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Thursday, December 12, 2019

What is interesting to know about Japanese culture?

Despite Japan being a very developed country, a lot of things here are very surprising for people.
  • Amit Tripathi replied thru Quora Digest.
  • Friends, in many areas of Japan, people with tattoos are not allowed to enter because people believe that people with so many tattoos are associated with some organization.
  • Sleeping while working in the office in Japan is considered a good sign there because people here believe that it is a sign of hard work.
  • On average, Japan’s train is delayed for only 18 seconds, if a Japanese citizen dies by jumping on the railway track, then the government here takes a good fine from the family of the deceased.
  • Even today there are about 50 thousand people in Japan whose age is more than about 100 years.
  • If you give a tip to any waiter in Japan, it can make them very angry because it is considered bad in Japan.
  • The rate of children born in Japan is very less. Even the amount of pets here is much more than the children here.
  • Nearly 90 percent of Japanese people adopt a person between the ages of 20 and 30 while adopting anyone.
  • Most people in Japan prefer one forest to commit suicide and every year there are more than 100 suicides in this forest.
  • A Japanese highway is built through the inside of a building due to lack of space
  • The people of Japan use 20 different methods to apologize to each other.


  • Here are some by Sudheer Kumar thru Quora Digest
    1. 'Idiot' is the most offensive word in Japan. Avoid using that word when in Japan.
    2. Leaving tip means to devalue the work of a waiter. So never ever tip a waiter when in Japan.
    3. If you have lost your wallet, the chances of your wallet being returned with all your money still in it are 90 percent.
    4. In the safe city of Tokyo, children travel alone at the age of 6–7 years.
    5. Children might not know the phone numbers of their family members.
    6. Japanese people can work for 18 hours without a break.
    7. In Japan, there are vases with umbrellas on the streets. They can be taken for free.
    8. In Japanese, the months don't have names, only numbers. No January or February just first month, second month and so on.
    9. Japan is the only country that is headed by an emperor.
    10. Vending machines in Japan sell beer, hot and cold canned coffee, cigarettes, and other items.
    11. On average there are around 1,500 earthquakes every year in Japan.
    12. Japan's literacy rate is almost 100%.

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