Friday, June 27, 2014

Tokyo - take it or leave it /Ch.5 Timeless childhood

Timeless childhood):

One peculiar thing about this city is that people's  behavior (regardless their age) can strike you as childish. Refusal to grow up until way into their 30s, worshipping Tokyo Disneyland that seem to serve more adults than kids, obsession with youthful cuteness bordering insanity when some 50/60year olds insisting on dressing up like 20year olds sincerely believing that loosing enough weight should do the trick, possibly.., from behind...
The way to speak, insisting on girlish giggly talk, quickly spreading among young males is slightly shocking and disturbing. Fashion caters heavily to the concept with kiddy style short pants on everyone age 5-75, ribbons and hairstyles from comic books.

Serious topics are mostly avoided, things must be kept light and there's a lot of forced laughter. Many will be convincing you that the only way to open up is after few drinks. Drinking is apparently another 'tradition' that is praised as 'healthy' and necessary to connect with society. You hardly find any negative attribute of alcohol here with rampant advertisement and kids being at the table with drinking adults through their formative years as a norm. 

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