Standing in different sides on the escalator

Please kindly note that I will be dis-continuing post on this blog for the Japan side as I have shifted it over to my new blog at Osaka? A~ Souka!


 In Osaka, Photo credit: All Over Japan

You can see that Japanese are always systematic, even in taking escalators. They would not horde around the escalators like some other countries, but dividing it into two "lanes". One will be the normal lane which you can stand until you reach the top or bottom, while the other is an fast lane, especially for the salaryman.

In Tokyo, Photo credit: gutereise09

This general rule applied all over Japan but there is a difference between Osaka and Tokyo on the side on the escalators. Osaka normal lane is on the left while in Tokyo it is on the right.
Japan Culture 日本生活文化
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MacDonald selling Potato ?

IN JAPAN

There isn't anything called "french fries" in Japan's MacDonalds menus. Instead you will find a word "ポテト”, which is a direct english translation for the word "Potato". Perhaps because they have difficulties translating it into hiragana. Japanese has weak tolerance against spicyness and that explains why they only serve ketchup without chilli. As I don't really fancy ketchup, I have been eating MacDonalds without any sauce since I arrived in Japan 2 years ago....

IN SINGAPORE

Luckily, we still use the word "french fries" for french fries. The only difference is the kind of sauce we have in Singapore. As compared to Japan, Singapore's MacDonalds does provides a great varieties of sauce, e.g ketchup, chilli sauce, sweet chilli sauce ....
Food Reviews, Travel Japan Osaka
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way of counting money & returning changes

IN SINGAPORE

The most common way Singaporeans counts the bills is by folding all of them into halves and count using two fingers brushing the notes upwards. (Too bad, I will find a illustration soon !). If you go to any part of Singapore, most of the vendors will first keep your note and return you the change later.

IN JAPAN

Just as what the Singaporeans are doing, most of the shops in Japan will give you the change first before keeping the note. Perhaps it is a way of politeness and service so that the customers does not need to wait too long for the change. Also, they have a particular "counting money in your face", to make sure you got all your changes. Well, watch the 2nd method of counting in the video, it is exactly the way they count the monies.
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Disposal of used items

IN SINGAPORE

When there is something which is unwanted, you can just sell it to the Garang guni man that “patrol” around the neighborhood, who will sounds a bell while on the patrol. The Garang guni man will then examine the used items and will offers you an unexpectedly low price for the goods, which in most of the case we will accept as the used items means not value to us anymore. Perhaps a dollar or two.

IN JAPAN

The scenes are quite different as compared to Singapore. Japan has a set of recycle laws that prohibits it people from throwing off used items unnecessary, especially on electrical appliances. Instead of getting paid for your used items, you would have to pay certain amount of money, considerable high to get rid of it. For instance, a 60cm x 60cm x 60cm mini refrigerator would cost around 2,500 yen to be disposed, while the refrigerators alone cost only 5,000 yen. Weird ?
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みんな、元気かい？

もしもし、みんなさん。最近は元気ですか？あまり連絡取れないし。。。そうだね。僕はまだ日本にいるよ、ビザのせいで。。多分七月まで大阪にいると思う。その時まで、是非一緒に遊びましょう。

じゃ、ではジェフリー
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