What is a transient psychological disorder encountered by some people visiting or vacationing in Paris, to which Japanese visitors are observed to be especially susceptible?
Paris syndrome "Des Japonais entre mal du pays et mal de Paris" ("The Japanese are caught between homesickness and Paris sickness", 13 December 2004) and that Japanese magazines are primarily responsible for creating this syndrome. Renoux indicates that Japanese media, magazines in particular, often depict Paris as a place where most people on the street look like "stick-thin" models and most women dress in high fashion brands such as Louis Vuitton. Paris syndrome Paris syndrome (, , "Pari shōkōgun") is a condition exhibited by some individuals when visiting or going on vacation to Paris, as a result of extreme shock derived from
Paris syndrome causing giddiness and shortness of breath, which results in hallucinations in the manner similar to the Stendhal syndrome described by Italian psychiatrist Graziella Magherini in her book "La sindrome di Stendhal". Japanese visitors are observed to be especially susceptible. It was first noted in "Nervure", the French journal of psychiatry, in 2004. From the estimated six million yearly visitors, the number of reported cases is not large: according to an administrator at the Japanese embassy in France, around 20 Japanese tourists a year are affected by the syndrome. Mario Renoux, the president of the Franco-Japanese Medical Association, states in "Libération"':