Hardship post... I can see that. Today in Hakodate it's minus 7 c and there's a Siberian blizzard raging. The snow was so thick when I opened my door this morning that I really thought I wouldn't be able to get out. Here I am on the way to work:
I could certainly live in Sapporo, though. It's got everyone one would need for civilised life, plus some lovely alpine mountains, hot springs, bears...
There is supposed to be quite a large cultural difference between Hokkaido and Honshu. Hokkaido residents are reputed to have a more independent, 'frontier' mentality. In the Kitayama and Marcus' studies of cultural attitudes to self, Hokkaidans scored somewhere between Japanese mainlanders and Americans.
Sapporo, the economic and cultural capital of Hokkaido, is more likely to resemble Honshu culturally, than an isolated place like Hakodate.
Yeah, I was really surprised by the way Hakodate is spread out and oriented around cars. People blow their horns at each other aggressively and drive recklessly. Everything's Drive In. It feels 'individualist'... and I mean that in a negative way – I'm much more at home with the Honshu style; widespread use of public transport, high density urban environments, consideration, etc.
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Date: 2005-01-31 03:27 am (UTC)I could certainly live in Sapporo, though. It's got everyone one would need for civilised life, plus some lovely alpine mountains, hot springs, bears...
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Date: 2005-01-31 05:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-31 05:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-31 07:10 am (UTC)There is supposed to be quite a large cultural difference between Hokkaido and Honshu. Hokkaido residents are reputed to have a more independent, 'frontier' mentality. In the Kitayama and Marcus' studies of cultural attitudes to self, Hokkaidans scored somewhere between Japanese mainlanders and Americans.
Sapporo, the economic and cultural capital of Hokkaido, is more likely to resemble Honshu culturally, than an isolated place like Hakodate.
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Date: 2005-01-31 08:06 am (UTC)