A Japanese Toy
Jul. 11th, 2005 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nemorathwald
I present to you a Japanese toy called "The God Jesus." Notice the picture on the package of the boy praying for the girl and this Japanese robot cruelly denies him!
nemorathwaldI present to you a Japanese toy called "The God Jesus." Notice the picture on the package of the boy praying for the girl and this Japanese robot cruelly denies him!
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I love going off on tangents tonight...
Date: 2005-07-12 03:55 am (UTC)*giggle* I had a japanese roommate in college, and we used to laugh about all the stupid things we'd find in cross-culture translations...
and of course, I somehow was the only person in our living center who understood her, even though she was speaking (heavily accented and somewhat broken) english... everyone looked at me for a translation. *g* We spent too much time together at the beginning of the semester... and I blame her for about 1/2 of my addiction to japanese culture.
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Date: 2005-07-12 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-12 02:53 pm (UTC)How many Westerners have fat Buddha statues in their homes? I was told that the idea was to "rub Buddha's belly for good luck". Hardly reflective of mainstream Buddhism... "God Jesus" in reverse.
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Date: 2005-07-12 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-13 07:03 am (UTC)I spent too long in Japan. Not all that long, mind you, but too long to not get addicted to Japanese culture.
Right now, there is a new Japanese student in my Friday night class. I'm the only one that can understand her (much like the other commenter), and I'm having a great time explaining American slang to her.
I still want one of these.