Cute girls, and ever cuter boys. Ramen and curry too. Awesome collectibles, lots and lots of raw (obviously) manga that I would love to drop 45 million ¥ on. Sushi, cool but weird technology, loli fanatics....

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I think of okatus and Hiro.

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I think of the food first. Then anime/manga. Then Yakuza. Then my attention span sort of drops, hahaha~

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The first thing I have always thought of when it was mentioned was technology, everything else comes after that.

I want an all of the above option, with emphasis on the technology, Shinto, and visual arts.

P.S.
The way people act too. I mean the indirectness, shyness, politeness. Also the preference for simplicity and nature.

Shakyamuni Buddha was not, in fact, Chinese.

Zen, however, did initially develop in China.

You mention Japan, I think seppuku. >_<!
Then the rest comes after that.

1 for me, but you left out a great one.... Mr Miyagi and the Karate Kid series!!!

(I mean since I watched those movies a ton as a kid I always thought it would pretty cool if I could go there and chop 10 of those ice blocks with my hand and win the money!)

Well before, I used to think of ramen and other types of japanese food.

Now I think of all the anime and manga naturally. Then it's the food. Then it's the technology.

When I think of Japan, Anime and manga is the first thing that comes to my mind. Then it's the fashion, the people, the cars, the food and the culture.

And the Cherry Blossoms as well~ 😀

I read so much mangas, I'm too lazy to watch anime! 😛 😛 😛

Manga I'm loving ATM: Heart no Kuni no Alice

Well obviously one of the things that come to mind are manga/anime BUT the pictures that are burned into my brain whenever I hear "Japan" are these:

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I can already see the bitching of some Japan-is-the-best-country-in-the-world-fantards coming >>

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