Singapore is an extremely interesting place, and it’s a wonderful place to be when you want to get away from the humdrum of every day life.  There is a spectacular sense of tropical splendor here, coupled with an enormously vibrant urban scene, providing access to many different worlds from one splendid location.  There are multiple cultures that come together in this island city state, and it’s possible to get to know about Singapore culture while you’re also learning about Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, and Japanese culture as well.  There are many different ways to see Singapore, and one of these is through enjoying all of the tourist attractions, with historic tours, as well as trips outside of the urban center.  You can also shop your way through the city, and discover that it’s one of the best places in the world to buy things.

Because it was an historic port in the world for so many centuries, it has always been a great place to buy things, or to arrange for things to be bought and sold from here.  But it doesn’t end there.  There are many other ways to see Singapore, and one of the most fun and exciting of these is by tasting all of the tasty treats here.  One will undoubtedly notice that Japanese restaurant life here is really the top!  There are always fresh fish and seafood catches, so that the food is extremely tasty, and will give some of the best demonstrations of the complexity of Japanese cookery.  There are talented chefs all over this magnificent place.  But there is more to Japanese culture, and lots of art will showcase the very long and invigorating influence from Japan.

It is also in the style too.  Singapore is famous for its great love of pop culture, and may be second in the world to Japan.  So it would make perfect sense that so much of Japanese pop culture comes through here, like in the popularity of ganguro style.  It is falling out of fashion for sure, all over the world, in favor of manba, but even that is considered nostalgia by many fashion experts.  This is a look that’s characterized by darkening of the skin, and lightening of the hair.  It may have begun as a way to emulate or even confront the bleach beach blonde look, but soon enough turned into something quite other.  It is fascinating to learn about the history of it, and even though it is not so easy to display in Singapore because of more restrictions than Japan, there is a very interesting community around this phenomenon.