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

that cockroach tho...lol

A lot of hidden prices in US

But tipping doesn't just happen in the food service industry. I tip my tattoo artist, the nail salon tech, the hairstylist, the esthetician, the massage therapist....

I live in New Zealand and we don't tip here. Personally I think waiters and waitresses in the USA should be paid a living wage and if you want to tip for good service then that's fine. It's wrong that people rely on tips to make ends meet 😢 makes tipping something that people will feel obliged to do.

I love the "great debate" ... Wonder if anyone else got the reference !

My first night out in mainland Japan I left a tip walked out the door and made it half way down the block before the waitress came running us down with money in hand screaming "You forgot this"

I'd love to see the US push for employers to start paying their employees a fair wage. Raise their prices enough to cover that cost and stop tipping altogether!

People saying they won't tip (in the U.S. where wage is s**t for waiters/waitresses) because the employer should pay more should not be going out to eat. You are just punishing your server and its not fair. I will always tip if I go out to eat. If the service is excellent I will toss in a little bit extra. Some people are just terrible..

In Denmark you don't tip the waiter either

It has been proven over and over again that tipping leads to better service. If you think the service at restaurants in Japan is GOOD, you have a completely delusional perspective. Here people treat you like a nuisance and someone who is LUCKY to be eating at their establishment, rather than the customer who is keeping their establishment afloat. Ask for a change in order? Nope. Set A, B, or C. Ask for Ketchup with fries? Nope, we don't have that. Oh, if we do, we'll charge you a ton extra. Try kissing your girlfriend inside the restaurant. You'll get yelled at by management. No joke. Tipping in the U.S. otherwise creates a craving for perfect customer service - because they are directly rewarded for their good work.

Well, recently, the tax is not included but it is my understanding it is only during the transition period to the new tax amount.

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In the US it's simple... just don't do the r******d as f**k extremely wrong thing and don't tip.

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 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.