20 raison des japonais d'être heureux d'être née dans leur pays

In a recent survey, Japanese folks were asked why they were glad to be born in Japan - top 20 results ranked as follows.
1st：Has four distinct seasons
2nd：Tap water is drinkable
3rd：Has tasty food
4th：Has tasty rice
5th：Has entertaining anime and manga
6th：Safe society because of the strict gun control
7th：Pickpocketing aren't as frequent as overseas
8th：Trains are punctual (apology given even with a few minutes delay)
9th：No military conscription
10th：Is economically wealthy
11th：Toilet technology
12th：Love the Japanese language which allows a wide range of expression with wordplay and onomatopoeia
13th：Has amazing convenience food technology
14th：The otaku culture is entertaining
15th：Can see cherry blossoms in spring
16th：Convenience stores are everywhere
17th：Has good fish because the country is surrounded by sea
18th：Contributed to the video game culture
19th：Has a wide variety of culture
20th：Has big cities, countryside and cities like Kyoto
I may not
have been born here in Japan (have permanent residence now though) but
there is a lot that I love about the Land of the Rising Sun - some of
which I covered in the How Discovering Japan Changed My Life post. This first photo is of Mount Fuji - one of my fave things about Japan.






One
of my fave things about living in Japan is that everyday is a new
discovery which I try to capture in photos as much as possible - check
out the Japan category for more.




Ranked
in at first place is "Has four distinct seasons" - one of my fave
things too. Summer is boiling hot and Winter is bitterly cold leaving
Spring and Autumn just right - although Spring does come with hay fever
though ><
You can see more of Japan in the Winter in the photo posts below.

• Nakano Broadway in the Winter
  
• Akihabara in the Winter
  
• Shibuya in the Winter
  
• Odaiba in the Winter
  
• Harajuku in the Winter
  
• Ueno in the Winter
  
• Ginza in the Winter
  
• Shinjuku in the Winter
  
• Ikebukuro in the Winter
  
• View more...
  

While you can see more of Japan in the Summer in the posts listed up below.

• Nakano Broadway in the Summer
  
• Ueno in the Summer
  
• Ginza in the Summer
  
• Odaiba in the Summer
  
• Shibuya in the Summer
  
• Harajuku in the Summer
  
• Ikebukuro in the Summer
  
• Shinjuku in the Summer
  
• Akihabara in the Summer
  
• View more...
  

Ranked
in at 5th place is "Has entertaining anime and manga" - is also one of
the reasons how I discovered Japan. This photo taken at the studios of
an Anime production house called Production IG - more in the How Anime is Made post.






Ranked
in at 8th place is "Trains are punctual (Will apologize even with a few
minutes delay)" - trains over here are so punctual that you can set
your watch by them. When they are late, they will make an apology and
issue you with a certificate so that you can show to your boss proving
that your lateness was because of the train and not because you was up
watching anime all night.
The trains also from time to time come with very tired salary men like this one.
More photos like this in the A Week in Tokyo category where I cover life in Japan.



Ranked
in at 11th place is "Toilet technology" - I'm presuming in particular
the type where you dont need to smear the brown stuff all over your
bottom to make skid marks. This is our toilet at home fitted with a
washlet - many homes in Japan come with toilets like this meaning that
you can wash your bottom with the press of a few buttons.
More photos taken around my house in this post. And if you are thinking of buying a house then check out this post - needs updating though.






Ranked
in at 12th place is "Love the Japanese language which allows a wide
range of expression with wordplay and onomatopoeia" - I learned Japanese from scratch
on my own without any knowledge of Chinese characters and if you
constantly remained focus then there is no reason why you cant too. But I
think that the reason why it was easy to pick up is because Japanese is
truly such a fun language to learn and speak.
I developed this product called Moekana
- a set of cards that help folks learn the basic Japanese syllabary
called Hiragana - we sold tens of thousands of packs worldwide and are
in the middle of developing more.






Ranked
in at 14th is "The otaku culture is entertaining" - it certainly is and
you can see more photo coverage of the Japanese Pop Culture world in this category.






Ranked in at 15th place is "Can see cherry blossoms in spring" - this photo was taken at Naka Meguro - more Sakura Cherry Blossom photos here.






Ranked
in at 16th place is "Convenience stores are everywhere" - filled to the
brim with stuff that you actually want to buy. I've been to quite a few
convenient stores around the world and some of them are kinda sad
><



Ranked
in at 18th is "Contributed to the video game culture" - I love games
and have been trying to find more time of late to get back into gaming.
This photo taken at Tokyo's leading retro game store Super Potato - photos here.






Beyond the top 20 are answers such as "Japanese girls are cute" - and indeed they are just like this one here - this is Mimori Suzuko who often appears on my TV Show Culture Japan. This particular photo was taken when we were in Hong Kong together - more photos here.
And the episode of Culture Japan below is where we went round cutting folks in Osaka with an invisible katana.





The "Japanese girls are cute" answer usually includes 2D girls like the Mirai Millennium girls - read more about them here.
Also
included outside of the top 20 is "Fastest internet speeds in the
world" - 1GB Optic fibre connections are the norm over here at
reasonable prices too. This chap is installing some optics in our house
and you can read more about high speed Internet connections in Japan in this post.
What are your favorite things about the Land Of The Rising Sun?



What do you like most about Japan?


Anime Culture


29.69%

Food


3.69%

2D girls


1.78%

Culture! added by Pirate From the Lit'dot (click here to reply)


44.87%

Daily life added by tomiaruda (click here to reply)


3.28%

All added by SquallAdv (click here to reply)


8.62%

Sakura Trees and AKB48 added by Adrianus (click here to reply)


1.37%

Multi-function toilet! added by Soujiroi Marui (click here to reply)


0.41%

Nature added by igam93 (click here to reply)


1.37%

Porn industry added by Sadist4life (click here to reply)


0.96%

Respect for nature, not everywhere is concrete added by Funkenjizzle (click here to reply)


0.68%

EVERYTHING! added by frankmic7 (click here to reply)


1.92%

Japanese culture added by darrentcteo94 (click here to reply)


0.55%

The group is often more important than the individual. added by Ravendruid (click here to reply)


0.27%

Anime, Manga, Eroge~~ ^o^ added by -Ren- (click here to reply)


0.27%

The country monument and cities added by rorochan (click here to reply)


0.14%

J-POP added by Milktea (click here to reply)


0.14%
Other:







While we are at it - may as well ask what you dislike most about Japan.


What do you dislike about Japan the most?


High taxi fares


3.94%

Price of Yen are too high than my own country. added by Soujiroi Marui (click here to reply)


7.26%

Gangsters added by JowyBoy (click here to reply)


0.95%

No Gangnam/Roppongi Style added by じょん君 (click here to reply)


0.16%

Tenticle monsters added by FatBastard (click here to reply)


1.42%

It's difficult to get work visa/permanent residence added by SquallAdv (click here to reply)


8.36%

I am not there yet *^* added by waqasjawad (click here to reply)


55.36%

It´s so far away T_T added by -Keita- (click here to reply)


3.79%

whale hunting added by Rosi-san (click here to reply)


3.47%

Discrimination against foreigners :( added by KittyRa (click here to reply)


11.04%

Prices of anime cds, DVDs,blurays too expensive added by limesansg (click here to reply)


0.95%

How the group is more important than the individual. added by LoganRunn (click here to reply)


1.42%

Living cost in Japan added by darrentcteo94 (click here to reply)


1.74%

it's ignorance added by Barsona (click here to reply)


0.16%
Other:







And how about the country you were born in? What are you most glad about?