Re:Rise of the Tiger Nation: Asian-American Success
by w1ntermute on Monday October 29, 2012 @10:34PM
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Japan is definitely more insular than Korea, but keep in mind that whenever you see a "weird Japan" story on the internet, it's probably "weird in Japan" too. Tokyo has such a large number of people living in such close proximity that it enables the birth of some very weird subcultures, but these people are most definitely not taken seriously by your average Japanese person.
Compare this to a story I saw on AC360 the other day - there's a salon in San Francisco that rejuvenates your skin by punching and slapping you. Imagine a Japanese person reading about that and thinking "wow, Americans are so weird!" That's the same position you're in with that donut head thing.
This might be because the current definition of attractiveness/manliness in males is still a Western look so. Eventually, if they keep pushing it towards the Asian look, those modifications might slowly disappear.
Apparently they also do this in Japan: http://izismile.com/2012/09/26/donut_head_freaks_from_japan_... But I don't think that's inspired by Westerners.