How Japan’s Language Shapes Its One-of-a-Kind Car Culture

What a country creates shapes its culture, and even its identity. We know this to be the case, or else there wouldn’t be worldwide phenomena like K-Pop or Swiss chocolate. The inverse is also true, as a nation’s culture shapes what it creates. I believe that, in ways you might not expect, a people’s language influences their creative contributions more than anything else.

This isn’t limited to art or cuisine, either. It’s evidenced in all of a country’s cultural exports, and cars are certainly that. You can take German cars, for one example; it’s no surprise that over-engineered Porsches and BMWs are built by p …