I Show The Cultural Differences Between Japan And Other Countries (30 Pics)

that cockroach tho...lol

A lot of hidden prices in US

Cat got fish :D

Why are people in other countries naked?

Japan has always been a very clean and generous country.

Dang it! I wanted to drink a toast with a monkey!!!! :’(

i love silence

If you're in Malaysia, just stand in the doorway and pee inside.

When I was stationed in Japan, it was explained to me that Japan is an island with limited resources. Much of the produce and meats are brought from other countries; or grown specially for the market (like the square watermelons) ... thus the high cost of some foods!

I bought many expensive fruits and compared to cheaper ones. I always preferred the cheaper ones. The worst was grape, the expensive one having no taste. I even went to a cherry harvest bus tour and the host was explaining how a group of tree are of the expensive species and how another group was for cheaper. Groups of people were all crowded to gather and eat the expensive cherries so I went to the cheap version after tasting a few expensive cherries. I enjoyed the cheaper better and 10 min before going back to our bus, people came to try the cheap cherries to compare and they regretted spending so much time on the other trees. All that to say the price is not always a good indicator.

Yes the prices are ridiculous, but in japan i've never ever had a sour strawberry; they're all perfectly sweet!

But my $2. Apple was one of the best I ever ate!

Those expensive fruits are meant to be given for gifts during the gift-giving season (summer and new year), not for own consumption. Only an idiot would buy a 150 dollar melon and eat it.

In my country 1kg of melon for 17cent

In Japan the grapes are expensive because they really take the time to watch over them. same for the melon, peaches, cherries and cantaloupe . they groom each cantaloupe and watermelon one by one - so they come out perfect and are usually meant to be gifted as presents. The square watermelon is not for eating.

The watermelon in Japan is square because they farm them by keeping them in a container of any shape they want the watermelon to be of

Those fruits are not any better than any average fruit. It's been proven. The only difference is the price tag. An example of Japanese people being stupid and obsessed with expensive things.

one thing I was shocked was how much packaging they use over there

If you go to agricultural area, fruits can be much cheaper. My parents place often has a box of strawberry (A3 size and 10cm depths) for 1000-1500yen which $10-15. Not all in same size but still taste good.

The fruit are high-quality

Those expensive fruits are meant to be given as gifts during the gift-giving season (summer and new year), not for own consumption. Only an idiot would buy a 150 dollar melon and eat it too.

i remember being warned of the horrendous prices of fresh produce before my trip to Japan which I took with a pinch of salt. The realisation made me ever so grateful when I got home.

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Do watermelons really need to be square? Isn't that the fruit equivalent of veal?

I live in the US and I approve to this

That's what I noticed the first time I came to Japan. I was walking on a street between empty field and there you had a vending machine in the middle of nowhere, nothing else.

Oh. OH!!!! Maybe this explains my mother-in-law!! We kept insisting "Do you not want something... more? We will get you any---" - "No. KFC." .. okaaay...

Haha! We indonesian can't eat if its not spicy

I have to agree with everything about this portrayal.

Actually, that sounds like a good feature, they should do this with other phones.

The reason is not that the person is thought to be a Yakuza. The reason is that you can't forbid only Yakuzas or they would get mad. In order to work around that, since they all have tattoos, this excuse was used. So if a Yakuza gets mad, they can say it's the rule, nothing against them.

I feel that Singaporeans generally let passengers get off first, those who dont are usually the older people who may be ignorant or impatient with a sense of entitlement or tourists/foreigners.

I feel so bad...

That's so true! In see old people here and they're more active than me!

I don't think you took the train in the summer ... I can assure you they are and look sweaty in the work suits.

Now this happens in the USA and it's very annoying. I've been at restaurants and had people at the table next to me with their smartphones cranked up loud so the kid who's hardly touched his food can be entertained.

Say "Mata ne" instead. It means "See you later."

That's how you stay slim in japan

Maybe it depends on where you are in the US. I'm from southeastern Virginia and people definitely greet me with a smile and politeness. No bow though.

this is a good idea actually

Second one is also the US

I heard sushi chefs spend like 7 years just working on rice so it kinda makes sense.

Most of Japanese have an inferiority complex about English pronunciation. We (I am a Japanese) think that it is impolite to speak in poor pronunciation.

That's in the USA too...people letting the kids run wild on public transportation.

Anyone else who always says "all right" independent of boiling hot or ice cold water?

I always say hello & thank you to every bus driver everywhere no matter where I live. They're real people too, and they deserve to be acknowledged.

This makes me nervous going with my wheelchair

Same in Japan of you do it in summer.

Shinjuku station is the worst ... I always get lost ... You can even enter from a gate and leave from another ... Once you enter, you need to leave at another station (and so take the train) or go see the station staff to let you out.

Not too true. It's more the order at which you arrived. If you line up for the elevator before a wheelchair comes to wait behind you, it's pretty rare that the person decides to let the handicapped person to first. The person would just enter first and try to take as less space as possible.

Food is good because it not only fills out stomachs it brings up the talkativity in ourselves and others around us........

I was and still am so amazed at how the weather forecast is so good here!

I don't think they woul've cared, honestly xd Either way, I think they come taped so you can't actually browse through, if I remember correctly.

No... In Japan too, they're not that careful and there are many accidents hurting prior walking on the sidewalk.

This is called spreading out your resources. That way if say Johnny who is the manager of sales suddenly has a heart attack and can't come back to work for a while, Steve in human resources can fill in for him.

...or in singspore, insted of leaving your bag, you can just put tissue pack on the table to "book the table"