Monday, July 1, 2013

Rip van Winkle

Next month, I'll be going back to Japan for the first time since I moved to Berlin---3 years ago. I'm so out of touch with Japanese news and pop culture and politics and trends when I'm abroad that I always feel super-disoriented when I go back...kind of like a bear just coming out of hibernation. I'm already excited about all the reverse-culture-shock comics I'll be able to draw!

Don't know Rip van Winkle? It's basically about a man who falls asleep and wakes up decades into the future. There's also a similar (but even trippier) Japanese fairy tale called Urashima Taro. Anyone know any other variations?


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  1. Ooooh, have fun!
    Hoping that reverse culture shock won't be too bad, or at least mostly in a kinda fun, comic-able way ;D

    - Kerstin

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    1. (Un)fortunately I won't be spending any time in Tokyo, which is usually an explosion of culture shock for me whenever I go back...hooray country side (Hokkaido)!

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  2. Ohhh I would love to visit Japan any day. Have fun!

    Hm, culture in Brazil haven't changed much in the past few years. Or maybe I feel like that because I'm always on the internet and associate culture I see on the webs from all the word with culture here and can't really separate... oh gosh, I have no cultural background these days.

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