Only in Japan: Reflections on Some Contradictions in the Land of the Rising Sun

    ONLY IN JAPAN CAN RICE BECOME LICE 
    AND PEOPLE WHO WORK SO HARD AS SAMURAI ROBOTS BY DAY
    BECOME EXHAUSTED CREATURES CONFINED TO RABBIT HOLES AT NIGHT.
    ONLY IN JAPAN WILL THE DEVIL'S TONGUE BE SLURPED
    WITH SUCH GUSTO OR 'SHOW-YOU' BE EATEN WITHOUT BLINKING AN EYE.
    YES, ONLY IN THIS LAND OF A THOUSAND ENIGMAS
    WILL YOUNG PEOPLE PRETEND TO BE 'WET' WHILE THE BEST-SELLING BEER
    CLAIMS  TO BE 'DRY'


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY:  A poem about Japan and its so-called uniqueness
KEYWORDS: Japanese engimas, padadoxical Nippon, Nihonrashi-sa, Japan, Nihon-ron

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 1980 in Port Angeles, WA, USA  ≜ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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