Tuesday, 24 April 2007

Japan Affairs

A great Japan themed blog which I'm currently subscribed to, Kirainet.com has posted an informative and rather hillarious article about sex in Japan and infidelity. In the article it says how Japan is second in the world with the highest rate of infidelity.

I really can't say I'm surprised and I mean that with no ill feeling towards Japan (anyone who comments with another frilling "If you don't like Japan, why are you still there?" post will get shot. Seriously if I made posts like "Japan has apples. So does Australia! Japan rulz!" I think you'd stop reading).

Anyway, the amount of people I've met who's Japanese partner has cheated on them is just incredible. Several of these partners were married (not sure about kids). When working at NOVA so many of the adults (in the age range of 27-60) who would brag about sleeping with another woman (or man, yes the housewives do it too!). Several would go to hostess bars after a lesson despite the fact they had a wife and kids waiting at home.

I remember a hillarious evening at the Peppermint House (sounds like a gay bar but it's just a Japanese pub. Seriously) in Shin Koshigaya when a woman at the table next to ours let me speak to her husband who was overseas on her mobile before asking me if I wanted to have sex with her. "Lady, I just spoke to your husband ten seconds ago!"

Good times. Good times.

Just to be clear, I'm met some amazing Japanese men and women here who I would trust completely and who are genuinely good people. Similar to groping on trains, infidelity in Japan seems to be something visitors to Japan will either deal with personally or through association.

Interestin article. Check it out.

P.S. Just for the record I have never been cheated on during my stay in Japan. Unfortunately several close friends have been.

And now for something romantic and frigging hillarious!

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Labels: japan, Japanese Social Issues