Japan
is established from many islands. 4 of them are the biggest. Is the name SAPPORO
the same word for Hokkaido island? Are Sapporo Samurai Skins from this island?
Or is the Sapporo the name of any city ?
Hokkaido
is the name of one of the island. Sapporo is the city's name placed in Hokkaido.
I don't know about Sapporo Samurai Skins.
I
have no idea about Skinhead scenes. I like Hardcore / Metal Punk. I know there
are some Skinheads in Japan, and I sometimes see them at gigs.
I
don't know about this topic.
There
are indigenous people called Ainu in Hokkaido. few hundred years ago, people in
Honshuu landed Hokkaido and started taking Ainu's lands. Ainu is still
alive in Hokkaido. There are their museums. They fought before, but now
they are also part of Japanese, and I believe we are in a good relationship.
However, there are many Chinese and Korean in Japan, and sometimes we have
problems about them. Also American military makes trouble sometimes in
Japan. I like Japan and want to live for good.
I
have heard Strong Style and Ikazuchi. I think they are still playing
around. I don't know much about the members and musical projects. As
I told before I'm more into Hardcore / Metal Punk man. ;)
Haha,
it's always a big mysterious. I think the biggest thing why Japanese don't often
keep in touch with foreigners is shyness. We don't want to make mistakes.
That means we don't want to speak English unless our grammer, vocabularies,
pronunciations are correct. We feel shamed if we make mistakes. Some
scholars say Japanese culture is based on sham. haha
I
didn't go through World War II, so I could say from what I heard and learned
from history classes. I think that was the only way to attack enemies in
that situation about Kamikaze Fighters. They were of course scared to die,
so they shot heroin by themselves to be relieved from the fear. I respect
my ancestors, and I believe we are still fighting against worldwide problems
such as global warming, depressed economy, and preservation of the species.
Our enemy is now Nature and human itself.
Which
flag do you prefere more? The flag of rising sun (white with the sun target) or
your war flag with shines of the red sun?
I
like rising sun better. Do you?
Where
can we buy some stuff like skinhead T-shirts, patches, CDs, LPs ??? Sledge
Hammer, Sapporo Samurai Skins etc. ?
I
think there are still some some skinhead groups in Japan. You can search
their goods like these stores.
http://www.666jp.com/html/newpage.html?code=2
http://blackbox96.shop-pro.jp/?mode=grp&gid=148540
http://www.recordshopbase.com/
Actually,
those two signs are different. Swastika and Manji which you often see in
Japan are opposite. If you take a look at carefully those two signs, you
can find that's mirrored. Manji is used as a sign of Shrine (a.k.a. Jinja
or Yashiro) which Shinto, one of Japanese religion, believes. About 90% of
Japanese believe two religions at the same time. One is Buddism and the
other is Shinto. I think Shinto was made about 1,800 to 2,100 years ago.
What
do you hate the most ? ?
Murder.
I
think you are right. They sing Japanese pride, culture, war and love. Some
bands would be against homosexuals and politics.
I
don't think skinhead scene is not as large or strong as Metal, Hardcore, or Rock
scenes in Japan. Some skinheads are associated with punks.
Tokyo
is the biggest city in Asia, so you'll find something interesting over there.
Kyoto is very different from Tokyo, and you can see many temples, shrines, old
houses and traditional cultures.
I
believe so, too ;) I could say they are good at make-up. haha
Of
course there are good and bad Japanese as always. But we have lived in not a big
country (the land is almost the same size as California, USA), and resources are
little, so we have to help each other to live. Now, more people goes to foreign
countries, population is decreasing because of less new borns, and baby boomers
are older and older. But still there are 120 million people in Japan, so
people live closely and that's why it makes people friendly and nice. So I
believe you are right. ;)
I
don't mind where people are from. Our ancestors probably came from China,
Korea and other Asian regions in millions years ago, then we started doing
trades between European countries in 17 century, and American made new
constitution after World War II. This country is quite mixed with all
kinds of cultures. So how come I can say I like or don't like people in
other countries? :) There are always problems between other countries, but
I believe everything will make a good turnout someday as long as WAR doesn't
happen.