They have those too. Gyaru and manba gyaru, to name a few.
Comment on Den Fujita's (the founder of McDonald's Japan) prediction for the year 2971 is a shitpost in itself.
saltesc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Their cultural obsession with white skin has always been weird/cringe to me.
It’s like they got these people but the other way around…
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
poppy@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I googled and apparently the ganguro style has died out which makes me feel old.
Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
We had Japanese students over in 2008 and they said the Ganguro were already quite old :( we might be very out of sync
Starkstruck@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People want what they don’t have I guess
scytale@lemm.ee 10 months ago
That’s Asia in general. Grass is greener thing, with the west being the opposite (obsessed with getting a tan).
Cypher@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s because historically dark skin meant you worked in the fields and were extremely poor.
Light skin meant you did not perform any manual labour and was a sign of wealth.
The blonde hair part is the weirdest bit to me.
PatMustard@feddit.uk 10 months ago
That was the stereotype in the west too, it only reversed when having a tan meant you were wealthy enough to have been on a summer holiday somewhere sunny!