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Originally Posted by Columbine
Actually i'm in the UK. I lived in Osaka a couple of years ago.
Trains are clean and run on time, the tube in Japan is an air-conditioned heaven. Distinct lack of mangy pigeons.
Total unavailability of cheap wine or cheese that isn't rubbish plastic cheese. No cider to be seen. Beer on tap tends to be pale ale or larger.
Most people seem to actually uses the pajamas they own.
In winter you will never be more grateful for a heated toilet seat.
Eating out is cheap compared to here.
Buses you often pay getting off, not getting on, so be sure to check you have the fare!
They don't call time in bars some places. They just wait for you to go home before they shut.
You really have to be more aware of how noisy you are, especially walking around at night, because it's easier to disturb people, and lots of working people go to bed early in the 'burbs.
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Great, this is the kind of non-obvious thing I'm trying to find out about! Things that you only find out by being there.
Cheers