Something that I never really experienced was using public transportation in order to go places. I always drove when I lived in America, so it was quite fun adjusting for me.
The lack of ingredients required to make some recipes from home. Like where are the good hams and breads to make a decent turkey sandwich at a reasonable cost? 😩
Ever go into a mall when they open for the day and all the staff are lined up bowing to you as you pass by? That.
Soooo uncomfortable.
Fake and insincere moushiwake gozaimasens
Drunk salarymen pissing on your apartment building after a night of karaoke
> Something that I never really experienced was using public transportation in order to go places. I always drove when I lived in America, so it was quite fun adjusting for me.
For me, a fun adjustment was *not* being a second class citizen if you can’t drive a car. Having to speak a foreign language all day, and having the “wrong” skin color, in this country is nothing compared to not being able to drive in the USA.
Feeling super safe about 99% of the time.
Squirting water on my bum after pooping. I will never go back.
Staff talking to you while looking 45degres down/45 degres sideways, empty look and never making eye contact, even while signing up for a mobile plan for 45 min straight
Sewage smell
Being considered “tall” (I’m 5’8”)
Earthquakes
Back sweat. From Canada, and our summers can get hot but not so humid. I hate how much I sweat in summers here.
Dentists placing a towel over your eyes so you won’t look at their faces while they work on you.
underground shopping streets
left driving traffic
themed cafes (I mean animal, maid/buttler, specific anime, robots, not just a selected decor)
lottery or ticket purchase to maybe have a chance to buy a specific product
Becoming XXL/XXXL overnight
Door-to-door vacuum sales guy getting a shock when I answer the door, seeing I’m non-Japanese. Then in a panicked broken English proceeds to tell me I have a big penis and his is small.
Not realizing how much money I am spending because of high-value coins.
I never knew that I have a small face.
so many gd old people. they just refuse to die here
Buying liquor at a Supermarket and Convenience store. Getting delicious meals at a convenience store and not getting the runs after eating food from a convenience store.
Napkins that absorb absolutely nothing.
1. Fake or not, the extremely helpful and polite customer service, whereas in Canada you’re lucky you don’t get your order thrown in your face.
2. People placing $2000 Macbooks, wallets with visible cash or other high-value items on a chair/table to save a spot at a cafe, and then moving out of sight to order.
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Mosquito system.
Allergies.
Melon pan
飲み食べ放題!
The lack of ingredients required to make some recipes from home. Like where are the good hams and breads to make a decent turkey sandwich at a reasonable cost? 😩
Ever go into a mall when they open for the day and all the staff are lined up bowing to you as you pass by? That.
Soooo uncomfortable.
Fake and insincere moushiwake gozaimasens
Drunk salarymen pissing on your apartment building after a night of karaoke
> Something that I never really experienced was using public transportation in order to go places. I always drove when I lived in America, so it was quite fun adjusting for me.
For me, a fun adjustment was *not* being a second class citizen if you can’t drive a car. Having to speak a foreign language all day, and having the “wrong” skin color, in this country is nothing compared to not being able to drive in the USA.
Feeling super safe about 99% of the time.
Squirting water on my bum after pooping. I will never go back.
Staff talking to you while looking 45degres down/45 degres sideways, empty look and never making eye contact, even while signing up for a mobile plan for 45 min straight
Sewage smell
Being considered “tall” (I’m 5’8”)
Earthquakes
Back sweat. From Canada, and our summers can get hot but not so humid. I hate how much I sweat in summers here.
Dentists placing a towel over your eyes so you won’t look at their faces while they work on you.
underground shopping streets
left driving traffic
themed cafes (I mean animal, maid/buttler, specific anime, robots, not just a selected decor)
lottery or ticket purchase to maybe have a chance to buy a specific product
Becoming XXL/XXXL overnight
Door-to-door vacuum sales guy getting a shock when I answer the door, seeing I’m non-Japanese. Then in a panicked broken English proceeds to tell me I have a big penis and his is small.
Not realizing how much money I am spending because of high-value coins.
I never knew that I have a small face.
so many gd old people. they just refuse to die here
Buying liquor at a Supermarket and Convenience store. Getting delicious meals at a convenience store and not getting the runs after eating food from a convenience store.
Napkins that absorb absolutely nothing.
1. Fake or not, the extremely helpful and polite customer service, whereas in Canada you’re lucky you don’t get your order thrown in your face.
2. People placing $2000 Macbooks, wallets with visible cash or other high-value items on a chair/table to save a spot at a cafe, and then moving out of sight to order.