2014/12/10

set of short videos from Japan Tourism Agency

The one about values or aesthetic highlights four features of social life,

Taking the collection of short videos as a Cultural Text, it is interesting to reflect on the (collective) self-image being presented.
After all, foreign observers and social analysts have been writing and producing their views for decades, and Japanese also engage in similar pursuits.
But there are a number of divergencies in outsider and insider views, depending on the intended audience: foreigners writing for compatriots, Japanese writing for foreign (tourists) vs. writing for themselves.

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