Thursday, October 2, 2014

50 things that surprise foreigners in Japan

50 things that surprise foreigners in Japan
Japan is a strange country complex, fascinating, funny, and I'm not just referring to the maid cafes and manga porn. 
Foreigners are surprised by things that the Japanese regard as completely banal. After careful and extensive research (okay, some research) here's a selection of what tourists find épatants in Japan: 

1-The trains run on time 
2-The fruits are excellent (results from crosses of varieties) 
3-Even at Seven Eleven bread is good 
4-The doors open automatically taxis 
5-Lost items often find their owner 
6-We buy his Christmas meal at KFC 
7-There are vending machines absolutely everywhere 
8-These sell tobacco and alcohol 
9-The famous Japanese high-tech toilets 
10-Tap water is safe to drink 
11-The tea is not that sweet sugary drink which we usually 
12-You can smoke in restaurants 
13-Free samples found in supermarkets 
14-Price highways 
15-You can find wonderful cakes in every little pastry 
16-Tokyo and confused urban network (understatement!) 
17-The button to call a server in small family restaurants kitchen 
18-Touch screens in bars and restaurants 
19-Parts 5 and 50 yen are pierced 
20-Offering free packets of tissues on the street 
21-The quality and variety of products in the shops just 100 yen 
22-Japanese like Yahoo! 
23-GPS is included in all rental cars 
24-You can leave your bag on a seat and no one will steal you 
25-A small drink is really small 
26-There are power lines everywhere 
27-People line up to wait for the train 
28-Toilet seats are heated 
29-Foreigners who come out with pretty Japanese are often ugly
30-The high price of a cinema ticket 
31-There are Pachinko every street corner 
32-The skill with which to pack your gifts and other purchases 
33-Parking garages 
34-The toll system on motorways 
35-There only hot springs foot 
36-Compartments are reserved for women in public transport 
37-The Love hotels 
38-Cigarettes are cheap 
39-Security is such that you can walk without worry in late at night 
40-Japanese squat toilets (a kind of Turkish toilets) 
41-The incredible number of varieties of Kit-Kat 
42-Pretty grooms elevators that take you to your floor 
43-Condiments packets openable one hand 
44-Capsule hotels 
45-The fukubukuro sold in New Year (in bags hidden content sold cheaper than the value of what they contain, often items on sale or closeouts) 
46-The rooms are small business hotels 
47-Worker hygiene in Japan called "Engineer healthy" Petraouh his monthly salary between 5000 and 8000 USD
48-Japanese children cleaning the school every day
49-Does not use the Japanese servants in their homes
50-Prohibiting the use of mobile in trains, restaurants and indoor

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