NZに移住して28年、 Vegan (というよりVEGANist)になって10年の日本人です。 150年ほど前までVegetarianの国だった日本が今や肉食大国でVeganism後進国。昔からずっと肉食大国のNZの方がVeganismが進んでいて、Veganとしての食生活がし易いのはなんとも皮肉。皮肉と言えば .... I hope you appreciate this irony and that you care about animals and the planet/world. Until about 150 years ago, the Japanese were mostly vegetarian (or almost vegan), and a hungry Westerner new in JPN lamented, “No steaks? What a backward country!” And the Meiji Emperor needed to eat meat himself to encourage the Japanese to start eating meat, as a symbol of Japan getting westernized and civilized. Today it is known that meat-munching culture is barbaric, harmful and uncivilized. And, it's also known that JPN is quite backward in veganism, which is the best solution for the wellbeing of animals and the planet. Google these titles! [Going vegan is the 'single biggest way' to reduce your impact on Earth. ] [How Japan became hooked on meat] [How Japan went from being an almost entirely vegetarian country to a huge consumer of meat]
@@aaa-kg9jx : _ As I said in my original comment, "And the Meiji Emperor needed to eat meat himself to encourage the Japanese to start eating meat, as a symbol of Japan getting westernized and civilized." _ Nah, I don't think so. Westerners are generally way worse. Just take a look how so many of them have supersized themselves. _ Really? I didn't know that.
@@aaa-kg9jx : _ As I said in my original comment, "And the Meiji Emperor needed to eat meat himself to encourage the Japanese to start eating meat, as a symbol of Japan getting westernized and civilized." _ Nah, I don't think so. Westerners are generally way worse. Just take a look how so many of them have supersized themselves. _ Really? I didn't know that.
@@aaa-kg9jx : _ As I said in my original comment, "And the Meiji Emperor needed to eat meat himself to encourage the Japanese to start eating meat, as a symbol of Japan getting westernized and civilized." _ Nah, I don't think so. Westerners are generally way worse. Just take a look how so many of them have supersized themselves. _ Really? I didn't know that.
@@aaa-kg9jx : _ As I said in my original comment, "And the Meiji Emperor needed to eat meat himself to encourage the Japanese to start eating meat, as a symbol of Japan getting westernized and civilized." _ Nah, I don't think so. Westerners are generally way worse. Just take a look how so many of them have supersized themselves. _ Really? I didn't know that.
