Mike Smith | マイク•スミス
“How do you find peace and balance between two opposing cultures?”
2つの異なる文化の間で、平静とバランスをどのようにとっていますか?
Please share your answer to Mike’s question in the comment area below.
About Mike:
Father | Dutch |
Mother | Japanese |
Born in | the Netherlands |
Lived in | the Netherlands |
Age | 50 |
Visited Japan | 10 x |
Lived in Japan | 2 x 1 year |
Speaks Japanese | ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪ |
Reading and Writing | ⚫⚫⚪⚪⚪ |
(half English, half Japanese, anthropologist). I think it is the connection/relationship established between them that makes them both/from which they acquire their meaning as opposed/harmonious/dynamic/staid, etc. So really, I think the answer to your question rests on how one chooses to manage (ugh, not right word…live? Engage with?…) that relationship.
I was not raised to view them as opposing cultures. I find peace wherever I am. 🙂
I have two personalities, one Japanese and one American. My personality and way of acting changes depending on where I am. Though I was born and am being raised in Japan I feel most relaxed in America. Japan has tooooooo many rules.
Peace and balance is an issue for every individual….
The life in Okinawa is very calm & stress free compared to living back in the States!!!! I want to go back to Okinawa!!!!! After all I was raised there!!!!!
Embrace them both, be thankful you are a part of two amazing cultures and people. Differences make the world a much more interesting place plus we got to eat a variety of food growing up that the world is just now waking up to, esp from the Jpnse side. 🙂