So what's the deal with Tokyou?

The Million Dollar Prons · April 29th, 2008, 06:45 AM

Remember the anime raxephon, and how tokyou was enclosed in that big orb thing and it was like years ahead of the outside world or something, and the director was all "Yeah this is supposed to represent how fast tokyou is compared to the rural outsides."

and then how about that anime Nana? Where the reciver Nana is all "WOW TOKYOU IS SO COOL AND CITY-ESQUE, MY TOWN WAS LIKE A BUNCH OF HUTS!"?

So what's up with that? Is tokyou really so much more ahead than all the other places in Japan? Or is that just in anime japan?

Lone Signal · April 29th, 2008, 07:46 AM

Huh, sort of. Other cities are plenty close to it, but I guess Tokyo makes a nice poster child.

Ageha · April 29th, 2008, 07:49 AM

For me...Tokyo is just...too much. Too many people, too many tall buildings, too much rushing. A friend of mine loves it, because everyone is moving all the time, but it's sensory overload for me. It's very different from where I live here in Kagawa, but then I'd say even Osaka, a big city in and of itself, isn't like Tokyo.

That's not to say that there aren't quieter parts of Tokyo; a friend of mine lives out near Mitaka (where the Ghibli Museum is) and *that* looks more like the downtowns of the cities I'm used to seeing.

Of course, I have about...5 or 6 collective days of Tokyo experience and nearly 4 years of living next to rice fields, so take my opinion with a grain of salt! (A friend of mine who used to live in Kyoto claimed that even Takamatsu, the second biggest city on Shikoku, is still "inaka", because you can find rice fields in its outskirts...despite having a population of 300,000+. It's worth pointing out that Takamatsu's current borders stretch to the other side of the prefecture...which is uber inaka. </random>)

CrossboneGundam · April 29th, 2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Prons

Remember the anime raxephon, and how tokyou was enclosed in that big orb thing and it was like years ahead of the outside world or something, and the director was all "Yeah this is supposed to represent how fast tokyou is compared to the rural outsides."

and then how about that anime Nana? Where the reciver Nana is all "WOW TOKYOU IS SO COOL AND CITY-ESQUE, MY TOWN WAS LIKE A BUNCH OF HUTS!"?

So what's up with that? Is tokyou really so much more ahead than all the other places in Japan? Or is that just in anime japan?

Tokyo was stuck 15 years in the past.

And Tokyo is one of the largest cities on Earth, this is an issue of population, not technology.

giko · April 29th, 2008, 10:28 AM

I have been to NYC, and I thought NYC is much larger metropolis than Tokyo. Tokyo may be a center of Asia and Pacific, but NYC is the center of this planet.

By the way, I believe that the differences between "rural Japan" and "Tokyo" is the number of gay people. I have seen bunch of gays and lesbians in Tokyo. I thought "Wow! this is Tokyo". The "rural Japan" is much more..."conservative" toward gay people (well, it depends on the area).

April 29th, 2008, 06:45 AM	#1
The Million Dollar Prons Wild Like a Snorlax Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Mellon Colony of Haruhi Suzumiya. Posts: 13,051 Blog Entries: 17	So what's the deal with Tokyou? Remember the anime raxephon, and how tokyou was enclosed in that big orb thing and it was like years ahead of the outside world or something, and the director was all "Yeah this is supposed to represent how fast tokyou is compared to the rural outsides." and then how about that anime Nana? Where the reciver Nana is all "WOW TOKYOU IS SO COOL AND CITY-ESQUE, MY TOWN WAS LIKE A BUNCH OF HUTS!"? So what's up with that? Is tokyou really so much more ahead than all the other places in Japan? Or is that just in anime japan?

April 29th, 2008, 07:46 AM	#2
Lone Signal 勝ち組 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 619	Huh, sort of. Other cities are plenty close to it, but I guess Tokyo makes a nice poster child. __________________ 死語が多いって言われるよ、でもそんなの関係ねぇ！

April 29th, 2008, 07:49 AM	#3
Ageha まっすぐに行こう Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kagawa, Japan (mentally anyway! In truth: Illinois) Posts: 407	For me...Tokyo is just...too much. Too many people, too many tall buildings, too much rushing. A friend of mine loves it, because everyone is moving all the time, but it's sensory overload for me. It's very different from where I live here in Kagawa, but then I'd say even Osaka, a big city in and of itself, isn't like Tokyo. That's not to say that there aren't quieter parts of Tokyo; a friend of mine lives out near Mitaka (where the Ghibli Museum is) and that looks more like the downtowns of the cities I'm used to seeing. Of course, I have about...5 or 6 collective days of Tokyo experience and nearly 4 years of living next to rice fields, so take my opinion with a grain of salt! (A friend of mine who used to live in Kyoto claimed that even Takamatsu, the second biggest city on Shikoku, is still "inaka", because you can find rice fields in its outskirts...despite having a population of 300,000+. It's worth pointing out that Takamatsu's current borders stretch to the other side of the prefecture...which is uber inaka. </random>) __________________ つくし：道明寺、あたし、ニューヨークに行かないから。。。４年後、いい男になって戻ってきたら。。。あたしがあんたを幸せにしてあげてもいいよ！道明寺：戦線布告だな。。。やってもらおうじゃん！～花より男子～

April 29th, 2008, 10:28 AM	#5
giko Liberal Democratic Party Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Nerima, Tokyo Posts: 772	I have been to NYC, and I thought NYC is much larger metropolis than Tokyo. Tokyo may be a center of Asia and Pacific, but NYC is the center of this planet. By the way, I believe that the differences between "rural Japan" and "Tokyo" is the number of gay people. I have seen bunch of gays and lesbians in Tokyo. I thought "Wow! this is Tokyo". The "rural Japan" is much more..."conservative" toward gay people (well, it depends on the area).