November 09, 2004
The country of ”kawaii”
Anyone could have a pink umbrella covered with rabbits in Japan, pretty much at least. The word “kawaii” (aww, so cute!) is used daily and covers everything that could possibly be adorable to someone. Disney toys hanging in big clusters from the schoolgirls’ bags, a dog wearing a small tight t-shirt, a pop idol with crooked teeth – they are all really kawaii.
In Sweden it’s rare with grownup people having kawaii things (even though my mom has a parade of soft little animals on her couch). This year there was actually a book published in Sweden called “Kawaii” about Japanese pop- and youth culture (läs den!)
But the dog on the picture is in fact not kawaii at all. Although I took lots of nice pictures of her (I assume it’s a female), she simply returned my favour by peeing on my bag.
