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Japan has an amazing fascination for vending machines. They have over 5.5 million vending machines. It ranges from selling products like chips, soft drinks, beer, cigarettes, condoms, comic books to even used women’s underwear!
The concept of capsule hotels is that they are 2 square meters in length and 1.2 meters high!
While most (well, all except Japan probably!) adopt newborn babies or small children, aged couples in Japan quite often adopt adult men. It is mostly because people wish to carry on their family name through the male children. Families with only female children usually consider this. Another reason is that these adult males are adopted for the family business.
Most of us are recommended braces if our teeth setting is not proper, but not in Japan! They consider crooked teeth (Yaeba) to be attractive.
Adult diapers and not the ones for babies – Japan has such a low birth rate that, adult diapers are sold more than baby diapers.
The shortest form of poetry with only three lines called Haiku originates from Japan.
There are no fourth floors in any buildings in Japan. It goes from 3 to 5 directly. This is because four in Japanese is ‘shi’ which is also the term for death and so is avoided.
Sumo wrestling in Japan dates back to 1,500 years. A sumo wrestler in Japan is known as Rikishi. A younger one is required to bathe the older and experienced ones. This includes having to reach places that are otherwise not easily accessible too.
Baths in Japan are not just about the cleansing of the body but the relaxation of the mind. Most homes have bathtubs and families use the same water in it for the purpose of soaking. They take their baths in the order of the father first, followed by the mother and then the children. To relax, it is also quite popular for them to visit hot springs or onsens.
A nap (inemuri) during working hours is completely acceptable in Japan!
Japan has an amazing fascination for vending machines. They have over 5.5 million vending machines. It ranges from selling products like chips, soft drinks, beer, cigarettes, condoms, comic books to even used women’s underwear!
The concept of capsule hotels is that they are 2 square meters in length and 1.2 meters high!
While most (well, all except Japan probably!) adopt newborn babies or small children, aged couples in Japan quite often adopt adult men. It is mostly because people wish to carry on their family name through the male children. Families with only female children usually consider this. Another reason is that these adult males are adopted for the family business.
Most of us are recommended braces if our teeth setting is not proper, but not in Japan! They consider crooked teeth (Yaeba) to be attractive.
Adult diapers and not the ones for babies – Japan has such a low birth rate that, adult diapers are sold more than baby diapers.
The shortest form of poetry with only three lines called Haiku originates from Japan.
There are no fourth floors in any buildings in Japan. It goes from 3 to 5 directly. This is because four in Japanese is ‘shi’ which is also the term for death and so is avoided.
Sumo wrestling in Japan dates back to 1,500 years. A sumo wrestler in Japan is known as Rikishi. A younger one is required to bathe the older and experienced ones. This includes having to reach places that are otherwise not easily accessible too.
Baths in Japan are not just about the cleansing of the body but the relaxation of the mind. Most homes have bathtubs and families use the same water in it for the purpose of soaking. They take their baths in the order of the father first, followed by the mother and then the children. To relax, it is also quite popular for them to visit hot springs or onsens.
A nap (inemuri) during working hours is completely acceptable in Japan!
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