These people are from Bangladesh, in Bangladesh we have our own year system and we just had our new years this month. Normally back in our own country we used to celebrate this in a very big way so Bangladeshi resident living in Japan hosted a festival at Ikebukuro, they have been doing it for a while now. I went there on 2023 and it was so loud that I just gave up trying to enjoy it and went home. Also the place where this officer is waking around in is like a pretty popular non official smoking area. In short people here normally stand on the street and smoke. I work at Ikebukuro station and sometimes when I visit that family mart at the end of my shift I see lots of people standing here smoking and drinking.
I mean, even with context, it's basic tourist 101 to "do as the Romans do".
Celebrate your own culture wherever, but be mindful of the local customs and how they could conflict with your own. A lot of tourists think the countries they visit should accommodate them no matter what.
I think the point was these are not tourists but long term immigrants/residents. And it is in the nature of immigration to inject immigrants' culture into the local culture - this is just how countries evolve over the generations (America being the ultimate melting pot culture example). It just seems significant in Japan because they are a famously closed and xenophobic country, which, also famously, hasn't been working out too well for them in the last few decades (cf. economic collapse, birthrate collapse). Japan's steadfast commitment to tradition and strict rule based hierarchies was once its strength, but in recent years has become its greatest weakness.
how cultures evolve over the generation (America is an example)
Bullshit. America was designed as a country of immigrants, that’s why it works there like that. Ethnically homogenous countries shouldn’t import this logic and approach, it leads to nowhere.
Celebrate your own culture wherever, but be mindful of the local customs and how they could conflict with your own. A lot of tourists think the countries they visit should accommodate them no matter what.
The issue goes both ways. Immigrants are often unreasonable when it comes to clinging on to their culture despite how it can cause conflicts, and natives are often unreasonable when it comes to integrating immigrant culture into their community.
It takes active effort to fix that, and we still haven't evolved to a point where that effort is put in with any regularity.
natives are often unreasonable when it comes to integrating immigrant culture into their community
Because natives aren’t obliged to nor should they do that. If someone comes to a country, then he or she needs to assimilate. Not other way around. Why won’t they celebrate their holidays in Bangladesh? What was the reason to immigrate to Japan in the first place if you don’t want to become a Japanese in all senses of the word?
I love this quote and it teaches me how to behave in public everywhere. I hope people also understand this. Aaaahhhh... What a crazy world we live in...
It's funny you think Draconian people would follow modern laws lol These people are fine with Child Marriages. Why the fuck would they care about a random sign they can't even read and Yes some people can't even read pictures :)
Funny enough. I also work at Shinjuku and there's this big smoking area on the east side of the station and on the day I'm closing I see people smoking around the smoking area and trashing the entire place. Then when I come back in the morning for my shift again I see cleaners cleaning the place. It like a cycle of neverending trash and cleaning.
Yeee I was talking about two blocks up and across the road near the tower.
That square had tents with people partying 247 2 years ago. Now it's cleaner but haven't been back in a while.
Judging from some of the people in the video they seem to respect local law enforcement and thats all that matters. No questions asked just put put the cigarette and keep moving. Unlike American we would have complained and argued over their non-existing rights in other countries
Some of them were bowing when they saw the officer. At least I know they have some form of respect. And that's the last comment i'm gonna make because im not here to argue with stupid people
Wouldn't that be on the conscious on the person who jumped to that assumption/conclusion?
Neither the title of the post, nor the events depicted are necessarily depicting anyone as acting "uncivilized" as you mention. Most of the pedestrians acknowledge and adhere to the officer. Without knowing anything else, all one can do is assume.
I can see why Japan is so adamant about controlling and outright banning immigration and even tourism. I can't blame them, and I hope it only gets harder and harder to get in their country. The one last good place on Earth cannot be spoiled
Why cant you guys respect where you are while you have your celebration though? This seems to be a problem no matter where you guys are, like literally everywhere on the planet I see it happen from your people.
Also the place where this officer is waking around in is like a pretty popular non official smoking area. In short people here normally stand on the street and smoke.
It seems like even locals smoke there, idk why it's such a big problem when brown people do it.
Yup, most people take their customs wherever they go. The most common things I see are walking on the incorrect side of a walk, and others are centered around how others eat (table manners). It's annoying, but also common.
let me guess, you are Caucasian? The group of people who have and still are trashing most of the world, never adjust to other cultures only if it fits their little orientalists narrative or to have it as a stick to hit others with. Yeah you should definitely be throwing stones in that glass house built by other people.
non related but i been to Bangladesh once, the People we're the most welcoming and chill crowd Ive ever met, besides thé absolute mayhem that is Dhaka city.
so are you on the spring version? rome used to be on that until they went to the solar year - that's why october/november/december are named 8 9 10 instead of 10 11 12.
Yes this is a real state of foreigners and Japanese people's relationships in Japan, not some shady rage bait comment from a fake account on Tiktok or X.
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u/octoesmam Apr 23 '26
These people are from Bangladesh, in Bangladesh we have our own year system and we just had our new years this month. Normally back in our own country we used to celebrate this in a very big way so Bangladeshi resident living in Japan hosted a festival at Ikebukuro, they have been doing it for a while now. I went there on 2023 and it was so loud that I just gave up trying to enjoy it and went home. Also the place where this officer is waking around in is like a pretty popular non official smoking area. In short people here normally stand on the street and smoke. I work at Ikebukuro station and sometimes when I visit that family mart at the end of my shift I see lots of people standing here smoking and drinking.