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Friday, May 08, 2009

Japanese Females and Constipation

I've been fascinated with the women of Japan ever since I arrived here, and over the years I've managed to pick up a few bits of wisdom regarding this most interesting of animals, which I'll pass along to you if you like. First, Japanese females are extremely proper, always trying to do what is expected of them socially and always aware of hito no me, the "the eyes of others" watching them, one of the most important mechanisms for making Japanese society the way it is. They are frighteningly well-organized, and will make a promise to meet a friend two months in the future and somehow manage to actually be there without forgetting. Japanese females seem to be unable to resist popular trends, and once a new fashion catches on it will be everywhere overnight. Perhaps it's just my own experience, but I've known Japanese girls to be quite focused on marriage, and from a guy's perspective it can be unnerving when that particular subject comes up for discussion on a first date. While many Japanese females possess a Vulcan-like ability to hide their own emotions, others openly embrace Japan's unofficial religion of kawaii, and love to speak of themselves in the third person just like some characters do in anime. Because they eat rice three times a day, Japanese females are always constipated, but good luck trying to convince them to give up rice, the staple food of the country. Finally, if you ever need to buy shoes for a Japanese female but don't know their shoe size, go for 23.5 centimeters. For some reason, every Japanese girl I've ever known has had feet of that exact size.

I've yet to meet a Japanese female who isn't locked in a life-and-death struggle against constipation.

11 Comments:

Blogger PeterD said...

Of course, the girl in the photo would be much better off if she lifted her dress/night robe/whataver rather than trying to go through it...

9:38 AM

 
Blogger Vy said...

Hahaha, that would be for her own good, since she's probably the one washing it afterwards=P

But I've learned women are more prone to have digestive problems than men, no matter how well they eat. I don't mind not going to the bathroom every single day, in fact I had never noticed I didn't do it until a friend of mine started complaining about her lazy intestines.

Japan is such an uniform society that even physically they are similar! I too wear a size 23.5 and so do most of my nikkei friends. With time though we sort of shrink (all humans) and our shoe sizes tend to get smaller, like the problem my mother is having now a days to find shoes that fit her tiny feet.

10:10 AM

 
Blogger timo said...

it's a crying shame, though, for women to suffer with an easily corrected condition. sure, they can keep their rice, just add apples, bananas, oatmeal, whole-grain Cheerios, carrots, and applesauce. no chemicals needed. problem solved.

10:56 AM

 
Blogger Peter in Japan said...

Yes, PeterD, pooping on one's skirt would make anyone cry ^_^

Vy, interesting comments. I've read that the Japanese have shorter large intestines than Westerners do, which affects this in some way, I'm not really sure. I'm glad to be mixing up things here as much as I can, adding my DNA to their gene pool via my kids and what not ^_^

Timo, yes, Japanese don't like their roughage. For example, eating sandwiches without the crusts. ^_^

3:24 PM

 
OpenID jimbobwolfman said...

Wow, Japan sure is an interesting place. O_O;
Although I wonder how that girl expects to use the toilet like that? O_O;;

11:00 PM

 
Blogger Kelly said...

We had a high school friend of my husband's come over from Japan to stay with us for a week. She admitted she was very constipated because she was in the office from morning to night every day, 6 days per week. She is an OL and just doesn't get any exercise.

After walking around all the tourists spots for 2 days, her constitution started to improve so by the time she went home, she was going every day.

I also think for alot of women it's lack of exercise, at least for women in the workforce.

She also told me it is something she never talks about with her boyfriends, which I find abit weird, as my husband and I always talk about bodily functions, I think it's human nature!

Japanese women are an enigma to me, I guess I'll never completely figure them out. Even if I'm a woman myself, I can't really comprehend their feelings...

12:10 AM

 
Blogger Timothy Wolfe said...

What Timo said, just gotta get your fiber.

If I went a whole day without going to the bathroom, I'd be freaking out...then again I'm a guy.

12:10 AM

 
Blogger Alita said...

Wanna know what's weird, my feet are smaller than most Japanese women. For normal shoes 22.5, for heels without socks 22.0.

It's really amusing that it's hard for me to find shoes because my feet are too small.

And they seem to be shrinking a when I was here on study abroad I wore 23.5.

12:16 AM

 
Blogger elmimmo said...

But surely guys eat as much rice, right? Was is it different with girls then, that make them more "vulnerable"?

12:44 AM

 
Blogger Peter in Japan said...

Kelly, yes, I've know every Japanese woman to have this problem. Kaori, a girl who used to work for me, would drink this special tea called, I am not joking, "Last Chance." One reason washlets which shoot warm water up your butt are popular is for people with this problem.

2:43 AM

 
Blogger Kizu said...

"Japanese don't like their roughage. For example, eating sandwiches without the crusts."
The crust is just 'burnt' bread, so it should have the same amount of dietary fibre as the inside. Unless you're talking about a loaf that was encrusted with 8 grains. :p

9:56 AM

 

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