Just bumped into this vlog (video blog) about an American in Tokyo. Kevin Cooney is a writer, comedian and performer born and raised in New York but currently residing in Japan. His approach is somehow aligned with my own take on life that I try to capture in my own blog: cultural differences are interesting, even if they can make you smile at times.
Since I have myself walked the streets of Tokyo and Japan, his stand-up resonates to me. But I guess it would to anyone genuinely open-minded about what is available out there. What I liked about Japan was that the cultural choc is not biased by a so-call difference of economic development. This country is as advanced if not more than most of the Western countries. They have simply adopted a different route which drove them in a different place. Not better, not less enticing. Simply different.
Here is episode #1 of the series of mini-clips, shot in 2006:
To read further:
- Eat your Japanese carrots, Boy!, an article about food, drinks, health and puzzling labels.
- A breeze of fresh air, a sneak peek at Japanese high-tech though hygienic gizmos
- Japanese pictures, a self explanatory post packed with my pictures of the country of the Rising Sun
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