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Anonymous asked:
Do you know the general vibe of each of their cities? Like ive read that shibuya is basically like tokyo in that its urban and a bustling city with a lot of fashion and busy people.
slugtranslation-hypmic answered:
I’ve never lived in or even visited Japan personally, so this is all second-hand knowledge or derived from pop culture and thus should be taken with a saltshaker’s worth of grains of salt.
Ikebukuro - Ikebukuro is a district within the ward of Toshima, Tokyo. (Think of wards as sub-cities within the metropolis of Tokyo itself.) It is a central commuter hub for Tokyo at large due to its presence on several major train and subway lines. Like Toshima as a whole, Ikebukuro is known for its strong international presence, especially in its Chinatown. Ikebukuro is generally known for its entertainment and commercial enterprises. Some of its best known features include the West Gate Park, an outdoor area for gathering and for practicing street dance, Sunshine 60, a huge shopping mall and shopping district containing various amenities, and Otome Road, one of the multiple pockets in Ikebukuro of otaku-geared shopping with an emphasis on catering to female consumers.
Yokohama - Yokohama is one of Japan’s most major port cities with a heavy emphasis on industrial processing, especially near the harbor itself. This gives the city a more “rugged” aesthetic than many other Japanese cities, but Yokohama is no stranger to the commercial and entertainment districts characteristic of large Japanese cities. One famous shopping mall, the Red Brick Warehouse, even capitalizes off of Yokohama’s industrial theme for its decor. Other prominent shopping areas include the downtown district Minato Mirai and Yokohama’s prominent Chinatown. Some famous landmarks include the enormous Ferris wheel the Cosmo Clock and the Yokohama Landmark Tower. Yakuza tend to appear pretty frequently in stories set in Yokohama, but I have no idea if this is reflective of any prominent yakuza presence in Yokohama or if it’s more in line with the city’s “tough guy” image.
Shibuya - Shibuya is a ward of Tokyo itself known for its large commercial presence, especially within the fashion industry. Some districts within Shibuya are especially well known for this, such as Harajuku and Omotesandou. The general atmosphere of Shibuya tends to cater to the young with large pop culture presences and an active nightlife. Not surprisingly for a city inhabited by many young people, Shibuya tends to lead socially liberal movements, such as allowing civil partnerships (with reduced rights) for same-sex couples and hosting a BLM protest earlier this June.
For whatever reason, there’s a slight trend in media to represent characters representing Shibuya as devious little twinks, and I have to wonder what about Shibuya is causing this. Perhaps the ghastly rents…?
Shinjuku - Shinjuku is a ward of Tokyo sandwiched between Toshima (where Ikebukuro is) and Shibuya. It is best known for its commercial power, large entertainment district, and collection of government administrative buildings. In terms of its commercial strength, Shinjuku is home to head offices for many corporations, including multiple large names in the publishing and electronics industries. Shinjuku has a colorful nightlife which has earned it the title of “the city that doesn’t sleep” and a large redlight district. It is also home to Shinjuku Nichoume, a neighborhood known as the hub of Tokyo LGBT subculture featuring the largest amount of gay bars in the world. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which governs every ward as a whole, is based in Shinjuku.
Despite also being ridiculously expensive, shoutout to Shinjuku for having consistently lower prices on apartments for rent. The general perception of Shinjuku as far as I’m aware of it is “Shibuya if Shibuya were a person now about ten years older who works in an office but still lets their hair down on the weekends.”
Osaka - Osaka is another major city and a huge economic hub for Japan. It houses all sorts of commercial and financial offices, including head offices for all of Japan’s major newspapers. Osaka is also very well known for its manzai comedians, so much that it has become a stereotype. The image perpetuated by pop culture of the average Osakan is one obsessed with making money, usually in a hurry, and typically more outspoken than the average Japanese citizen. Osaka is also characterized by its unique dialect. Osaka-ben is a type of Kansai-ben (western Japanese dialect, as opposed to the standard Eastern Japanese Kantou-ben dialects) that is comparatively easy to understand for non-Osakans, so it tends to appear in media a lot. Prominent city landmarks include Tsuutenkaku Tower and the Namba Grand Kagetsu Theater. Osaka is also associated with takoyaki, fried octopus balls, although at this point I feel you can find takoyaki just about anywhere in Japan or even overseas.
Nagoya - I never hear anything particularly juicy about Nagoya, so it must be doing something right. Nagoya is a city steeped with history, and the city’s central landmarks such as Nagoya Castle, Atsuta Shrine, and the Osu Kannon Temple reflect that. Nagoya is also well-known for its traditional arts and inventions. It is home to a prominent Noh theater and museums with exhibits on 17th century automatons called karakuri puppets.
As someone who lived in Tokyo for a bit, here is my OWN observation of the different districts.
Ikebukuro is basically Akihabara but for girls. Aka it has a lot of anime, cosplay, manga stores but mainly targeting girl audiences with otome games and yaoi stuffs. It is also home to the famous sunshine city a giant shopping mall. It has suburb vibes when you go in less frequented streets.
I’ve personally never been to Yokohama so I prefer to avoid saying much about this district. It has a pretty Ferris wheel and also the cup noodle museum lol.
Shibuya, like you mentioned, is a very young orientated, rowdy and fashionable place. Seriously everyone in Shibuya seems to have their own fashion style. It’s also known for Pachinko those very loud casinos who are in the middle of Shibuya. The good boy Hachikou is known to have waited for his dead owner for years around Shibuya’s station. If I dare say, Shibuya is also full of fuckboys but that’s just my experience. It’s still my favourite place along with Ikebukuro.
Shinjuku, the good old Shinjuku where in mornings all the salarymen are heading to in the crowded densha (train) and at night all the lustful people and hosts go. Shinjuku’s vibe is incredibly different during the day, you can almost feel the pressure of all the salary men who hurrie to arrive at work on time. At night, you can see couples heading to love hotels, the same salary men go drinking to relieve the stress and beautiful hosts/hostesses in Kabukicho smiling at you to beckon you in their shop. The red lights district is full of secret places such as bdsm dungeons or happening bars. It is also said that the yakuza own a lot of the buildings.
Here is a busbros poster in Ikebukuro in December 2019
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Anonymous asked:
I hate that this is the best cultural comparison I can make but: Nagoya is like the New Jersey of Japan
This is amusing as HELL, but I don’t know shit about New Jersey. Hopefully someone else will find good meaning in this message.
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Hey hey! What do you think of Fling Posse and Matenrou?
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