/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>11514609
When I said "dabble" I was referring to how most people in Japan practice both Shinto and Buddhist customs, because the two religions have coincided so long together that they are ingrained in the culture. That's the cultural custom. I don't mean they are going to dabble with stuff like Christianity.

For the sake of argument I think your generalization of polytheism is wrong. Most Hindu people don't dabble with other religions. However for many cases I'll agree. Especially with Catholicism in Africa.

Also Japan would have been a 3rd world country along side India and China had the US to help make it the economic power it is today. Being a (comparatively) smaller island made that all the easier.

Modern Japan does absorb foreign culture and put a spin on it. J-Pop and hiphop. Ganguro. Burgers with eggs on them. Go back farther. The Meiji Restoration. Hair styles. Class and govt restructuring. Go way back. Kanji (thanks China.) Rope used in Shinto (which can be tracked all the way back to rope being pressed against clay pots for design, thanks Korea.)

I'm not saying Japan will Japanify everything. Far from it. Again, when I said religion I was clearly referring back to earlier when I said Japan incorporated Buddhism. But they will use aesthetics from other cultures and play with them. Christmas is a romantic holiday with cakes. Halloween is a fun time to dress up. Hell Native American dream catchers were popular about 20 years ago because it got mixed up with the Ainu fad. The fact that Japan will commercialize things seemingly irrelevant to its native culture is what makes the interesting contrast, and since WW2 a lot of those influences have been from America.

>Do you think a fascination with touhou questions your masculinity?

It would if I didn't masturbate 2-3 times a day to said girls.

>Is touhou redefining masculinity?
No, Touhou is for queers, I'm quite faggy myself.

>>10418902
It's my opinion and you can't do anything to help it, I've read his crap and I don't like it.

Tripcodes are lame. Embrace the future, become a namefag today!

>>9990295
And when I thought the CoD enhancing sunglases were the worst thing ever bornt from videogame industry...

>>9716281
That's disrespectful you little piece of shit.

>>9337712
Seems like we need a couple electric toothbrushes here.

Why is 2ch so ...dull?

http://tenhou.net/0/?L7447

Let's play!

http://tenhou.net/0/?L7447

It's been some time. Let's play.

>>8638059
a neo/jp/er like you wouldn't understand... without love, it cannot be seen

>>8389560
Dude, denying the existence of the GMT+5 area is pretty harsh.

>>8245939
Why would she warm up? Reimu treats everyone the same.

Holy shit, is this Emiry?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=3PXeI1YcdXg

Let's play.

http://tenhou.net/0/?L7447

1 more for 4P.

1 more for 4P.

Smoking Reimu is best Reimu.

bump
waiting since forever

>anime(s)

I don't know man shit.
Despite how open Japan is with drinking, it is still not cool for minors to drink,which is why you'll hear them say something like "lol this is just children's beer" after the event.

Some popular shows just don't give a shit though. Like One Piece, for instance.

Reimu A.

Always.

>>6593746
Interesting point.

Since achieving sexual satisfaction from oneself is technically masturbation what is it if you're having sex with yourself? Is it homosexual because you are having sex with someone of the same gender, or is it masturbation because that person is yourself?

Furthermore if you were to have sex with a female version of yourself would it count as losing your virginity? Again, technically it's still you that you're having sex with therefore it could still be considered masturbation.

>>6319703
>rans face
oh lol

also posting hukarei shrines god