I haven't updated my journal for months, that's too bad! Actually there was nothing special to put here and lately I rather update my blog 大阪での不眠症.
But today I want to comment one thing. "Experts". I mean "experts" telling/writing/publishing their "knowledge" about Japan, Japnese language and culture. I used speech marks " " on purpose, because such "experts" with their "knowledge" are just nothnig!
Examples:
A man who doesn't know basic things about Japanese culture and history, but publish an article about Japan basing only on... anime with no sources like research books or statistics.
A woman who went to Japan and publish an article when she even cannot write correctly names of places what she visited.
A woman who even cannot wear kimono correctly and she call herslef a geisha, which is the worst dishonor!
A man who went to Japan (it was sponsored!) for research, but after coming back he couldn't explain even the easiest things about his research.
And of course all those people, who just know a few words like "kawaii" "neko" "desu" and just a few signs of hiragana, who pretend to be "experts" in Japanese language...
I could give so much more examples but what for? Generally most of them are people who actually have no idea about Japan, but they have too much money and too much free time. In my opinion they just want to show off how "cool" they are because they just went to Japan or bought something rare and expensive like a kimono. But damn! just going to Japan or having something from there doesn't make you an expert!!! Bother yourself to spend at least a few years on studies about Japan, spend the same time learning Japanese language, read hundred books, work hardly to save money for a trip to Japan or earn it on studies (scholarship for example) and THEN you can say you know something. But even you'll do all these thing, you WON'T be an expert!!! Yes, I did them all, I've got one diploma on studies about Japan, I'm going to get another one, I'm learning Japanese for 5 years and got a cartificate of Japanese proficiency test, I earned for scholarship (so I wen to Japan because I was good, not because I have rich parents/husband/wife/connections), I have even been asked for help in writing a book about Japan by very good Polish writer (he's real expert!) and now I'm learning sado at the Japanese Centre and STILL I DON'T DARE TO CALL MYSELF AN EXPERT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT JAPANESE CULTURE!!! Not because I'm envious (it's disgusting!). I don't dare because I feel respect to all those who has much more knowledge than me and I adimre them! And all such "experts" from examples I gave you above are just NOTHING! Because their "knowledge" is NOTHING!
That's all for today. I really wanted to write this because I'm pissed off because of all those idiots calling themselves an "experts".