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Hello, I hope you are having good fall break!!

We Japanese have no particular religion.  When I was in Japan, I remember having discussion with my friends about religion. 　Surprisingly, we had similarly negative views on religion.  In Japan, there are some religious groups that force people to join their community, and in the extreme case, there are religious “cults” that are borderline insane, such as the “Aum Shinrikyo” which was responsible for a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995.  As a result, we often tend to regard religion as a dangerous thing.  I once asked my mother about why I don’t belong to any religion.  My mother told me that we have rights to choose our own religion freely.  I don't go to church because my mom told me that would change my way of thinking.  The fact that going to church might affect how I think and behave made me cast religion in a negative light. That is why I don’t belong to any religion.  In contrast, Kansas appears to be quite religious in nature.  I even had the chance to go to church, which was actually the first experience for me.

I am trying to understand American religion and culture. Because of all this, when I first came to America, my first impression was the religion aspect of American life. This is one of our cultures differences. 

              

Hello again! Today, I am going to talk about prejudice or stereotype in America. 

When I decided come to Kansas, I was preparing for discrimination. Because in the movie (Brokeback Mountain, or Giant), the country side (south part in US) people do color discriminate. The civil war  they wanted to keep slave, south part is the cradle land of the KKK. That is why, I believed when I come Kansas, I would be discriminate by white people.

But it is just prejudice and different.

I really surprised that people are very kind. My image was they would ignore me.

Well, actually when I talk with white people I still feel something is wrong. Because when I lived in Tokyo, I had never had foreigner friends.

Same as Asian country, when I talk with Chinese, I ask them about Japanese impression.

We think each others don`t like one another country, Japan between China. This because of media.

I have American, African or Chinese friends.

That is why i like America (melting pot country)
I am very happy to know that people are so kind here in Kansas, and the rest of America.  

Opinion of American through Japanese comic strip

Hi there!!! I gonna talk about Opinion of American through Japanese comic strip.
Japanese perceive America as special.
For example, aｎ actor appearｓ on American movie, we call them Hollywood Star.  Moreover, an obscure pianist　winｓ a prize in America, they get popular in Japan. Because they  won a prize in America. 
Japanese love America and everybody wants to go to America.  If you come to Tokyo, you are very popular even if you are geek....
This is short comic (Charisma man) It talks about White men (geek) go to Japan and he get very popular.
It is very funny!! 

He is Canadian, but same would happen to an American. Also we can not distinguish where they from (until we hear them speak). So when we find foreigner,  we call American. No matter what, even if European, White and Black people are American for us.  We are very nice to American, however American look down on us in Japan. It is in my opinion.  Even if they are rude, we can forgive them because American.   We forgive them even when they are very rude and inconsiderate to us, but we still love America. 

Hi, there. I am Mao Tohge.

I want to show you how Japan and America are similar but also very different cultures. From music and food too the old traditions of Japan. I would also like to clear up any stereotypes Americans have of the Japanese. My intent of this Blog is to share my point of view on these topics. I hope you are as excited as I am!!