You see, Japan’s an island no bigger than California, and information about the rest of the world is filtered. There are so few foreigners here, their only impressions of things outside Japan are from the media. And to be honest, they don’t really give a damn about anything other than America. So try to imagine a country where the national perception of you is created by American movies, music, and MTV. When you stop crying and shaking at the sheer horror of that thought, I’ll be here waiting.
This blog became really famous in the English teaching world and various expat communities. Worth a lovely, entertaining read from the very beginning.
(via uncdan)
“Before freeways, traffic congestion and air pollution, public transportation was a vital part of the American landscape. Jim Klein and Martha Olson weave investigative journalism, urban history and social commentary to uncover General Motors’ role in dismantling street car transportation in the 1930’s, and in catapulting the automobile to the center of our national culture.”
PBS Documentary, watch trailer at the link, full video on YouTube.
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