After practically complaining about Japan in my previous post listing Japanese oddities, I decided I should remind myself of the things that left a positive impression on me. I encountered a lot of cool and interesting stuff during my stay in Japan and while there was a lot that I found weird and alien, there [...]
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Things I find weird about Japan
1. Birdsong in tube stations (heard in Ikebukuro on the Yurakucho line). When I first heard it I thought there was actually a bird somewhere up above the platform but of course it’s underground. No birdies down there. So they have a recording of birds singing. Why? A Japanese friend told me the singing is [...]