I just mentioned this to the barkeeper...
but this character is upside down.
It's the character for love, and it needs to be the other way around.
Yes!
FOR COOL JAPAN, WE ASKED 7 PEOPLE FROM AMSTERDAM
ABOUT THEIR FASCINATION WITH JAPAN
I am Vanja Rukavina, 28 years old.
I was born in Bosnia but raised in the Netherlands.
I graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts as an actor.
I work as an actor now, mostly in theatre.
Sometimes in films or on TV.
But mostly on stages and in my own performances.
That is my great passion, but I have discovered a new great passion.
Two great passions. And that is Japan, of course.
When I was young, it was cartoons, naturally.
Everyone knows that about Japan, everyone loves it. Manga, anime.
And when I started at the Academy...
I started watching films by Japanese directors.
I thought they were fantastic.
Your whole world expands.
And when I graduated, I finally had time. Done with my studies.
And I thought: I'm going to learn the language. Seems fun.
That's when I really dove in.
Japanese is not very hard to speak.
It has a lot of sounds that are familiar to us.
No strange new sounds, like in Chinese or Korean.
But reading and especially writing the script really is hell on earth.
I can tell you that.
But I really like that challenge, to really dive in.
I'll show you my pride and joy. That's this thing here.
That's my name.
It looks really impressive, but I sat...
with a group of primary school children when I did this.
Blood, sweat and tears.
My favourite, the character with the most strokes...
Very difficult. It stands for 'depression' and writing it makes you depressed.
Intense, right?
I'm a total perfectionist...
which is positive and very negative at the same time.
And I really recognise that in...
for example, Japanese pop culture or traditional culture. In design.
They put their complete efforts into everything they do.
I love that.
We're at the Duke of Tokyo.
A karaoke bar in Japanese style.
It has all these little booths that you enter alone or with a few friends.
And then you can just sing your heart out.
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