The Japanese flooded into Hawaii.

Anyone who has been to Hawaii will feel that Hawaii belongs to the Japanese. This statement is no exaggeration. The Japanese bought a lot of land and other real estate in Hawaii and built hotels and villas. Throughout the year, a steady stream of Japanese tourists fill every corner of Hawaii, and they like to play, shop and spend here. The number of Japanese traveling abroad to Hawaii has already exceeded the number of tourists from the United States.

Consumption paradise

On the bus to Hana Uma Bay that day, we met a 24-year-old girl who lives in Nagoya. The girl said that she took two months off from the company to visit her boyfriend in Hawaii. On the rest day, her boyfriend took her for a ride, swimming and playing with water. When her boyfriend went to work, she went to the seaside to play alone. "When I return to Nagoya, my friends may not know me." The girl said that there was a satisfied and proud expression on her tanned face. "I really don't want to go back to Japan. It is too hard to be an office worker in Japan. " She looks a little depressed. I don't know whether this girl is born cheerful and can speak many languages, or whether she was nurtured by Hawaii the day after tomorrow. I talked with her all the way, and I had the feeling that I met a "natural familiarity" by train in China.

Later, we went sightseeing in Polynesia village with more than 20 Japanese people by van. The tour guide asked how many times you had been to Hawaii. One of the middle-aged Japanese couples said that they came once a year, sometimes twice a year, so it was the sixteenth time. They were not accompanied by the Hawaii Pass, but by Javert's sister. It is said that the cost of a decent and scenic wedding in Hawaii is only one-third of that in Japan, and many Japanese couples choose to get married in Hawaii for a hundred years under the temptation of charming exotic scenery.

When we walk in many places in Hawaii, we can often see Japanese family sightseeing groups, ranging from old to young, from seven to eight people to more than a dozen people. As long as we pay a little attention, we can see who the bride and groom are. Visiting duty-free shops in Hawaii surprised me not only by the booming business, but also by Japanese-speaking "shopping groups", which made me feel like I was in a Japanese shopping mall. I have observed for a period of time and found that Japanese people account for at least 90% of customers, and the sales staff are almost monopolized by the Japanese, as can be seen from the name badges worn on their chests.

A paradise for investment

It has been said that the more people in a certain space, the more crowded it is. For everyone, the more crowded it means the worse the quality of life, but at the same time, everyone has to pay more for this crowded space and poor quality of life. On the contrary, the fewer people there are, the less crowded they are and the cheaper they are. This is obviously contrary to the customary concept that people are willing to pay more for better quality products and services. Therefore, behind the high value of Japanese real estate is the fact that the living and travel conditions of Japanese people are worse than those of Americans. Even if Japan's nominal per capita income is close to or even higher than that of the United States, Americans can ironically say that the Japanese are just a group of working lunatics living in pigeon cages.

Roughly speaking, the population density of Japan is about 13 times that of the United States. No wonder the value of real estate units in Japan is much higher than that in the United States. A few years ago, the Japanese landed in Hawaii, the west coast of the United States and Australia in the form of buying real estate, which caused some people in these countries to exclaim. Intuitively, this is the natural result that the real estate prices in the United States and Australia are cheaper than those in Japan; Behind this is the confidence that the Japanese can make more effective use of these real estates.

A few years ago, I met two American journalists, Martin and Susan. In the book "Buy America" jointly published by Tolchin and his wife, the couple discussed the wave of foreign (mainly Japanese) investment in the United States since the mid-1980s, revealed their worries about the future of the United States, and told the story that many American jobs and social welfare were controlled by foreigners, and American enterprises, factories and real estate were bought in large quantities by foreigners. These stories are really unacceptable facts for an American who has long been used to investing and controlling other countries. There are enough facts to show that some foreign investors, obviously Japanese investors, bought the United States, thus acquiring American technology and finally eliminating the competitiveness of the United States in key industrial fields.

A paradise for races.

In recent years, the Japanese have bought a lot of real estate such as land and built hotels and villas in Hawaii, and both individuals and enterprises have invested. It is said that 80% of high-end hotels and almost all golf courses in Hawaii are run by Japanese. According to American census figures, people from Asia or Pacific islands account for 62% of Hawaii 165438+ million population. Japanese are the Asian minority in Hawaii, followed by Filipinos, Aborigines, China, Koreans, Vietnamese, Laos and Thais.

As a result, the phenomenon of intermarriage between ethnic groups has become commonplace. It is said that one in every three people in Hawaii is a "hybrid". Intermarriage plays down racial boundaries and makes all ethnic groups live in harmony. Visitors can see the true meaning of Hawaii as a "racial paradise" from a fast food. It may be Japanese roast beef with sugar, Irish stewed beef, Viennese sausages, China's flower rolls and North Korean rice cakes. Visitors from all over the world can taste all kinds of snacks suitable for their own tastes in the flavor snack bar here.