They have those too. Gyaru and manba gyaru, to name a few.
Comment on Den Fujita's (the founder of McDonald's Japan) prediction for the year 2971 is a shitpost in itself.
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Their cultural obsession with white skin has always been weird/cringe to me.
It’s like they got these people but the other way around…
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
poppy@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I googled and apparently the ganguro style has died out which makes me feel old.
Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
We had Japanese students over in 2008 and they said the Ganguro were already quite old :( we might be very out of sync
Starkstruck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
People want what they don’t have I guess
scytale@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s Asia in general. Grass is greener thing, with the west being the opposite (obsessed with getting a tan).
Cypher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s because historically dark skin meant you worked in the fields and were extremely poor.
Light skin meant you did not perform any manual labour and was a sign of wealth.
The blonde hair part is the weirdest bit to me.
PatMustard@feddit.uk 2 months ago
That was the stereotype in the west too, it only reversed when having a tan meant you were wealthy enough to have been on a summer holiday somewhere sunny!