What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia? Time and time again it stood strong for all of history and even today has one of the best living standards in the world.
Is it incorrect to call Japan or "The Land of the Rising Sun", the jewel of the East?
Unlike most nations, Japan had a very long strong man period which only ended in very recent history.
Racial superiority over their lesser neighbors
There's a reason why they're considered honorary Aryans
ken-sama pls
The reason was that they Westernized first.
Now that their neighbors caught up with them they're back to being irrelevant island chinks
They were hillbillies compared to the mainland. What the fuck are you talking about
Go to bed Ken.
If you want to be derogatory call them Japs, don't call them chinks
The Japanese are too mannered and too civilized to be compared to them
Isn’t a nip a better term to use?
They're basically just a copy paste culture of their neighbors so they're chinks
>t. Chinese double agent
Japan is always a second class nation.They are good at following others,like ancient china and now ameirca.And Immediately getting mad when they lose guardian.
Have their moments but ultimately irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Mostly because of the Tokugawa period. In the 17th and 18th centuries Japan went from mostly rural, with Kyoto being the only very large city, to extremely urbanised and commercialised, with Osaka, Edo and other major settlements growing into sprawing cities. The country was highly developed economically, technologically and institutionally. The introduction and popularisation of secular xylography at the end of the 16th century caused a kind of printing revolution akin to that of Renaissance Europe, bring literacy to the masses and allowing for an explosive cultural development in literature, art (like woodblock printing), philosophy and so on which was not just limited to the literati elite but served as the basis of a commercialised popular culture. Japan's smooth and successful modernisation in the 19th century, made possible by its already high degree of development, brought the vitality of this culture into the modern era (in contast to China were the 19th and 20th century brought ruin and cultural decline), and Westerners became increasingly enamoured with it as 19th century Japonism replaced 18th century Chinoiserie. The Tokugawa period also created a highly romanticised and appealing vision of the past, dominated by samurai, ninjas, bushido and all that.
Kill youself.
Yes since Nippon is the original name of Japan
They're stereotypically different
chink: ching chang chong
gook: djip djap djoek
Jap; si sha sho
>t. Kawasaki Yokohama-san
Did they do anything of note before?
Sure, they've been a highly accomplished culture since the 5th century or so. Even before adopting Chinese civilization they were building massive monuments like the tomb of Nintoku, and afterwards they excelled in areas like art, architecture and literature. Look at the original 8th century Todaiji for example, or the Tale of Genji. They've almost always been in China's shadow though, except maybe in the realm of sculpture. Japanese Buddhist sculpture around the 12th-13th centuries was the best of its time in my opinion.
>historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia
>What is China
>Sure, they've been a highly accomplished culture since the 5th century or so.
This. Japanese civilization has existed for two millennia people tend to forget that over memes like
They were more disciplined and had stricter morals which created a stronger national identity and a well behaved and organized society
I think having the longest standing dynasty and also the only such dynasty to still be referred to as “emperor” is cool
>historically rich, powerful
Naw. Its relevance is only in the modern period because it westernized faster than it's neighbors. It broke through the barrier of tradition to cast itself into modernity, something almost everyone else failed to do. Japan was not unduly successful for the rest of its history. I'll give you interesting though, a fascinating little island chain.
It's an island, which kept it insulated from all the crazy shit that happened on the continent. Same reason Great Britain had an advantage over the rest of Europe.
If China or Korea had a Meiji you'd be praising them instead. This is literally the only difference.
>more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia?
Interesting is a matter of opinion, the other two are blatantly false. How little do you know about Asia to think Japan was always a superpower in the region? Japan was an irrelevant pimple on the backside of China for a thousand years before they became powerful and culturally developed enough to distinguish themselves as more than just another Chinese satellite kingdom. The first time Japan had any kind of real clout in Asia was after Toyotomi Hideyoshi solidified his control of the country enough that he could stage his ill-fated invasion of Korea. And this first attempt by Japan to swing their dick in the greater Asian neighborhood ended so badly they became hermits for 250 years after that. It was only with the meiji restoration and the rapid modernization of Japan in the 19th century that catapulted them to the fore of Asia's powers.
Meji restoration and those times of high cultural stuff popping up during times.
Stop creating the same thread again and again. You should at least change pic and first post.
>t. Yamaguchi Junichiro
Weeb scum detected. Aside from a brief period in the early 20th century, Japan has always been a backwater compared to China (the real cultural centre of Asia)
Japan was filled with weak men, no wonder they constantly went through hard times.
t. someone who knows nothing
Why do you keep making the same fucking thread you autistic asshole?
They were smart enough to westernize early and completely.