There was a man whose name was Stan
He had a fear of things from Japan
People, accents, sushi too
A fancy bidet in the loo
Were all things he wished had a ban
(c) Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
Note: Japanophobia is the fear of Japanese people and culture
***This has been written for the 2015 A to Z Challenge. My theme is the A to Z of Phobias. Entries are written in the form of a limerick. You can read my other entries here***
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Lorrie at www.shrinkrapped.com
11 April 2015 at 6:46 amGreat theme, great limerick–and I like the more serious content too.
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Sanch, the writer
11 April 2015 at 9:09 amThanks Lorrie…yeah, this one was slightly more serious than others.
Eloquent Mind
11 April 2015 at 11:35 amReally !!! Fear of a particular culture 🙁 Ooh, that’s bad. Thanks for sharing !
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Sanch, the writer
12 April 2015 at 7:36 pmYeah, I know…wasn’t aware of it either!
Vinodini Iyer
11 April 2015 at 12:21 pmReally? People actually have a fear for a country and its culture? Interesting!
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Sanch, the writer
12 April 2015 at 7:37 pmYeah…I guess it would be similar to Xenophobia in a way but this is for a specific culture. Who knew, huh?
TF Walsh
11 April 2015 at 1:16 pmPhobias is a cool theme… didn’t know there was a japanophobia.
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Sanch, the writer
12 April 2015 at 7:37 pmThanks…and yeah, I didn’t know either until I was researching phobias for this challenge!
Morgan Katz
11 April 2015 at 3:03 pmIt’s sad that people actually have a fear of certain cultures, but I guess it happens. Great limerick!
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Sanch, the writer
12 April 2015 at 8:53 pmI know…I think it’s a fear of the unknown…
elly stornebrink
11 April 2015 at 4:55 pmAn interesting phobia and one I never heard of before! <3
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Sanch, the writer
12 April 2015 at 8:54 pmYeah, I hadn’t either until I was researching for the challenge. Go figure.
Eli
11 April 2015 at 5:19 pmWow, Thats a new one. Have to laugh though…it seems a bit crazy to me. Learning lots of strange fobias from you…hahaha 🙂
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Suzy
11 April 2015 at 6:57 pmUnbelievable that there can be a phobia of all things Japanese. I am speechless. Good limerick though.
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Prasanna
11 April 2015 at 7:45 pmWhat? How could people have phobia about a country or a culture and that too about Japan. Japanese are so cute.
Parul
11 April 2015 at 9:03 pmSuper interesting! This was unique. Why Japan in particular, is there one for each country?
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Rajlakshmi
11 April 2015 at 11:26 pmoh wow there’s a thing like that!! that’s funny 😛
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Swathi Shenoy
12 April 2015 at 2:34 amNow this is a really strange phobia to begin with 😛
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The Solitary Writer
12 April 2015 at 3:16 amYou taught me a new word today but why would someone hate Japanese people and their culture!
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Shilpa Garg
12 April 2015 at 4:02 amIs this phobia for real? Amazing! Are there phobias for some other countries/cultures too?
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Shailaja
12 April 2015 at 4:04 amNow there’s someone you can’t send to the Far East 😉 Good one, Sanch 😀
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Shashank
12 April 2015 at 5:25 amPeople do have a fear and so well written 🙂 People fear countries and cultures at times.. that said, I love Japan for reasons I don’t know! (never been there but seems like I will love it 🙂 )
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Petra
12 April 2015 at 8:36 amPeople have fear of all sorts of things. I love what you did here!
Obsessivemom
12 April 2015 at 2:10 pmLol Sanch seriously? people have a phobia of Japan? Love the way you’ve written.
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Shantala
12 April 2015 at 2:29 pmThat is one phobia I would have never thought existed. 😛 Strange that people can fear countries and their cultures.
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Sulekkha
12 April 2015 at 3:42 pmare people scared of countries? I had no clue about this phobia, thanks for enlightening me 🙂 superb writing as usual.
Kaddu
12 April 2015 at 6:29 pmFear of a specific culture. I can relate to it. Of late, I seem to have developed a huge fear of the Indian culture.
Why aren’t you on the Facebook AtoZers group?
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Arpitaz Thoughts (@arpitamudit)
12 April 2015 at 7:57 pmHilarious!! 😀 Is it a real word? “Japanophobia”? I can bet all Europeans have “Indophobia”. Anyways, in a bizarre incident, a NRI friend of mine, lives in DC (US), visited me here in Sweden, and to my utter surprise, she carried a roll of toilet paper!! :O
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Leo
12 April 2015 at 8:13 pmGood Lord. That’s sad. Wonder what phobias people will think of next.
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Rhonda Albom
12 April 2015 at 9:09 pmInteresting phobia, more of a racism I fear. Great poem though.
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Monica Deshpande
13 April 2015 at 6:19 amWow, is that really a word? I learn more every day. I must admit I’m not a fan of sushi but banning it would be a bit much. 🙂
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