Japanese Lifestyle Quotes

I feel that Japan is like my second home; this is where I want to fight.

I had thought that Tokyo would be like New York City, but it wasn't. I'd imagined that they'd be similar in their bustle and noise level, but, in fact, Tokyo is a very calm metropolis. The bright lights and hectic night-life images so often found in advertisements and Western media do not reflect every day Japan.

I am big in Japan... heightwise! But, yeah, I started modeling there in my teens and into my 20s. I did Calvin Klein, Uniqlo, and lots of magazine covers. It's such a beautiful country, and they have beer vending machines right on the street. Love that!

My life was very Japanese.

It's true that I pick up many ideas from different Japanese things.

If I were to return to Japan, Nippon Ham would be my top choice. No doubt about that.

I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized.

Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere.

I grew up in Japan. It's my first memories of life are Japan.

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

My aesthetic sense was formed at a young age by what surrounded me: the narrow residential spaces of Japan and the mental escapes from those spaces that took the forms of manga and anime.

A lot of my personality and my affinity for certain pieces of pop culture and art all stem from a sort of Japanese aesthetic and way of thinking.