Ladies Hounded From Hanami for Wearing Kimono

Jesus there's a lot of comments...

The two ladies are Chinese, and the people who hate the two knew the fact.
I think that this is the reason why there exist racism in China.
They hate not only Japanese military but also all of Japanese things even if those are purely cultural things.

A lot of Japanese deny what Japan did in China in WW2. Most Japanese still enshrine those war criminals in Yasukuni Shrine as "heroes": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine#Enshrinement_of_war_criminals

That's why we still can't forgive Japanese. Don't tell me the German and European crap. If you were a Jew, tell me how would you feel if German still enshrined Adolf Hitler as "a hero of Germany"?

can't ppl forget about what happan in the past and move on to a better furture

thx for the bawww guys, i've learned many new phrases to use vs my opponents, keep 'em coming!

The japan always stay inside he country never get out that why thier people dont know what is racsit make people feel !!!! there so stupid never learn much only talk japanaise go learn some orther langugue stupid jap

ZOMG:
to all the people who want to explain the history or the actual attitude of japan: IT´S COMPLETE SENSELESS!

Japanophile weaboos won´t listen to you. So just save your time and watch some porn.

In addition to the chinafags: This forum is on the same level as 4 chan, so do not get offended by such shit.

gosh imagine how it would be for different cultures to wear their clothes in america >.<

they could have just worn a qui-pao those are cute too

Now how did I know this place would be a shitstorm.

And Japan not being the only place in Asia with racism, who would have thought?

Heck yes for the Weeaboo West?

Fucking naggers.

Japan did what it did up through World War II because it was pretty much a facist and imperialist country that would harshly silence dissent from its own citizens. It isn't now. Things got better.
Mainland China is now a nation that acts pretty much facist and imperialist up to a point, only they claim not to be on account of being "Communist" and a "Peoples Republic". It never was a true "Peoples Republic" and stopped trying to be Communist in the 1980s.

PS: It is true that mainland chinese are way to comfortable with shitting in public or hocking fat loogies in fancy department store elevators while wearing Prada or Christian Dior. I know American born Chinese who've been to China and witnessed the horror.

i have to ingeminate.

few people like those university men’s action.
You can check it in any Chinese bbs!

we just argue against your stupid comment about China and WW2.

Screw it im bombing china!!

As a Chinese American who lost many during ww2 at the hands of the Japanese, I can forgive. It was hard at first because I was fed this and that from my relatives but the reality of it is. That this hate gets you no where. The only thing I hate is those who hurt there own people. In the last few years Japan has done very little to hurt its own people while China continues to do so. From the abuse of the Tibetan Monks to what Mao did to his own people. Even if Japan did apologies to me I doubt I would care. Its been so long since it happen and all China has to go on is it's false pride and its over controlling Government.

Uhm it's not as if ALL china people don't like Japanese. Like what some people say above "you shouldnt generalise the entire population", same applies to the China Chinese.

It's more of the older generations, afterall, they DID experience the war. The rape of Nanking / NanJing was beyond words (not to mention murder too). It was just plain horrible.

In fact in China you get some of the most awesome cosplays ever. OKAY i know it's not exactly related but it does show the love for Japan some China chinese have.

stupid brainwashed chinese. mao killed somewhere between 40-100 million people, but the chinese government use nanjing to stoke nationalist fires, thereby distracting the people.

the chinese still pissed because they used to bully, invade and enslave the rest of aisa for thousands of years. But the japan became stronger than them and treat them like how they treat their neighbors, so their fucking pride would not let them swallow it.

Let this simply be a reminder to most of us of the danger of radical nationalism everywhere in the world. Each nation has their own sob stories, some go back thousands of years and some happened just yesterday, there is no end to conflicts if we want to count them all. If those mother and daughter were really Japanese, couldn't one also reason that they'd then "naturally" think that "the Chinese are racist and barbaric"? Are they not "justified" in thinking so after receiving such treatment? What would happen to this world if even more of us conveniently and "naturally" reciprocate such hatred? It's too easy to just conveniently and "naturally" give in to our simple, impulsive cognitive bias, to just impose our ideologies onto others in the most unrestrained ways. It's too easy to just be a Chinese, a Japanese, a Korean, an American, whatever, and take on the burden of histories, but too coward to be a good PERSON.

How about this: Japan makes a formal apology to China for its actions in WW2 and puts Nanking in the history books and China stops bringing it up. There's nothing productive that can possibly come out of all this bickering. There are no major territorial disputes between the two countries (aside from some over a few islands and fishing/natural resource rights) and they do a lot of trade together. Same with Korea.

The only reason people are like this is because it's easier to spit venom at foreigners and outsiders than to look to your own nation's problems and try to solve them. We Americans do it, the Chinese do it, the Russians, so on. It's one of the reasons the world is a shitty place to live.

Those comments with hatred and grudge just scare me.

I don't know if they are the reflection of patriotism or nationalism, but they seem to be abnormally aggressive.

don't pretend Chinese.
“abuse of the Tibetan Monks”!?
do you know what status they have in China!?
don't think everything with your own world view.
about the truth of tibetan, you'd better check more articles. you didn't know anything about it.

Chinese oppose you because Tibetan are our family.
and you cheer for slave owner!
riot in 3.14 not noly killed Han Chinese, they killed Tibetan also.
every our han people meet Tibetan people every day, and none of them support riot.
you can see many Tibetan singer stars.
We are Chinese.

Tibetan civilians love Mao, and slave owners hate gov.

you just cheer for the descendants of slave owner in your country and ignore Tibetan civilians in mainland China.

sad...

As a Chinese person myself, I find it ridiculous that the Chinese people mentioned in the article would react so angrily at something as trivial as wearing bad cosplay-like kimono.

However, as many pointed out, WII is something many people have yet to forget. Had Japan owned up like Germany did and taken the necessary actions, I'm quite sure the reactions to those two ladies would be significantly different. My grandfather gripes about the lack of respect Japan has for the Chinese a lot, mostly because he was directly involved with the war and went through a lot of shit.

Those who were actually involved in the war, such as my grandfather, usually say they'd like to see just a few things: 1) That the Japanese teach that part of history to their children properly, and 2) that the heads of government would stop visiting Yasukuni shrine.

Asian countries are more sensitive to symbolism in the actions of others, therefore they think that the visiting of Yasukuni symbolizes the Japanese "spitting on the Chinese". This is kind of a big deal over in China, with the pride stuff and what not.

Anyway, stop mouthing off at Japan and China and act more like adults. Both countries have done wrong and both countries have been hurt. There is no absolute when it comes to discussions like these, so stop acting like racist bigots. It's ironic that racists are criticizing others for being racist, but they just can't see that they're doing the exact same thing themselves!

Also, I find Artefact's comments disconcerting. You say that China is full of propaganda, but doesn't the fact that you are posting these articles to make a point about how much you think China sucks make you the same as them?

Are journalists/article writers/etc typically supposed to be so blatantly biased? (Well, this place has the credibility of 4chan, so I suppose this argument wouldn't really fly...)

I can't believe I actually read through most of the comments. Well, as the old saying goes, "forgive but never forget." In the case of Japan and China, it's a matter of "forgetting" for the Japanese and "not forgiving" for the Chinese. Herein lies the problem.

Those of you who think all Chinese are as blatantly racist as the individuals in this article are just as ignorant as those of you who think the said racism is justified. Then again, this is the internets. Well, fuck.