like the old Paris or Berlin and Versailles, for Japanese the epitome of European culture. These buildings and museums, with exhibits from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, etc. correspond to their idea of (old) Europe. This of course Salzburg is the birthplace of Mozart (one of the few personalities who know almost all of Europe) and Vienna presents as an imperial city and with the associated symbols some recognition, along the lines of: Yes, we have a caesarean. Why take
so many Japanese face masks, they really just as scared of germs (à la Michael Jackson)?
meets with some of the well or hang it's why sometimes the children around, but when asked the Japanese courtesy is forgotten. Most wear the mouthguard, if not they are healthy and want to protect themselves, but when they are sick because they are trying to prevent the spread of viruses to prevent infected and, of course, no one (I think that was the original idea by M. Jackson He wanted his children not infected. kulturunbedarften But the Yanks have the course laid out more than madness).
How much gratuity is appropriate in Japan, how many people give so?
none. In Japan there is no tip, because, primarily, by the owners of the premises, is considered natural to offer good service. On the contrary, it can be seen as rude as it could be used to express that one would not expect good service here and there a surprised (foreigners, such faux-pas but obviously forgiven). If one wants to show his gratitude, we can speak a certain phrase, "It was a feast", and / or leaving a few times to say thank you or best of all: It just comes back! (And perhaps even bring someone with)
That's it for this issue.
There still some unanswered questions readers are left, but I ask for further submissions to the usual address: @ gmail.com manuel.leitgeb
And there were almost no pictures today: Recently eaten sliced \u200b\u200bsquid and
monkey brain.
No, of course, is not a monkey brain, but a small shock (in disgust) for some readers have already (not to be angry;)
