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| Buddies |
Hi everyone, how's it going? Now I am feeling a bit nervous as my 'studying abroad' is coming to the end. Last week, I actually went to Cairns to get the licence of scuba diving. I had really great time there. Here are some photographs, and if you are interested in my story, just come and see me and I can talk forever...
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| Me in GBR |
Anyway, today I want to write on a culture-rerated topic; however, as an English learner, I've tackled on this kind of topic many times, so I would like to make some predictions about the future of both Japanese and Australian culture this time.
As for Japanese culture which is known as a monoculture, I guess it will change into multi-cultural in the future for some reasons. According to Japan Ministry of Justice, as a matter of fact, there used to be a small number of foreigners in Japan, but it has been increasing recently. People all around the world seem to start finding the uniqueness and attraction of the culture such as anime, music and custom. I did not expect the high popularity before I came here, but now I have many Australian friends who love Japanese culture, some like Pokemon, others like music.
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| People looking for rare (poke) monsters (South Bank) |
So, what I mean by putting emphasis on the popularity is that those people can be big impacts on Japanese culture, which can result in mixing with other cultures. Interestingly, as people from other countries are not good at handling it, there is a possibility that chopsticks would be used in a different way if it get prevalent. It sounds a bit wired but I am sure it could happen.
With regard to Australia which is successful for a multicultural country, I think that country-like areas (areas which consist of only one nationality) would appear in the future. For example, 'Sydney for the Chinese', 'Melbourne for Australian people' and 'Brisbane for Japanese people'. As you know, Australia has many immigrants from various countries and if it continues to do that, the population will be grown enough. Then those people might get together in some specific place, for example, Chinese people will find Sydney is the perfect place for them to work for some reason, which makes the city China.
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| Blue Sky and Ocean |
OK, these are my predictions. Just prediction. I know some sound stupid. If you can think of any, just leave your comments and I would happy to hear that. See ya.
