Comments on: Kansai Vs. Kanto: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

By: john

john — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:19:00 +0000

Why Kanto we all just get along?

By: Miamiron

Miamiron — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 03:54:00 +0000

I think anyone caught up in civic pride / civic rivalry should listen to the Louis CK bit from his special “Live at Carnegie Hall” and then realize how dumb you are to cheer or boo a place based on whether you live there or not.

By: MoiKnee

MoiKnee — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:11:00 +0000

It sounds kind of similar to America where dialects such as Creole or traditionally Black American patterns of speech are considered “wrong” or “incorrect English” because they are not “standard English”. I recommend a documentary called American Tongues, it’s really informative.

By: zoomingjapan

zoomingjapan — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:02:00 +0000

It’s easy to learn a dialect once you’ve mastered standard Japanese more or less.
But more than learning it, it’s so much easier if you just MOVE to the region. You don’t have to study at all, you’ll just live the dialect.
I’ve been in Japan for 6+ years now, but only moved to Kansai two years ago. Yet I’m fluent in Kansai-ben without ever studying it.

By: Wolf Haven

Wolf Haven — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:49:00 +0000

I’m more of a 九州人Kyuushuu Person (Fukuoka FTW), though I’ve only been there and Tokyo so can’t say much about the Kansai area… Yet.

By: TCMercury

TCMercury — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:02:00 +0000

I’ll be honest, if I could have lived in Kyoto I’d have jumped at the chance. Guess I’ll just have to stick with cold (literally, figuratively and sarcastically) Tokyo for now.