Comments on: Why Facebook is not popular in Japan? http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407 -Japanese kawaii fashion, kawaii shops, Japanese culture and more streight from Tokyo by a Japanese blogger!-　　  Mon, 21 May 2012 09:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-17011 kirin Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:40:03 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-17011 I suppose that's because most of the Japanese do not like to read things in English. If you open up a page in Japanese, the result might be different...I don't know. :p I suppose that's because most of the Japanese do not like to read things in English. If you open up a page in Japanese, the result might be different…I don't know. :p

]]> By: actuelle http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-16976 actuelle Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:49:22 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-16976 I think this post is still valid in some extent. I try to build an international Facebook page and have huge number of fans around the world, but not from Japan. I think this post is still valid in some extent. I try to build an international Facebook page and have huge number of fans around the world, but not from Japan.

]]> By: mikun http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-16650 mikun Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:32:56 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-16650 Its OK to not change your nickname Kirin! I guess I'm like you, I'm shy and I never remove my cap when outside, good thing is on work we are allowed to wear cap inside the office. coz since highschool i dont like 目立つ Anyway nickname-wise I saw this alot from animes but its 僕は友達が少ない (Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai) that explained me well. 羽瀬川 小鷹 (Hasegawa Kodaka) one time asks 三日月　夜空(Mikazuki Yozora) what is her 渾名 夜空 said there is but she refused to give it <spoiler> Take note, 夜空 is 小鷹's childhood friend. 小鷹 has no idea that 夜空 is his childhood friend and 夜空 is a girl who is so boyish that time. Even 夜空 knew that its 小鷹, her childhood friend, its like the present 小鷹 doesn't know the real 夜空 Given that, for me, 渾名 is like a favor you receive from a friend to call her in that way. Its OK to not change your nickname Kirin!
I guess I'm like you, I'm shy and I never remove my cap when outside, good thing is on work we are allowed to wear cap inside the office. coz since highschool i dont like 目立つ
Anyway nickname-wise
I saw this alot from animes but its 僕は友達が少ない (Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai) that explained me well.
羽瀬川 小鷹 (Hasegawa Kodaka) one time asks 三日月　夜空(Mikazuki Yozora) what is her 渾名
夜空 said there is but she refused to give it
<spoiler>
Take note, 夜空 is 小鷹's childhood friend. 小鷹 has no idea that 夜空 is his childhood friend and 夜空 is a girl who is so boyish that time.
Even 夜空 knew that its 小鷹, her childhood friend, its like the present 小鷹 doesn't know the real 夜空
Given that, for me, 渾名 is like a favor you receive from a friend to call her in that way.

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-16337 kirin Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:54:47 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-16337 Hi elle, Thank you for your comment. I'd hate it that I have to use FB because everyone uses it. Actually I'm scared of the situation that I will not be able to learn the latest information from the university or something if I were a student there, for example. They cannot force us to use FB but such is happening little by little to our daily life, according to what I hear. I personally like private email exchanges a lot more than FB or twitter. If necessary, I don't mind telling my real name to the friends who exchange emails with me, but to avoid confusion, people sometimes keep calling me Kirin even after they know my real name. Because I go by Kirin online, sometimes it's troublesome for them to call me my real name in email and nick name in my blog. I feel sorry for that, but that was the best way for a person like me to have a blog. I think you are a smart and interesting person to talk to. :D I hope you share your thoughts and insight to my blog by commenting to each post or by writing to me via the contact page at the very top of this blog. Well, anyway, thank you for your comment to this old post. The situation has changed a lot in Japan since I wrote this post, and nowadays FB is also popular in Japan. Hi elle,

Thank you for your comment. I'd hate it that I have to use FB because everyone uses it. Actually I'm scared of the situation that I will not be able to learn the latest information from the university or something if I were a student there, for example. They cannot force us to use FB but such is happening little by little to our daily life, according to what I hear.

I personally like private email exchanges a lot more than FB or twitter. If necessary, I don't mind telling my real name to the friends who exchange emails with me, but to avoid confusion, people sometimes keep calling me Kirin even after they know my real name. Because I go by Kirin online, sometimes it's troublesome for them to call me my real name in email and nick name in my blog. I feel sorry for that, but that was the best way for a person like me to have a blog.

I think you are a smart and interesting person to talk to. :D I hope you share your thoughts and insight to my blog by commenting to each post or by writing to me via the contact page at the very top of this blog.

Well, anyway, thank you for your comment to this old post. The situation has changed a lot in Japan since I wrote this post, and nowadays FB is also popular in Japan.

]]> By: elle http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-16324 elle Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:09:08 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-16324 I'm a westerner, living in a South American country where everybody use FB. And I've never liked it lol, tried but usually it's expected too much unnecessary openness, and one of the reasons is 'just because', which it has never been sufficient for me; the other premise people often use here is that they feel 'safer' talking with 'real' people, which obviously have its own limits when someone can use a photo of another person, invent a 'real' name and present themselves as 'real'. The only thing sure is that one never knows a 100% of the reality of an interaction just by the data offered. All these felt so forced and stressful that eventually I deleted my FB account, and remained with my nickname, blog and that's all. So yes... I'm a shy person :D who loves to open herself with the right persons, and feel comfortable and enjoy the exchange while open myself gradually, all in the foundation of trust and common interests and attitudes during the interactions. And this takes time of course. And probably that's why all the rush in showing everything right away... for some. In my case... I have all the time in the Universe, even though I just make less than 10 significant friends during this lifetime. I'm ok with it. :D As for your nickname, keep using it. And know that even if it is not your real name, what is real in you will always be reflected in whatever you do... which is the most important. A name is just a tiny word that can't contain the immensity of who we really are. Just found your blog and now I'm subscribed to it (yeah I love your culture and I'm happy to find more of it written in English 'cause unfortunately don't know your language... YET :D). I'm a westerner, living in a South American country where everybody use FB. And I've never liked it lol, tried but usually it's expected too much unnecessary openness, and one of the reasons is 'just because', which it has never been sufficient for me; the other premise people often use here is that they feel 'safer' talking with 'real' people, which obviously have its own limits when someone can use a photo of another person, invent a 'real' name and present themselves as 'real'. The only thing sure is that one never knows a 100% of the reality of an interaction just by the data offered. All these felt so forced and stressful that eventually I deleted my FB account, and remained with my nickname, blog and that's all.

So yes… I'm a shy person :D who loves to open herself with the right persons, and feel comfortable and enjoy the exchange while open myself gradually, all in the foundation of trust and common interests and attitudes during the interactions. And this takes time of course. And probably that's why all the rush in showing everything right away… for some. In my case… I have all the time in the Universe, even though I just make less than 10 significant friends during this lifetime. I'm ok with it. :D

As for your nickname, keep using it. And know that even if it is not your real name, what is real in you will always be reflected in whatever you do… which is the most important. A name is just a tiny word that can't contain the immensity of who we really are.

Just found your blog and now I'm subscribed to it (yeah I love your culture and I'm happy to find more of it written in English 'cause unfortunately don't know your language… YET :D ).

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-15753 kirin Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:55:46 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-15753 No, I don't think so. Mixi requires Japanese cell phone no. for registration and Gree is designed for Japanese cell phones. :( No, I don't think so. Mixi requires Japanese cell phone no. for registration and Gree is designed for Japanese cell phones. :(

]]> By: chaii06ish http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-15739 chaii06ish Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:52:14 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-15739 .can you use mixi or gree outside Japan ? .can you use mixi or gree outside Japan ?

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-15480 kirin Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:25:51 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-15480 It's a chicken-and-egg story. Most of us had the impression that internet sphere is a scary place at first, and that's why we thought it's safer not to use our real names and pictures. Most of us like to do that for protection of identity and privacy. But lately I find more and more people are joining Facebook, and so the things are changing....I guess. :p It's a chicken-and-egg story. Most of us had the impression that internet sphere is a scary place at first, and that's why we thought it's safer not to use our real names and pictures. Most of us like to do that for protection of identity and privacy. But lately I find more and more people are joining Facebook, and so the things are changing….I guess. :p

]]> By: Guillermo Condado http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-15466 Guillermo Condado Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:24:55 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-15466 mmm i always wondered why japanese didn't use to show their real picture and names, i prefer people to use their real names and pictures because that way i feel safe, i feel im talking to a real person and not a spammer or scammer mmm i always wondered why japanese didn't use to show their real picture and names, i prefer people to use their real names and pictures because that way i feel safe, i feel im talking to a real person and not a spammer or scammer

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2407/comment-page-1#comment-15404 kirin Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:48:29 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2407#comment-15404 Yes, I know. This post is kinda old. Nowadays Facebook is getting popular and some people are switching from mixi to FB. Yes, I know. This post is kinda old. Nowadays Facebook is getting popular and some people are switching from mixi to FB.

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