“The only difference between having an affair here and having an affair there was that the American men would always ended up losing half of his estates over a woman he was infatuated just as much as the next tramp who would come his way, while Japanese men would only earn more respect from their subordinates through the possession of much younger women, as a sign of prowess and affluence, while their wives at home, as if there were rule books distributed nationally on the “proper” marriage etiquette for all young Japanese women to read before they enter into the matrimony, would turn a blind eye on their disloyalty quietly.” LoveMarriageRelationshipMoralityMen And WomenAffairGirlfriendJapanSarcasticMoralsWeddingAsiaImmoralAsianAmerican CultureBoyfriendLove AffairMatrimonyWomen And MenDisloyaltyDisloyalOffice RomanceAsian CultureCultural DifferenceNot LoyalSocial Moral Book:The White Man and the Pachinko Girl Source: The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
“The face of self-pity was universally understood.” LanguageTravelDepressionPityJapanAsiaAsianTravellerFaceLanguage LearningLanguage BarrierLiving AbroadForeignerTraveling Around The WorldPachinkoWhite Man And The Pachinko GirlLiving In A Foreign Country Author:Vann Chow
“Japanese are one of the most punctual people he had ever worked with. They could, he imagined, put the Germans to shame in their high expectation for timeliness.” JapanAsianJapaneseGermanPunctualityPunctualTimelinessOn Time Book:The White Man and the Pachinko Girl Source: The White Man and the Pachinko Girl