Why are most coasters in Japan painted white?

Is it a cultural thing or an esthetic preference?

The white is not actually paint. It's a special earthquake-proof coating. Required under the building code. ;)

I heard it's because they're all racists.

"Want to be upside down, maybe thrown from side to side" - The New Pornographers, The Fake Headlines

But wouldn't they be yellow instead? I'm confused.

Austrilia coasters are white quite a bit, too... so I think it's more of a Eastern hemisphere thing.

Or maybe there just aren't enough of them to make a generalization that they are mostly white?

What?

YEAH!!11!

Oh, wait.....on the white thing (got caught up for a sec, darn that Dave Chappelle)...I think it's mostly cultural, or maybe they got a good deal on some white paint at Sam's Club....;)

You still have Zoidberg.... You ALL have Zoidberg! (V) (;,,;) (V)

They have as well a fare share of pastel pink and pastel blue! Actually EVERYTHING is somehow pastel in Japan. They really seem to like those soft colours.

A little story:
My companion and me were driving towards Mt. Fuji (in a white car) with some fellow Japanese, who didn´t speak english too well. While listening to obscure japanese Rockabilly music we tried some small talk.
So we finally came to important questions like: "Whad favourite colah have carz in
Jermany?"
That was a tough one! After some consideration we answered: "Red."
"Ahhhh, red! Ahhhh! In Japan, favourite car colah iz white!"

(Very soon afterwards we arrived at Fuji-Q Highland park which was closed! There went my chance to ride Moonsault Scramble. )

So, now you know it ;-)

Maybe it's one of those Feng Shui things that Westerners just don't understand :(

:)

White is sacred, therefore the rollercoaster is blessed. Don't believe me? Fine.

The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=22463

Just some more comments.

The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch

So would that mean my lilly-white ass is sacred? ;)

(and therefore blessed?)

*** Edited 3/16/2004 9:48:50 PM UTC by janfrederick***

"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

It also hides the pigeon poo.

The white paint not janfrederick's lilly-white ass. *** Edited 3/17/2004 1:01:09 AM UTC by boblogone***