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mayorgc
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:31 am Post subject: Is life in Korea in any way similar to Japan? |
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I am not talking about which country is better or worse. I am more interested in the similarities.
Does Seoul resemble Tokyo in anyway? What about life in general?
I am from Vancouver and I often travelled to Seattle and the two cities are pretty much the same. Is that how Seoul and Tokyo are? |
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Ultimo Hombre
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: BEER STORE
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Not at all in my opinion.
They're just both in Asia. |
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Xuanzang
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Location: Sadang
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| Seoul`s transportation infrastructure is pretty good but Tokyo`s is on another level. All kinds of trains - subway, commuter, shinkansen and so many lines. Way more than Seoul. Tokyo`s subway is even more massive and confusing than Seoul`s on the map. Both are concrete jungles but Tokyo manages to put more green space into the CBD area. You can have lunch and then take a stroll in a park. Both do have satellite cities that feed commuters in and out at peak times. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:05 am Post subject: |
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Seoul has its charms I'll admit.
It also has spittle all over the place though as well as cigarette butts everywhere. Japanese people on the other hand are quite fastidious about cleanliness. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Seoul has its charms I'll admit.
It also has spittle all over the place though as well as cigarette butts everywhere. Japanese people on the other hand are quite fastidious about cleanliness. |
Really? When I lived in Osaka I saw a level of litter comparable to America, and the farmers near my in-laws' house chuck their empty soda and energy-drink bottles all over the place. Tokyo may have been a little cleaner but I didn't look closely. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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I think Osaka's kind of a mix of Tokyo and Seoul.
Dirty (but still less littered than Seoul...except for around 4-5 AM on a Sunday morning), drunk, and rude like Seoul.
Fun and funky like Tokyo.
I won't say there's much similarity between Tokyo and Seoul, but there are quite a few similarities between Korea and Japan.
You mean the ddongchim isn't only a Korean thing?!?! |
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Cracker006
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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There are a lot of Asian people in both countries  |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
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| Really? When I lived in Osaka I saw a level of litter comparable to America |
In other words, it's pretty clean? I'm not a proud American by any means, but I think Americans litter very little; less than most other nationalities I've seen (with the exception of the Scandinavians, Germans, and Dutch). |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| Really? When I lived in Osaka I saw a level of litter comparable to America |
In other words, it's pretty clean? I'm not a proud American by any means, but I think Americans litter very little; less than most other nationalities I've seen (with the exception of the Scandinavians, Germans, and Dutch). |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Seoul`s transportation infrastructure is pretty good but Tokyo`s is on another level. All kinds of trains - subway, commuter, shinkansen and so many lines. Way more than Seoul. Tokyo`s subway is even more massive and confusing than Seoul`s on the map. Both are concrete jungles but Tokyo manages to put more green space into the CBD area. You can have lunch and then take a stroll in a park. Both do have satellite cities that feed commuters in and out at peak times. |
Add in the MUCH larger variety of restaurants and international food in Japan. Korea simply doesn't come close to the variety Japan offers. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Guri Guy wrote: |
Seoul has its charms I'll admit.
It also has spittle all over the place though as well as cigarette butts everywhere. Japanese people on the other hand are quite fastidious about cleanliness. |
Really? When I lived in Osaka I saw a level of litter comparable to America, and the farmers near my in-laws' house chuck their empty soda and energy-drink bottles all over the place. Tokyo may have been a little cleaner but I didn't look closely. |
I have to call BS on this - I've photographed all over Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka, including side streets - did not ever see anything like you describe - even wrote at length as to my opinion as to why the Japanese seemed so obsessed w/cleanliness and fear of littering which was forwarded to a Buddist society. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| Guri Guy wrote: |
Seoul has its charms I'll admit.
It also has spittle all over the place though as well as cigarette butts everywhere. Japanese people on the other hand are quite fastidious about cleanliness. |
Really? When I lived in Osaka I saw a level of litter comparable to America, and the farmers near my in-laws' house chuck their empty soda and energy-drink bottles all over the place. Tokyo may have been a little cleaner but I didn't look closely. |
I have to call BS on this - I've photographed all over Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka, including side streets - did not ever see anything like you describe. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| One noticeable difference is that Tokyo has ample numbers of public trash cans, while Seoul has infinitely fewer. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Busan, South Korea (pop. 3.6 mill) is a garbage dump and sewer hole compared to nearby Fukuoka, Japan (pop. 2.5 mill).
And I say that as someone who really likes Busan and travels there regularly (this weekend too in fact).
Many Japanese cities are CLEAN and GREEN compared to most Korean cities. |
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harlowethrombey
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:27 am Post subject: |
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Tokyo: Cleaner streets, better public transport, even smoggier (if that's possible), lots of strange architecture
Seoul: Dirtier streets, maybe noisier, even worse drivers,
Sorry they're negative, I actually really like both cities although I'd have to go with Tokyo just for the local girls' style. |
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