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ABOUT YOU

Name: Patrick
Job: high level sport team manager
Sex: Male

*ABOUT JAPAN

How did you meet Japanese culture first?

A movie, called in french "Soleil Rouge" (red sun) with Toshiro Mifune


What kind of Japanese culture are you interested in?

anythin


How do you contact with Japanese culture? What kind of media do you use?

I went in Japan two years ago, Internet, cinema, french magazine (specially "chronicart")


Are there any communities talking about Japan around you?

not really but my youngest daughter is member of a fan group of Nana.


Are there any obstacles when you want to know about Japanese culture? What is inconvenient for you?

language


Do you have something made in Japan? What is that?

a lot of my electronic devices are "made in japan" or built by japanese brands, but also fishing equipment, sports equipment (my daugther used to practice rythmic gymnastic with Sasaki equipment, and my son's bicycle is fully equiped with Shimano), Buzz Rickson's clothes...


How is the impression about Japan in your country?

I think that we, french people, are a little bit both scared and curious about japanese people, you look very strange for us


Please tell us about Japan you think you only know.

japanese people during "official" events try always to show that they are "perfect" but like everybody they are not and I notice that they are very uncomfortable when someone see them not as perfect as they want to be viewed


Please tell us good points of Japan Japanese don't seem to notice.

Japanese girls are very beautyfull


If you were born in Japan, what do you want to do?

Don't know


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