You'll get to train your muscles in Japan because there's a lot of stairs, not many escalators, and lifts! So imagine all the luggage you have to carry up and down while transiting to the airport to train stations and in-between hotels...

I really feel like melting recently...

It is a place where Google maps fail and all hope is lost to find the specific exits...

We only network with a plate full of food in our hands.

I often go to convenient stores to buy bento, snacks, cakes or vegetables when I was in Japan. Sometimes I will pass by their adult magazine section and wonder if I should play a prank by browsing through it and see the reaction of customers and staff. But I wasn't brave enough and abandoned the idea...

Japanese companies do not let employees specialize in one skill but instead be a Jack of all trades. So even if the employee graduated from an engineering school, they will place him in sales. During the promotion, they may even transfer a sales assistant manager to Human Resource!

Though it's good to recycle...

I heard that no take away of leftovers from restaurants and buffet was allowed because of a major food poisoning that happened some years ago. Caterers and restaurants did not want to be liable if anything happens. Bento is ok because they have an expiry date and storage instructions on the packaging

Although Japanese love to have meetings to gain a common consensus, they also may decide important things among themselves and simply let the employee know their final decision without discussing with them.

Based on my friends' real stories. Quite amazing that the CEO has to approve name cards too!

The diagonal crossing will no longer be the same again!

I was surprised when I attended a life drawing session in Tokyo and all the artists flipped their pages as soon as a break was announced. Perhaps the Japanese do not like to show off their work and prefer to keep things to themselves...?

I always dislike to try clothes during winter time and especially in Japan because you have to remove your shoes to try in their fitting room...

What if the excited girls know it's a guy beneath the costume?

This idea was contributed by reader Kok Hong, quite interesting don't you think? Probably because of our lack of interaction with nature that causes us to freak out whenever when we see insects.

So do you use the wet napkin before or after or not at all?

This is based on the true story from my Japanese friend, that they need meetings to discuss when to hold the next meeting! The consensus from everyone is important but this delays making decisions...

Kids are very pampered in Singapore...