Observing Japan!

Observing Japan 

Japan is a very clean country. Hardly any litter are found on the streets (this is interesting because there are hardly any bins). 

People are allowed to read magazines and books in stores how ever long they want. You'd find them standing by the rack reading for hours. I didn't understand the point of selling them then. 

Most of the girls like their hair (shoulder) short. Maybe it's just the style of the season. 

When you give money they give you a tray to put it in.

Below the knee skirts are popular with the young girls. 

Some hostels offer free accommodation if you stay up to 28 days in Japan to clean the hostel 3 hours each day.

Whenever I see people sneeze, they never cover their mouth!!!!!! they don't even try (One of the reasons why I wear a mask).

The freedom to dress how you please is very clear is Tokyo.

Everyone has OCD. One little fluff on their trousers, they do everything to get it off. 

Many of the Japanese girls like to make sad face poses. I can't understand why but then that's like you asking me why people do fishlips poses. I don't know. 

When group of (business men & women) people say their goodbyes and depart separate ways, they spend at least 10minutes bowing at each other smiling and saying the same word (the sort of bow you do at an end of a show but times by 10)

They also have the Big Issue in Japan. People are seen trying to sell them on the streets (seen in Osaka).

A lot of the out-of-school boys like to dry gel their hair. A lot of them 

Tramps are rare but I've 3 severe cases. One was naked bottom down next to the road and no one took notice. (Interesting as in Tokyo, everyone is pretty much rich so it must be difficult being poor in the city)

None of the men have beards. I haven't seen one with beards (as in they shave it all the time). 

You have to be 20+ to drink alcohol. 

When you ask a Japanese girl a question, her eyes widens as she concentrates and their voices are high &!they like to say ooo, aah, mm. 

Barely anyone eats in public! I'm always seen eating in the streets, trains and buses. I've seen no one do the same (I was scared it wasn't allowed but no one told me off so.)

You enter at the rear of the buses and exit and pay at the front of the bus. 

Japan's toilet tissue is single rolled as in its a single sheet. Can you imagine this!? Do you know how many times I roll it out on my hands to wipe when using the loo. It's so thin! 

I'm beginning to think crossing the road at pedestrian red light in Japan is illegal.

There are pigeons in Japan. There's none in China. 

Groups of friends walk around like they're a music band co-ordinating with each other and just looking cool. 

False eye lashes are very popular here. 

With couples, the girls like to play with their partner's hands a lot or his belonging. I see this constantly. I've never seen one kiss though.

There's hardly any bins here so you're forced to basically carry your rubbish until you find one. 

People nod a lot. 

The Japanese love their gaming - there are arcades everywhere.

Crossing your legs in as business meeting is considered rude. Can you imagine?! 

June is like the worst month to go to Japan. I missed the cherry blossom season by a week. It appears from April to May but that's when Japan is busy and a pain. 

Mexicans restaurants are really popular here for some reason.

Smoking is interestingly prohibited in the streets. There are signs of its ban on the ground and on lampposts. No one I had seen disobeyed. Later on the day I had noticed people smoking all in one area. It was a smoking zone and they are usually just outside the train station. 

It's bad form to fill your own glass with beer?! 

There are taxis-on-foot beside touristic attractions by men who run and carry you sitting on a carriage. They are so buff and extremely fit. Their physique is beautiful and they have long hair. you'd think the same too.

Japan has the largest number of vending machines in the world so I was so not surprised to constantly see vending machines in literally every corner. There are over 5.5 million.

It's not good sticking your chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice. 

With the excitement of Japan's Olympics in 2020, there have been disaster preparations of increasing the city's resilience through the regeneration of dense neighbourhood with wooden houses, making structure earthquake resistance, building tsunami and rain countermeasures and securing road networks. The stadium design that looks like a turtle is set to begin in October. Foreign Language assistance will be improved as its quite poor here. 

Women love their heels!!! Not kitten ones, like mega high ones.

Everyone loves to dye their hair, even the older people (ladies). Blue, purple and grey are the popular colours. Brown is the most common in the whole population (you could actually mistake some for a Caucasian). 

The service here is military. You are treated with great respect and practically considered as royalty. They salute you and half-bow. 

Prior to 1868, Tokyo was known as Edo.

There's a lady only carriage in trains and express buses in Japan too. But only before 9.30am. After then, everyone can board the carriage.

Japan is safe mainly because the locals are 90% more likely to be richer than you so you are unlikely to be robbed. I felt safe. 

When the bus stops at the bus stop or the traffic, the driver switches off the engine. 

There are school kids roaming around every moment of the day. You get no break from them unlike in London on a weekday from 9-3pm, it's schoolkids free. 

Japanese is like really hard to learn. I can't even say hello.'