First thoughts upon hearing "Japan".

[VeryOddGamer]

1st thought: Island nation.
2nd one: Took notes from the European imperialists and prospered for it.
3rd: Katanas.
4th: Oh dear god.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Crappy production values and nuclear bombs.

 

[HippySteve]

I think of three things, almost simultaneously. First, really bad luck with radiation. Second, weird sexual fetishes. Third, angst. Loads of angst.

 

[A_Parked_Car]

Well, with just the word Japan I thought of the Imperial Japanese Navy and such. That makes sense, since I'm working out my application for graduate school and I want to write on that general area.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

Cultural Differences.

My first thought is their first justification.

 

[repeating integers]

This, only much vaguer.

Second thought was Bayonetta. Should really get that game.

 

[Coffeejack]

Sushi, samurai, trains, bayonets and prisoners of war. The last two are only that dark because I'm still reading the book of Burma accounts.

 

[Iron_will]

Macross, because I just suddenly have become really goddamn obsessed about it.

I keep playing the dogfights in my head again, again, and again. It just won't bloody stop. Not that I'm complaining though, oh no.


God, I want to pilot a YF-29 so much...

 

[Kyber]

The Japanese flag
Anime
Some weird shit.

 

[Launcelot111]

Ramen. The good kind with real food in it that costs more that 20 cents. I plan my errands around the possibility that I can somehow end up in the one corner of town with a good ramen place. If I'm within 30 minutes of that place, I go there.

Also Shiba Inus and Toshiro Mifune

 

[Zipa]

My first thoughts are usually what shenanigans are they up to now?

 

[Godhead]

This.


It both confuses and enraptures me.

 

[Quaidis]

Currently I think Sendai, Tsunami, Earthquakes, and Nuclear Disasters when I think Japan.

Which is sad because I'm currently watching multiple anime series, manga, and like playing jrpgs. You'd think my first thought would go towards those.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

For word association, it's "nippon," oddly enough. I don't speak Japanese and am not a weaboo, but for some reason the first thing that comes to mind is the proper Japanese word for the country.

The second thing is anime.

 

[malestrithe]

Weird Porn.
Anime.
Crazy.

They are not mutually exclusive.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Literally just think of the country itself. Like, the landmass. I think Japan and just see the shape of the country.

After that comes the bustling streets and neon signs of Tokyo, and after that the culture-rich city of Kyoto.

I guess I'm weird.

 

[Lunar Templar]

the source of 90% of the worlds 'weird shit'

 

[DugMachine]

Gundam
Tentacle porn
Anime
Sushi
Weaboos