Help!

[halfie-power-XD]

Hey, I'm currently doing an assignment at skool. (year 11) and i was wondering if there was anyone here who would know whether Board shorts are popular in Japan.. or on da beaches.

[FishKid Wales]

I really like the AI signature series boardies cos they match my board

[halfie-power-XD]

do ppl in japan wear it?

[FishKid Wales]

How the feck should I know
But they do have a rising sun on them so maybe

[Dr Rev]

Should be no reason why not ?

[halfie-power-XD]

its just i need to know whether boardies are popular in japan..
but yea.. i'll look into da shorts you were talking abt! thnx heaps ^^

[Dec]

lmfao Wish/Fishy' They all wear the same pair of shorts because its their home countries colours..:eyeroll:

PS. Sp' we need a sarcastic eyeroll emoticon besides

[halfie-power-XD]

omg.. i just read some of ur otha topics.. haha your all like ... really good surfers aye.. haha.. damn it.. i can only do shoriez... ><" :oops: hahaha*shame*

[FishKid Wales]

Sorry to be a retard but what does imfao mean?????

[halfie-power-XD]

isn't it LMFAO.. i think its... laughing my f**kin ass off.. haha

[Dec]

Yea. That's it.

How long have you been surfing Fish'? (lol, don't make any funny jokes out of that, merely asking a question)

[halfie-power-XD]

anyway..its getting late.. thnx for ur help tonight pplz! hopefully there'll be more replys tmr! haha
Swt drmz everyone!! ^^

[FishKid Wales]

Yea. That's it.

How long have you been surfing Fish'? (lol, don't make any funny jokes out of that, merely asking a question)

Since feb of this year but am well happy with my progress to date

[Dec]

Get in! You must have done pretty well to be surfing that fish and all!

Ps. Do you have msn?

[FishKid Wales]

Not allowed MSN at work! Normally use the surfing waves mail thing for chats

[essex sucks]

most contrys where so why not

[surferdude_scarborough]

isnt the water pretty smeggin cold in japan im not sure anyone would be wearing boardies? i dunno

[LikeAGromit]

Yesterday the Japanese people stole my church candles.

I went to Japan (Tokyo) once and found it mostly confusing. The beds were very small (I'm a respectable 6'5) and the rest of the furniture had no legs. All the walls in our apartment were paper and a car stuck in the traffic outside moved all of 5 feet in the week I was there. The term "culture shock" doesn't come close, this was a full-scale 'slap in the face with a moist culture stick' experience.

With retrospect I'd have to say; Yes, boardies would be popular in Japan. Simply on the grounds that it's another way to emulate the much revered western world in which board shorts are fashionable. Disheartening as it is, my general impression of urban Japan was one of a country that wishes it was Euro/American.

[surfishlife]

With retrospect I'd have to say; Yes, boardies would be popular in Japan. Simply on the grounds that it's another way to emulate the much revered western world in which board shorts are fashionable. Disheartening as it is, my general impression of urban Japan was one of a country that wishes it was Euro/American.

As is your impression, what do you base it on? Clothing? Behavior? Language? I'm interested in what you mean.

A lot of the times, it is easy to say that urbanizing countries, or countries soon rising in the ranks of development, are following in the steps of industrailized nations such as those in Europe and North America. That is the nature of globalization- a term grown from economics but now encompassing politics, social norms, and overall sense of culture. It was the open market and increasingly global economy that is bridging the gap between nations' cultures, but only necessarily in the urban centers, which are economic hubs. I wouldn't be quick to say that countries themselves are willing to forgo their own cultural identity for European or American cultures, only highly developed areas.

I'll be the one to venture and safely say that most people around the world DO NOT want to be American or American-like because of its "status" and its role on the global stage.

[LikeAGromit]

The biggest clues for me were the fashions and fixations with the English language. Interestingly, the word f*ck carries a certain aestheic appeal to Japanese advertisers due to it's symmetrical nature, and as a result appears with quite some frequency and wholly out of context (much to the amusement of the casual profanity spotter).

As for personal emulations, for fear of them being masked by cultural homogenisation, I was informed by a nursing friend of mine that one of the most frequently requested dermatological procedures undergone among Japanese women is a process of skin lightening in order to look more caucasian. However, contrast this with the "wapanese" fashions emerging in the UK and US and it becomes aparent that there are larger scale forces at work. As much as I dislike using the terrible americanisation; "globalisation" is something of a driving force in modern Japanese social change. What else explains the number of yankees 'fans' proudly wearing their caps the world over?

Your point regarding something of a localisation of the globalisation phenomenom is a good one. Once you leave cities and other such hubs of global commerce you will of course see a reduction in 'alien' behaviours and fashions. But, is it fair to expect a blanket-like pattern of acculturation in areas with little contact with outside forces? As for the term 'national identity' I'm not entirely sure such a thing can exist. It implies a very much synchronic state; one that cannot be attained without complete isolation, no technological change and a completely content and static populus. What, for example, is British identity? I'm sure that any definition based on cultural stereotypes (as they so commonly are) will not find widespread acceptance, the Cornish are sure to disagree

Having somewhat derailed the train of thought regarding the nature of this thread I'll rephrase my original summation; boardies would probably be popular in Japan as a result of 'pancultural homogenisation' or of 'an emulation of western fashions and ideals', whichever term stings less.