tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post905333181900553211..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Experiences in Crossing Cultures - Andrew Edsall (USA/Japan)Victoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-67336066060261565512011-03-12T18:39:02.082+01:002011-03-12T18:39:02.082+01:00I do thank you for a best part of your life and li...I do thank you for a best part of your life and life’s experience you share with us. <br />Apparently, your mind has been influenced while watching the evening news. <br />What was so fascinating concerning Japan ?<br />The economic grows, the culture, a so different world ?<br />I ask you this question because your mind has been changed deeply and probably for your life.<br />Everything you did was oriented to live in Japan.<br />Nevertheless I can understand you as this culture is the most appreciated ‘as tourist’ around the world while the French ones are the worst !<br />I do not invent this, it is the result of a study from Expedia, a travel agency.<br />Hotel’s rooms are cleaner after using them, very polite, respectful, discreet, ect<br />Japanese people is really different from any other ones, don’t you think ?<br /><br />Hoping all is fine for you after the earth break !<br /><br />All the bestUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813615200379393630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-65151937006907048782011-03-03T21:48:26.646+01:002011-03-03T21:48:26.646+01:00Very interesting and living post. I really admire ...Very interesting and living post. I really admire people ready to move to country that are so remote from their culture of origin as Japan. But in case one succeeds in escalating the language wall, the result seems to be an extraordinary mind-opener. <br /><br />The counter-cultural shock is also a very interesting -- and sincere -- part. <br /><br />Last, "never stopping to learn" is a motto I could not agree more with.Jean-Jacques Auffrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162281656496546428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-47255503647389935342011-03-03T19:39:03.912+01:002011-03-03T19:39:03.912+01:00Interesting -- my best friend is half-Japanese, an...Interesting -- my best friend is half-Japanese, and has reported similar feelings of dislocation in both places. I commend to you, in general terms, the book "Turning Japanese" by David Mura, if you've not read it.Pure Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116350321900456318noreply@blogger.com