Is Japanese beer THAT strong??

[Aniki]

So the Japanese have a different way in advertising beer, big deal.

I'm more interested to know how strong is japanese beer. Can anyone who's been to Japan, please, tell me how much alcohol does the strongest japanese beer have?

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

Please don`t forget you`re not the first foreigner to head to Japan and you aren`t the first person we`ve seen who has dropped into a spiral of nit picking and complaints/whining about parts of Japanese culture.

It`s fine to wonder about things - but your threads sound *negative* in doing so - I mean, just look at the titles:

Guys, can we move away from political competition!

[Mortry]

I was looking on youtube for an example of Japanese beer commercials,
when I found this hilarious one xD:

YouTube - Arnold Japanese Beer Commercial 2

I wonder if it's really Arnold :P

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by Aniki

So the Japanese have a different way in advertising beer, big deal.

I'm more interested to know how strong is japanese beer. Can anyone who's been to Japan, please, tell me how much alcohol does the strongest japanese beer have?

It's usually about 5% vol or less, although I think rarely you can get some which are stronger. Maybe 7-8%? Definitly 7%, but I personally haven't seen stronger than that.

[Aniki]

Originally Posted by Mortry

I was looking on youtube for an example of Japanese beer commercials,
when I found this hilarious one xD:

YouTube - Arnold Japanese Beer Commercial 2

I wonder if it's really Arnold :P

That's Arnold alright, but that's not a beer commercial.

It's not unusual to see Hollywood stars in Japanese adds. If you check Youtube again you will find more Japanese commercials with Tommy Lee Jones, Matt Leblanc and others.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by GTJ

Jeez, I'm seeing a god complex developing among the mods. Were you guys this aggressive when Jerry Seinfeld pointed out the weird things in daily life? Just because I still wonder about some things and want to see what other people think about it... so NONE of you are guilty of this? Wait, don't answer that.

I guess you missed my second post (#8).

[konbini]

When I was in Kyoto there was this bargain shop called 'Garden' something I forgot. They sold the cheapest beer. The Kirin Tanrei which was cheapest had about 5.5%.

[trunker]

Originally Posted by masaegu

@GTJ

You've been a huge topic among us Japanese members here and a couple of more active ones have already put you in their Ignore Bins.

damn, now i'm jealous.

everyone needs a beer,..............apparently.

[tksensei]

Originally Posted by GTJ

Haha, yeah, I think we were talking about that in another thread and everyone agreed on the topic



UMAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIII!!!

Yeah I hate that too.

Then again it doesn't help that the Japanese only have like three words for something that tastes good. Although recently the people on TV have been making more of an effort to actively describe flavors and such, which is a step in the right direction from just shouting "UMAI" with your mouth half-full.

Thank goodness the nation, culture, language and people have YOU to tell them how to market and communicate in general.

[tksensei]

Originally Posted by MMM

GTJ, you are shifting to "whiny gaijin" mode. This is a part of a slow-burn culture shock. I knew many people it happened to, and it is real common. After 4 to 6 months in Japan they we would meet up but instead of talking about cool new discoveries the conversations became nit-picky complaining sessions about Japan.

Again, it's pretty normal, but I hope you don't start too many more threads like this. I do want you to be able to talk through your life in Japan...that is important...but people that don't live there might read these and be...thrown off. I hope this makes sense and you don't take it the wrong way.

Very good points!