# Culture
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**Language:** English

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## Harmony of Mexico

As soon as you cross the border, the rich scent of culture fills the air.

I used to commute to Baja Mexico every week, sometimes every day, crossing the border. The job wasn't very interesting, but I looked forward to enjoying Mexico every time I crossed by car.

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![Collaboration 819x1024](https://taksanart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/collaboration-819x1024.jpg "和病の有効利用")

## Effective use of Japanese disease

Wabyo is 'a mental disorder notably seen in Japanese people, where one becomes obsessed with invisible "harmony" (bonds, unity, solidarity, trust), perceives anything that disrupts it as evil, and loses the ability to think—resulting in a state of suspension of thought.'

In a word, it seems to be a unique form of peer pressure, but I believe each instance has its own underlying motive.

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![Img 6885 1](https://taksanart.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_6885-1.jpg "ブチギレのあり方（COACHING）")

## How to Lose Your Temper (COACHING)

In recent years, terms like ANGER MANAGEMENT have become widespread, and in a world where all instances of losing one's temper are labeled as "evil"... this is a story about that.

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![Img 6807](https://taksanart.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_6807.jpg "白と黒のウソ")

## White and Black Lies

The other day, I went to get my car's oil changed. While I was sitting in the waiting room, a young mechanic approached me. "Huh, did something happen?" I thought, and asked him what was going on.

"Um, the oil filler cap (where you pour the oil) is broken, and I can't proceed with the work unless we replace it."   
"Seriously?"

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## Shifting Blame to Foreigners Residing in Japan

In any country, there are good people and evil people; this is true for Japanese and non-Japanese alike, it's about individuals. If there are problems, please discuss and resolve them as individuals under laws and systems, seriously. I see people who blame foreigners residing in the country when the country's internal affairs are not going well, and it's truly disgusting.

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## Mexico, Chingon

Mexicans are kind and fun. Above all, the food is delicious. Their human quality is high. The culture is also interesting; although Spain conquered them, the unique culture of the indigenous people remained and blended. For example, when you go to the hospital, they apparently prescribe local traditional medicines, like 'Chinese herbal medicine,' within the context of Western medicine.

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## Surfing is getting started

(Photo is a painting I drew on a surfboard made for me in San Diego long ago)   
I used to be so eager to improve my surfing that I'd write it in my notebook every time and set daily goals. There was YouTube back then, so I'd buy DVDs at local shops and watch them so many times that the gloss would wear off, haha.

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## Racial discrimination = program

I was thinking in the US.

I originally didn't have the program for racial discrimination. Whether white, black, or Asian... well, they're all just 'gaijin' to me, period.

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![Img 9278 2](https://taksanart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9278-2.jpg "敬語の可能性（伊語）")

## Possibility of Keigo (Italian)

(The photo is of the center of CATANIA, Sicily. When you are with a baby, uncles and aunts dote on you immensely, without asking, lol. They touch the baby's face without hesitation. This wasn't the case in America. They are very kind people.)

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## What a Lakota person taught me about 'What on earth are Americans like?'

When you ask what Americans are like, they are truly diverse, and generalization is impossible. Just like in any country, there are amazingly good people and bad people. However, looking at them through my hazy eyes as a foreigner, I certainly see a 'certain color' there.

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## Laughing in retrospect (Story about Italian Yakuza)

This morning, I laughed in retrospect.

A while ago in Italy, a friend asked me: "In Japan, the 893 (Yakuza) in manga usually have scars on their cheeks or missing fingers, but what are they like in Italy?"

My friend replied, "Hmm, let me see... they usually limp."

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![Img 4550](https://taksanart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_4550.jpg "大麻")

## Marijuana

...Drugs? Crime? Scary, isn't it. The street price is how much? Scary. The yakuza connection? If you get caught, your life is ruined, isn't it. A street check? Scary.

Of course, I live in Japan now, so I don't do it.

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