50 Reasons Why Japan Is Awesome (or, 50 Things To Do & See In Japan) This is a MONSTER post with lots of photos, so let’s get straight into it.
In no particular order, here is 50 cool things about Japan… Vending machines: Mostly they are really nothing special. We’ve heard rumours of vending machines with used school-girls panties and other crazy things, but never seen anything like it on my travels around this country. They are great because if you are thirsty, no matter where you are you are just about guaranteed to find one. 12 Cheap Gourmet Foods in Japan. Japanese people are passionate about food.
It's not just fine Japanese cuisine that gets people excited. In Japan, inexpensive food also gets respect. B-Class Gourmet is a Japanese term for connoisseurs of quality (but inexpensive) food. They're the people who are willing to stand in long lines or travel far and wide for a perfect bowl of noodles. These are the foods they're most often obsessed with. 9 Principles of Japanese Art and Culture. There are 9 basic principles that underlie Japanese art and culture.
They're called aesthetics — concepts that answer the question: what is art? There are 9 Japanese aesthetics. They are the basis for Japanese art, fashion, pop culture, music and movies. 1. Wabi-sabi (imperfect)