Especially during and just following the bubble economy in Japan, a lot of people would go to France and get completely shocked. They largely went to Paris and we’re shocked that it was not romance, fantasy, and love, but regular Parisians. There is a word in japanese パリ病 (Paris sickness) to describe the disillusionment of it all.
"Love Japan " not represented in France wtf? We consume the most Japan media after the Japan itself :)
Even ignoring media consumption, we have a ton of deluded Japan stans too
France is full of weebs??
They created the original weeb word in the 1800s, Japonisme
Oh boy you have no idea , we had huge access to manga and anime since before the USA and that influenced a part of our pop culture since the 80s.
Fascinating!
Whe host one of the biggest Japanese culture convention every year.
Especially during and just following the bubble economy in Japan, a lot of people would go to France and get completely shocked. They largely went to Paris and we’re shocked that it was not romance, fantasy, and love, but regular Parisians. There is a word in japanese パリ病 (Paris sickness) to describe the disillusionment of it all.
For some reason, pretty much nobody knows that except the French, lol. I only know it because of Polandball.