Sunday, June 24, 2018

This is Today's Japan. Amazing




We all could learn a little from this culture.

 

#1 Bus Drivers In Japan Were On Strike But Continued Driving Their Routes While Refusing To Take Fares From Passengers

Bus Drivers In                                                 Japan Were On Strike But                                                 Continued Driving Their                                                 Routes While Refusing To                                                 Take Fares From                                                 Passengers

 

#2 Drink Cans Have Names Written In Braille On The Top

Drink Cans Have                                                   Names Written In                                                   Braille On The Top

 

 

#3 Japanese Fans Stayed Behind After The FIFA World Cup 2014 Match To Help Clean Up

Japanese Fans                                                   Stayed Behind After                                                   The FIFA World Cup                                                   2014 Match To Help                                                   Clean Up

 

 

#4 There Are Baby Seats Attached To The Wall In Most Bathrooms

There Are Baby                                                   Seats Attached To The                                                   Wall In Most                                                   Bathrooms

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#5 I Recently Gave Birth In Japan. Here Is Some Of The Hospital Food I Ate

I Recently Gave                                                   Birth In Japan. Here                                                   Is Some Of The                                                   Hospital Food I Ate

 

 

#6 You Can Often Find This Kind Of Toilet In Japan. Wash Your Hands And Reuse The Water For Your Next Flush

You Can Often                                                   Find This Kind Of                                                   Toilet In Japan. Wash                                                   Your Hands And Reuse                                                   The Water For Your                                                   Next Flush

 

 

#7 Japan's Manhole Covers Are Beautiful

Japan's Manhole                                                   Covers Are Beautiful

 

 

#8 Most Japanese Schools Don't Have Custodians. Instead, The Students Do The Cleaning Themselves As A Part Of Showing Gratitude To The School And Learning How To Become More Productive Members Of Society

Most Japanese                                                   Schools Don't Have                                                   Custodians. Instead,                                                   The Students Do The                                                   Cleaning Themselves As                                                   A Part Of Showing                                                   Gratitude To The                                                   School And Learning                                                   How To Become More                                                   Productive Members Of                                                   Society

 

 

#9 The Note In Japanese Says, "I Accidentally Knocked Over Your Bike And Broke The Bell. I Am Very Sorry"

The Note In                                                   Japanese Says,

 

 

#10 This Is How Smooth The Bullet Train Is In Japan

This Is How                                                   Smooth The Bullet                                                   Train Is In Japan

 


#11 I Dropped My Shopping Bag On The Streets Of Osaka And When I Went Back To Look For It Later That Day, Someone Had Placed It Next To A Tree Untouched

I                                                     Dropped My Shopping                                                     Bag On The Streets                                                     Of Osaka And When I                                                     Went Back To Look                                                     For It Later That                                                     Day, Someone Had                                                     Placed It Next To A                                                     Tree Untouched

 

 

#12 Commuters In Tokyo Pushed A Train Car To Save A Woman Who Fell And Got Stuck Between The Car And The Platform

Commuters In                                                     Tokyo Pushed A Train                                                     Car To Save A Woman                                                     Who Fell And Got                                                     Stuck Between The                                                     Car And The                                                     Platform

 

 

#13 Koi Fishes Even Live In Drainage Channels In Japan

Koi                                                     Fishes Even Live In                                                     Drainage Channels In                                                     Japan

 

 

#14 Japanese Toilets Often Have A Button That Plays White Noise/Water Sounds So You Can Poop Without Other People Hearing Your Business

Japanese                                                     Toilets Often Have A                                                     Button That Plays                                                     White Noise/Water                                                     Sounds So You Can                                                     Poop Without Other                                                     People Hearing Your                                                     Business

 

 

#15 Another Reason Why I Love Japan

Another Reason                                                     Why I Love Japan

 

 

#16 In Trains You Can Rotate The Seats In Any Direction

In                                                     Trains You Can                                                     Rotate The Seats In                                                     Any Direction

 

 

#17 Another Great Japanese Invention: Umbrella Lockers. So You Don't Have To Carry Them Around Inside A Building And Nobody Takes Yours 'Accidentally'

Another Great                                                     Japanese Invention:                                                     Umbrella Lockers. So                                                     You Don't Have To                                                     Carry Them Around                                                     Inside A Building                                                     And Nobody Takes                                                     Yours                                                     'Accidentally'

 

#18 This Toilet In Japan Has A System Of Occupied/Vacant Toilets Information

This                                                     Toilet In Japan Has                                                     A System Of                                                     Occupied/Vacant                                                     Toilets Information

 

 

#19 Expectations Meet Reality In Japan

Expectations                                                     Meet Reality In                                                     Japan

 

445points

 

#20 This Japanese Gum I Have Came With Little Pieces Of Paper Inside For You To Spit Your Gum In To When You're Finished With It

This                                                     Japanese Gum I Have                                                     Came With Little                                                     Pieces Of Paper                                                     Inside For You To                                                     Spit Your Gum In To                                                     When You're Finished                                                     With It


#21 This Shopping Center In Japan Has Free Refrigerated Lockers For Your Perishables So You Can Keep Shopping After You Get Your Groceries

This                                                     Shopping Center In                                                     Japan Has Free                                                     Refrigerated Lockers                                                     For Your Perishables                                                     So You Can Keep                                                     Shopping After You                                                     Get Your Groceries

 

 

#22 Photo I Took Of Tokyo Commuters Waiting For Their Train

Photo                                                     I Took Of Tokyo                                                     Commuters Waiting                                                     For Their Train

 

 

#23 At Narita International Airport (Tokyo) They Give You Free Origami Instead Of Candy

At                                                     Narita International                                                     Airport (Tokyo) They                                                     Give You Free                                                     Origami Instead Of                                                     Candy

 

 

#24 Japanese Being Japanese

Japanese Being                                                     Japanese

 

 

#25 This Smartphone Wiper Dispenser In Japan

This                                                     Smartphone Wiper                                                     Dispenser In Japan

 

 

#26 In Japan, Even The Deer Are Polite

In                                                     Japan, Even The Deer                                                     Are Polite

 

 

#27 In Japan, The Ground Crew Bows And Waves Goodbye To The Departing Aircraft

In                                                     Japan, The Ground                                                     Crew Bows And Waves                                                     Goodbye To The                                                     Departing Aircraft

 

374points

 

#28 Ordered This From Japan And It Came With A Little Note And Origami Crane

Ordered This                                                     From Japan And It                                                     Came With A Little                                                     Note And Origami                                                     Crane

 

359points

 

#29 This Bedside Lamp At My Hotel In Japan Can Be Half Lit

This Bedside                                                     Lamp At My Hotel In                                                     Japan Can Be Half                                                     Lit

 

 

#30 Japanese Airport Staff Sorted Luggages On The Belt By Their Colour

Japanese                                                     Airport Staff Sorted                                                     Luggages On The Belt                                                     By Their Colour

 

#31 Toreiyu Tsubasa Train In Japan Is Equipped With Footbaths So You Can Enjoy A Relaxing Trip

Toreiyu Tsubasa                                                   Train In Japan Is                                                   Equipped With                                                   Footbaths So You Can                                                   Enjoy A Relaxing Trip

 

342points

 

#32 Children's Seat On The Fujikyu Railway Line In Japan

Children's Seat                                                     On The Fujikyu                                                     Railway Line In                                                     Japan

 

339points

 

#33 Almost Everyone In Japan Reverse Parks

Almost Everyone                                                     In Japan Reverse                                                     Parks

 

 

#34 Japanese Often Line Up For Buses, Trains, Restaurants Or Shops And Can Wait In Lines For Long Periods Of Time. Kids Learn How To Line Up As Early As Kindergarten As It Teaches Self-Discipline, Cooperation And Respect

Japanese Often                                                     Line Up For Buses,                                                     Trains, Restaurants                                                     Or Shops And Can                                                     Wait In Lines For                                                     Long Periods Of                                                     Time. Kids Learn How                                                     To Line Up As Early                                                     As Kindergarten As                                                     It Teaches                                                     Self-Discipline,                                                     Cooperation And                                                     Respect

 

 

 

#35 Tokyo Train Company Tsukuba Express Apologized For 20-Second-Early Departure

Tokyo                                                     Train Company                                                     Tsukuba Express                                                     Apologized For                                                     20-Second-Early                                                     Departure

 

#36 This Lift In Japan Has A Seat That Can Be Used As A Toilet In An Emergency

This                                                     Lift In Japan Has A                                                     Seat That Can Be                                                     Used As A Toilet In                                                     An Emergency

 

 

#37 Restaurants In Japan Display Fake Food That Looks Just Like The Real One From The Menu

Restaurants In                                                     Japan Display Fake                                                     Food That Looks Just                                                     Like The Real One                                                     From The Menu

 

 

 

#38 Japanese ATM's Have Cane Holders Due To The Aging Population

Japanese ATM's                                                     Have Cane Holders                                                     Due To The Aging                                                     Population

 

 

 

#39 There Are Over 300 Scramble Intersections In Japan Where You Can Cross A Street Diagonally

There Are Over                                                     300 Scramble                                                     Intersections In                                                     Japan Where You Can                                                     Cross A Street                                                     Diagonally

 

 

#40 At Some Tourist Spots In Japan There Are Stands To Hold Your Smartphone So You Can Take Good Selfies

At Some Tourist                                                     Spots In Japan There                                                     Are Stands To Hold                                                     Your Smartphone So                                                     You Can Take Good                                                     Selfies

#49 In Japan They Sell Square Watermelons To Fit Better In The Refrigerator

In                                                     Japan They Sell                                                     Square Watermelons                                                     To Fit Better In The                                                     Refrigerator

 

 

 

#50 Toothpick At A Mall In Japan Had A Mint Coated Tip

Toothpick At A                                                     Mall In Japan Had A                                                     Mint Coated Tip

 

 

 

#51 This Urinal In Japan Is A Video Game You Play With Your Pee

This Urinal In                                                   Japan Is A Video Game                                                   You Play With Your                                                   Pee

 

 

 

#52 Only In Japan Would Someone Leave These Out While They Sleep

 

#53 Designated Smoking Rooms On Trains In Japan

Designated                                                     Smoking Rooms On                                                     Trains In Japan

 

#54 This Japanese Handrail Bends With The Steps

This                                                     Japanese Handrail                                                     Bends With The                                                     Steps

 

 


Thursday, June 21, 2018

Home and unpacking/wrapping it up

Unpacking and sorting all our treasurers, gift and memories, I was wondering where the Japan-ophilia originated. Throughout my life I have been attracted to everything associated with this supremely aesthetic culture: our house has a distinctly asian feel, I admire the deep sense of honor, and we love the food and fashions. I think it started with this little geisha doll I got when I was ten years old...or it could be my first ikebana lesson at age five. In any case, it's in the blood.

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Re-entry

Burning some tiles....

Monday, June 18, 2018

DUH !

Dr. Charles agrees (but there may be some argument from some other academicians or art pontificators)

Steps and stairs

Stracciatella (chocolate chip gelato) is easily burned off one step at a time.