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In Japan, children clean their own schools.

To those thinking of moving to Japan,

Dropping Groceries: Japanese Politeness vs. American Help

In Japan, no one tips.

In Japan, you sit down at almost any restaurant.

Why Tokyo Is Clean Without Public Trash Cans

A papercraft samurai turning aside a hail of bullets with his blade

The America diaries are here

The wandering samurai diaries

Blue bags up.

Lost Your Wallet on the Shinkansen? It Will Find You in 30 Minutes

Lunch Trays and Teamwork: Japanese Classrooms vs. the West

The Magic of 'Sumimasen': How to Unlock Kindness in Japan

A young man, barely more than a boy, completed the bagging of my provisions. Then he reached for the…

'Itadakimasu': The Sacred Gratitude Before Every Japanese Meal

In Japan, almost no civilian owns a firearm.

When a Japanese person wants to leave, here’s what we say.

Look at Japan.

In Japan, a seven-year-old rides the train across the city. Alone.

Stepping Off a Local Bus in Japan: Every Passenger Says Arigato

In Japan, there are almost no public trash cans.

In Japan, there is no janitor.

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Japan’s police box system exists almost nowhere else.

An Eight-Dollar Used Camera Lens with an Origami Crane and Note

In Japan, people sleep on the train.

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Tourists in Tokyo lose their wallets constantly. 👛

Tourists in Tokyo lose their wallets constantly. 👛 Then something strange happens. The wallet shows up at a police box. Cash still inside. Sometimes with a note from the person w…

At a Japanese convenience store at 11pm, you’ll see something that should not be possible.

It looks insane.

Foreign media said they “don’t understand.”

Even after earthquakes and tsunamis killed tens of thousands of people, Japanese people did not riot…

Watch a road crew finish a lane closure in Japan and you may see workers turning to bow toward the c…

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In a Japanese elementary school, lunch works like this. 🍚

In a Japanese elementary school, lunch works like this. 🍚 No cafeteria. No lunch lady. The children put on white coats and hats, carry the food to their own classroom, and serve…

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Japanese public toilets are the cleanest in the world.

Japanese public toilets are the cleanest in the world. Not because of cameras or fines. Not because of strict rules. People simply don’t dirty them — even when no one is watching…

In Japan, we greet with a bow.

🚽 Japan’s public toilets are the cleanest on Earth.

One tiny thing in Japan that almost nobody notices.

I arrived at the station of gasoline, prepared to wait for the attendant. Instead, a kind-faced woma…

Nobody owns the umbrella stand by the door.

A grandmother was alive on Tuesday.

A man I had never met seized my hand, crushed it once with great warmth, looked into my eyes, and in

Look at the real builders of Japan.

Last year in Tokyo, people found about $30 million in cash on the street — and happily carried it st…

Here’s one of the quiet little joys of life in Japan.

There is a restaurant in Japan where every single waiter has dementia.

In Japan, a bow has angles.

One of the sweetest sights in Japan happens at a quiet crosswalk.

2am. Highway rest stop.

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The mic they forget is there. The voice they remember. BOYA mic

Fingerprint. Phone. The key is you. TCL lock

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42.5mm. F1.7. Lumix. The face falls out of the background. Yongnuo lens

5 pans. Ceramic. PFAS-free. You stop replacing them. Nuwave cookware

Fire the camera from across the room. Yongnuo remote

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