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Japanese subcultures

  • Seichi junreiThe word seichi junrei describes a specific form of pop-culture tourism where fans visit real-world locations featured in anime, manga, or games.
  • CosplayIn June 1983, Nobuyuki Takahashi wrote an article for the Japanese magazine Comic Com. He introduced a new word to describe the activity of wearing costumes…
  • JapanophiliaCarl Peter Thunberg stood in a Japanese garden during the late 1700s and cataloged plants that had never been seen by European eyes.