Continuing the list from a few posts ago, here are some more differences. As I get past the the biggies, I'll probably start finding and listing a lot more small and subtle differences.
21. Parents don't discipline kids.
22. People will leave their car running while they run in and do business somewhere for many minutes at a time.
23. Japan claims to have four seasons, but they really only have two. One is called "Natsu" which means "too damn hot," and the other is called "Fuyu" which means "too damn cold."
24. For the most part, Japanese assume that all foreigners cannot speak Japanese.
25. No such things as detentions, suspensions or expulsions in schools. In fact, the teachers are THRILLED if the bad students even come to school a lot of the time.
26. When people pour you beer, half of the cup is filled with foam.
27. In the bigger cities, they have a train system that is efficient (even if overly expensive)
28. Japanese people will say you are super awesome if you can use chopsticks or speak 2 words of Japanese (whether they actually think this or not is debatable).
29. The school system in general, by design, promotes closeness of the students and teachers.
30. No tipping anywhere! And you generally will get awesome service in restaurants.
31. Many toilet seats are high tech and will be warm in winters.
32. There are bars here where guys or girls can go to talk to really good looking people of the opposite sex. You can spend lots of money on alcohol and such, but it's just for talking. (Called kyabakura, snack, or host bars)
33. At restaurants they will give you an "oshibori" or a wet towel (sometimes really hot) to wash your hands off with before settling in to eat.
34. Japan, while years ahead in cell phones, for the most part doesn't know what Wi-Fi is yet.
35. Even at the lowest of jobs (fast food restaurants and such) you will find people who work HARD and take their job seriously... usually resulting in awesome service.
36. Eating raw fish and eggs here is normal.
37. You can't drink without eating something, whether it be edamame or peanuts or SOMETHING.
38. No guns allowed in Japan.
39. Ratio of hot to not hot girls in Japan easily eclipses America's ratio (my opinion obviously).
40. Going back to trains, they are ON TIME. If your train is set to arrive at 8:00, you will catch it if you get to the platform at 7:59. You'll have missed it if you arrive at 8:01. No joke.
四季【しき】 (shiki) four seasons
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