Gaijin Culture Shock

I've heard lots of the "You've been in Japan too long when...." stories, but liked this as its a bit different. Below, in no particular order, are a variety of different people's answers when asked the question:

"What kind of culture shock did you experience when going to Japan?"
・　Large vehicles (such as emergency vehicles) announce their movements
・　People dont always ride their bikes in the same direction as the cars
・　Punctual buses
・　Bus drivers tell you when they are turning
・　Petrol station staff show you out onto the road
・　The cheap availability of cigarettes
・　How Japanese people say 'yes' when they mean 'no'
・　How spotless the cities are and how polluted the beaches are
・　ATMs are not open 24/7
・　Some restaurants only sell a certain kind of food (Ramen/Okonomi...)
・　Japanese twists and tastes on Western dishes
・　The high quality of produce
・　The contestants on most gameshows are famous already
・　When you go back to your own country nothing makes any sense anymore
・　Cool toilets
・　Pink rubbish collection vans that play ice-cream music
・　How well mannered the homeless people are
・　The feeling of safety
・　Crazy big bugs
・　Working 13 hours a day
・　English advertising despite the lack of quality knowledge on English
・　How people can take years to make a decision and then only seconds
・　to implement them
・　How much kids stare if you are white or black
・　The noise people make when eating
・　Most guys look like women
・　Businessmen in suits openly reading porn on the subway
・　How mobile the elderly are
・　How freaked out everyone gets over thunderstorms
・　How little physical contact people give each other
・　How high pitch girls voices can be


It made me smile anyway :)

All the above information was taken from Mixi.
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Another piece of smiley news....
エッセーに合格した～～!!!　I passed my essay piece at Uni :)

YAY!