barry 0 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 In the UK we talk about upper class, middle class, lower class and all - as bad as such a thing may be. Is there such a distinction in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 If so, I haven't noticed it as much here as I do at home in the states. ...all the girls have Louis Vitton bags. The only difference is the size. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 Size and how many they've got Don't notice it much - you often see big rich households living real close to the poorer ones, where I live anyway. The president of a big construction company has his house near where I am - great big thing and got stacks of money. 100 meters down the road there's some worn out looking little apartos and some scruffy little houses. Interesting mix. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 There most definitely is a 'pecking order' here, but not so much based on money. On the handbag issue, yes, everyone has an LV, but it's what you use it for that counts. Is it your 'tea with the emperess' bag, or your poodles 'poop scoop' recepticle. there's LV to hermes, and many steps of class in between... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 For the most I have about as much class as a rat with a gold tooth plus I know little about Japanese cultural history. However, I will still comment on this topic. I think in the past there was quite a class structure in Japan based on how much land you owned and where it was. For example, there is a plateau in Kanto and if you lived on it, you had better class than those that lived on the lower areas of Kanto. (I currently live right on the edge of this plateau. In one direction it is just a downhill stretch but in some areas it is it is quite a marked escarpment in Kanto terms, particularly in the direction of Fuji). This concept has faded away to a great extent, however people today still seem to be very much rated on: - what do your parents do, - where did you go to school, - where do you live, - what university do you go to, - what company do you work for. Once these bits of info are found out then one can rank another. This is not so much a matter of class but rather a matter of being superficial (in my opinion). That is about as much as I know on the topic. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 Nakamura Eriko is a Japanese ojosama who married a French obocchama and who puts on airs. She is famous for never having eaten a banana by peeling it and taking bites of it, believing instead that bananas come on a silver tray with a little fork. Also, pretending to be of the imperial line is a good basis for prizing money out of successful corporate chieftains who are a bit nouveau. Link to post Share on other sites
wendy-cake 0 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 I didn't know that about her. How come you know all this? Do you watch The Wide every day? Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 It's a pity she doesn't tell us all about her sexlife in that online diary. What's with that. I think she should. Link to post Share on other sites
Dokumanju 0 Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 speaking Of louis vuitton bags... http://japan.box.sk//newsread.php?newsid=3900 Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Well I don't have any LV bag. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 yeah, and I have a four foot middle leg. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 what does that mean? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 My neighbour is the richest man in our town. Loaded, by all accounts. He has a very nice house, but nothing OTT. Then he's got this horrible old aparto building thing on the other side. Link to post Share on other sites
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