Yet another example of the politeness of Japan. Our friend Karl got in ok yesterday to Tokyo. On his flight, he met a Japanese man on his way to visit his family in Tokyo. Since it was Karl's first time in Tokyo, this nice guy ended up waiting for him after customs, helping him buy a train ticket, took him on the train to Tokyo station, and then even proceeded to show him how to take the subway to our subway station. And to top that, instead of continuing on the subway to his own destination (he already went out of his way to a different part of town), he got out and helped Karl find our apartment because he thought it might be difficult to find. Wow!
Did you know that...
- Japanese say "itadakimasu" before every meal. It is similar to saying Bon Apetite before eating but roughly the meaning is giving thanks/appreciation for the food.
- Japanese students learn about 1000 Kanji characters in elementary school and 3000 by the time they graduate high school.
- They have pizza cones here - pizza ingredients rolled up into a cone shape for "easy" eating
- They have small food counters in basement supermarkets where you can sit down for a quick meal
Other recent observations:
- Dresses with leggings are trendy now
- Metal briefcases are trendy
- Wearing shoe peds is really common
- Phases like "ok", "interesting", "really?", and "probably" are just as common (and used similarly) in Japanese as they are in English
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Something like that would almost never happen here. More likely, in the US, the guy is a stalker; or worse, a serial killer.
that is SO nice! glad to hear Karl made it to Oakwood okay! much better than my morning where two guys literally got into a fight boarding the 4/5 because they were cutting each other off to get on the train. at that moment i missed tokyo. have a great time with karl!!!
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