There are many dry cleaners in Japan. You don't need to worry about it. There is not prom in Japan, which is good for them. Actually I feel really sorry for some American high school students who need to get through such a pressured event in a sense.
Good point about the prom. It can be a VERY stressful time for the students and unfortunately, we see a great increase in the number of young student deaths at this time of the year.
Nope, I do not think so, not any time soon. First of all, Japanese rarely do any physical contact with anyone in public. Their culture almost prohibits that and also they are usually very shy about it especially in conservative country-side where you will be most-likely assigned to. Only one thing which can be close is a folk dance of "Sports day". If they try to have a prom, I guess most of kids cannot find their dates. You will see what I mean.
Would be interesting to see a Japanese prom, but yes, I have seen the lack of personal contact. Although, now I do hug most of my Japanese friends when I see them, but it wasn't like that at first.
It's almost like they want contact but are afraid to go against thousands of years of cultural habits...
Actually they immitated '70s Disco very quickly, and still there are so many dance clubs in big cities. However, those are for people like night life. The other reason is that kids have to work very hard during middle & high schools to prepare entrance exams, and schools do not encourage any "mating rituals" as conservtive officials and teachers think kids should only study, not date.
Ahhh, very interesting! I guess that is why the Japanese culture is so efficient, always focused on learning and working, no time to "feel," just "think."
More like "obey" than "think". One reason they have a big Otaku culture is that their education system never put much emphasis on self-expresson or individualism. Classes usually consist more than 40 kids and teachers just keep on writing on blackboard, simply there are not much discussions. And the school officials' biggest concern is not making big troubles. You will soon learn all these things, and you have to get used to them. Sorry, this sounds too lame XD. It's actually not that bad.
I'll answer for now and Seth can chime in later...
1 - Dry Cleaning is very available here. I use one that operates out of my local grocery store - they have typical one day turnaround and it's relatively cheap.
2 - No school dances here at any grade level. No prom or sanctioned dating opportunities.
We have a dance night at the 3-day English camp I go to each year and the kids love it since many have never danced in public before and they get to see all the ALTs get down.
I wonder if, as time goes on, the schools will adopt these social events. Seems like the our (U.S.) societal nuances have emerged gradually in Japanese culture. Although with all the fun that comes with them, there are always bad things.
There are many dry cleaners in Japan. You don't need to worry about it. There is not prom in Japan, which is good for them. Actually I feel really sorry for some American high school students who need to get through such a pressured event in a sense.
Tnakamura11 2 years ago
Good point about the prom. It can be a VERY stressful time for the students and unfortunately, we see a great increase in the number of young student deaths at this time of the year.
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago
lol PROM?? i went and hung out at a Boba place i frequented with a few friends.
shinmei2006 2 years ago
Congrats!!!
Crzeimasha 2 years ago
Thank you so much!! I'm super excited! :)
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago
Nope, I do not think so, not any time soon. First of all, Japanese rarely do any physical contact with anyone in public. Their culture almost prohibits that and also they are usually very shy about it especially in conservative country-side where you will be most-likely assigned to. Only one thing which can be close is a folk dance of "Sports day". If they try to have a prom, I guess most of kids cannot find their dates. You will see what I mean.
acatinny 2 years ago
Would be interesting to see a Japanese prom, but yes, I have seen the lack of personal contact. Although, now I do hug most of my Japanese friends when I see them, but it wasn't like that at first.
It's almost like they want contact but are afraid to go against thousands of years of cultural habits...
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago
Actually they immitated '70s Disco very quickly, and still there are so many dance clubs in big cities. However, those are for people like night life. The other reason is that kids have to work very hard during middle & high schools to prepare entrance exams, and schools do not encourage any "mating rituals" as conservtive officials and teachers think kids should only study, not date.
acatinny 2 years ago
Ahhh, very interesting! I guess that is why the Japanese culture is so efficient, always focused on learning and working, no time to "feel," just "think."
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago
More like "obey" than "think". One reason they have a big Otaku culture is that their education system never put much emphasis on self-expresson or individualism. Classes usually consist more than 40 kids and teachers just keep on writing on blackboard, simply there are not much discussions. And the school officials' biggest concern is not making big troubles. You will soon learn all these things, and you have to get used to them. Sorry, this sounds too lame XD. It's actually not that bad.
acatinny 2 years ago
I'm not worried, it will be a change for sure, but also a great experience!
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago
There are dry cleaners everywhere!
I'm a senior kindergarten teacher so I know nothing of dances and proms, but I'm sure they don't have anything like that here.
BusanKevin 2 years ago
Thank you, I figured there were lots of cleaners, but that was one thing I didn't pay attention to last time I was there.
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago
I'll answer for now and Seth can chime in later...
1 - Dry Cleaning is very available here. I use one that operates out of my local grocery store - they have typical one day turnaround and it's relatively cheap.
2 - No school dances here at any grade level. No prom or sanctioned dating opportunities.
We have a dance night at the 3-day English camp I go to each year and the kids love it since many have never danced in public before and they get to see all the ALTs get down.
myargonauts 2 years ago
I wonder if, as time goes on, the schools will adopt these social events. Seems like the our (U.S.) societal nuances have emerged gradually in Japanese culture. Although with all the fun that comes with them, there are always bad things.
DeeDoubleYou81 2 years ago