Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "South China Morning Post" channel.

  1. I live in central, rural Japan, and it’s true — a lot of the bath houses have gotten some interesting amenities over the last 10 years or so. But nothing so cool as a DJ and craft beer on site…that sounds like a Tokyo thing. (I’m a bit jealous.) That said, we do have one local place that includes a ‘beer bath’ — you actually bathe in a mix of beer and hot spring water. (Seriously, if you don’t believe me I’ll be happy to post a link. 😂 🍻
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  2. I’d like to give another perspective. This incident is of course horrible and very upsetting, but I don’t think it’s actually an “assassination” — not in a political sense anyway. Sure, there will be political repercussions, but the guy who did this didn’t have any political motive. He was just angry. (He vaguely said something about blaming Abe because his mother had donated too much money to one of his campaigns I think.) Also…this is not a sign of some kind of growing social or political instability in Japan, as some people have been suggesting. From my perspective, there are really two factors at play here. One is simply a lack of security, based on people here not having a ‘sense of danger’. Since Japan is seen to be a “safe“ society, most people don’t take any precautions to protect themselves. (Or, apparently politicians.) also there is a long-term cultural trend of angry, isolated men who just mentally snap and do crazy stuff. (like the guy who burned down the Kyoto animation studio, and the guy who attacked a bunch of people in Akihabara.) The guy who killed Shinzo Abe is one of them. Not an “assassin“. All this said, I’m sure the event will have an effect on Japanese people’s psyche, at least in the short term. And yes, it is very upsetting.
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  3.  @musicmonkey602  Yeah, I should have known. Well, you can look it up online. A search in Japanese works best: “美杉リゾート ビール風呂”. I’ve also video blogged the area a bit, if you’re interested. 🍻
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  4.  @adventuresofanathan  Yeah, it’s pretty cool. That place isn’t really a ‘bath house’, but a hot spring resort. But like the bath houses the place has tried to reinvent itself to survive a tough tourist market. (I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post links here, but here goes…)
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  5.  @rachelcookie321  Yes, I get around a bit. 😆 I guess I since I’ve lived in Japan a long time and feel that I understand the culture on a deep level, I feel this weird sense of obligation to jump into conversations about Japan share my point of view. It’s also, I admit, a way to get people to notice my own channel and check out my content…but I generally try to avoid stating that directly… 😅
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  6.  @lucky889s9  yeah, there are crazies anywhere, even “safe” places like Japan. And to have a high-profile figure like Abe unprotected like that… pretty hard to believe.
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  7.  @squallleonheart8494  I suppose it’s possible. (But then, you’d think the ‘lone wolf’ would also be taken out to hide the evidence. We’ll see…)
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