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#1 Bus Drivers In Japan Were On Strike But Continued Driving Their Routes While Refusing To Take Fares From Passengers

Bus                                                          Drivers In                                                          Japan Were On                                                          Strike But                                                          Continued                                                          Driving Their                                                          Routes While                                                          Refusing To                                                          Take Fares                                                          From                                                          Passengers

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#2 Drink Cans Have Names Written In Braille On The Top

Drink                                                          Cans Have                                                          Names Written                                                          In Braille On                                                          The Top

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#3 Japanese Fans Stayed Behind After The FIFA World Cup 2014 Match To Help Clean Up

Japanese                                                          Fans Stayed                                                          Behind After                                                          The FIFA World                                                          Cup 2014 Match                                                          To Help Clean                                                          Up

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#4 There Are Baby Seats Attached To The Wall In Most Bathrooms

There Are                                                          Baby Seats                                                          Attached To                                                          The Wall In                                                          Most                                                          Bathrooms

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#5 I Recently Gave Birth In Japan. Here Is Some Of The Hospital Food I Ate

I                                                          Recently Gave                                                          Birth In                                                          Japan. Here Is                                                          Some Of The                                                          Hospital Food                                                          I Ate

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#6 You Can Often Find This Kind Of Toilet In Japan. Wash Your Hands And Reuse The Water For Your Next Flush

You Can                                                          Often Find                                                          This Kind Of                                                          Toilet In                                                          Japan. Wash                                                          Your Hands And                                                          Reuse The                                                          Water For Your                                                          Next Flush

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#7 Japan’s Manhole Covers Are Beautiful

Japan's                                                          Manhole Covers                                                          Are Beautiful

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#8 Most Japanese Schools Don’t Have Custodians. Instead, The Students Do The Cleaning Themselves As A Part Of Showing Gratitude To The School And Learning How To Become More Productive Members Of Society

Most                                                          Japanese                                                          Schools Don't                                                          Have                                                          Custodians.                                                          Instead, The                                                          Students Do                                                          The Cleaning                                                          Themselves As                                                          A Part Of                                                          Showing                                                          Gratitude To                                                          The School And                                                          Learning How                                                          To Become More                                                          Productive                                                          Members Of                                                          Society

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#9 The Note In Japanese Says, “I Accidentally Knocked Over Your Bike And Broke The Bell. I Am Very Sorry”

The Note                                                          In Japanese                                                          Says,

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#10 This Is How Smooth The Bullet Train Is In Japan

This Is                                                          How Smooth The                                                          Bullet Train                                                          Is In Japan


#11 I Dropped My Shopping Bag On The Streets Of Osaka And When I Went Back To Look For It Later That Day, Someone Had Placed It Next To A Tree Untouched

I Dropped                                                          My Shopping                                                          Bag On The                                                          Streets Of                                                          Osaka And When                                                          I Went Back To                                                          Look For It                                                          Later That                                                          Day, Someone                                                          Had Placed It                                                          Next To A Tree                                                          Untouched

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#12 Commuters In Tokyo Pushed A Train Car To Save A Woman Who Fell And Got Stuck Between The Car And The Platform

Commuters                                                          In Tokyo                                                          Pushed A Train                                                          Car To Save A                                                          Woman Who Fell                                                          And Got Stuck                                                          Between The                                                          Car And The                                                          Platform

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#13 Koi Fishes Even Live In Drainage Channels In Japan

Koi                                                          Fishes Even                                                          Live In                                                          Drainage                                                          Channels In                                                          Japan

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#14 Japanese Toilets Often Have A Button That Plays White Noise/Water Sounds So You Can Poop Without Other People Hearing Your Business

Japanese                                                          Toilets Often                                                          Have A Button                                                          That Plays                                                          White                                                          Noise/Water                                                          Sounds So You                                                          Can Poop                                                          Without Other                                                          People Hearing                                                          Your Business

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#15 Another Reason Why I Love Japan

Another                                                          Reason Why I                                                          Love Japan

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#16 In Trains You Can Rotate The Seats In Any Direction

In Trains                                                          You Can Rotate                                                          The Seats In                                                          Any Direction

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#17 Another Great Japanese Invention: Umbrella Lockers. So You Don’t Have To Carry Them Around Inside A Building And Nobody Takes Yours ‘Accidentally’

Another                                                          Great Japanese                                                          Invention:                                                          Umbrella                                                          Lockers. So                                                          You Don't Have                                                          To Carry Them                                                          Around Inside                                                          A Building And                                                          Nobody Takes                                                          Yours                                                          'Accidentally'

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#18 This Toilet In Japan Has A System Of Occupied/Vacant Toilets Information

This                                                          Toilet In                                                          Japan Has A                                                          System Of                                                          Occupied/Vacant                                                          Toilets                                                          Information

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#19 Expectations Meet Reality In Japan

Expectations Meet Reality In Japan

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#20 This Japanese Gum I Have Came With Little Pieces Of Paper Inside For You To Spit Your Gum In To When You’re Finished With It

This                                                          Japanese Gum I                                                          Have Came With                                                          Little Pieces                                                          Of Paper                                                          Inside For You                                                          To Spit Your                                                          Gum In To When                                                          You’re                                                          Finished With                                                          It


#21 This Shopping Center In Japan Has Free Refrigerated Lockers For Your Perishables So You Can Keep Shopping After You Get Your Groceries

This                                                          Shopping                                                          Center In                                                          Japan Has Free                                                          Refrigerated                                                          Lockers For                                                          Your                                                          Perishables So                                                          You Can Keep                                                          Shopping After                                                          You Get Your                                                          Groceries

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#22 Photo I Took Of Tokyo Commuters Waiting For Their Train

Photo I                                                          Took Of Tokyo                                                          Commuters                                                          Waiting For                                                          Their Train

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#23 At Narita International Airport (Tokyo) They Give You Free Origami Instead Of Candy

At Narita                                                          International                                                          Airport                                                          (Tokyo) They                                                          Give You Free                                                          Origami                                                          Instead Of                                                          Candy

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#24 Japanese Being Japanese

Japanese                                                          Being                                                          Japanese

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#25 This Smartphone Wiper Dispenser In Japan

This                                                          Smartphone                                                          Wiper                                                          Dispenser In                                                          Japan

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#26 In Japan, Even The Deer Are Polite

In Japan,                                                          Even The Deer                                                          Are Polite

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#27 In Japan, The Ground Crew Bows And Waves Goodbye To The Departing Aircraft

In Japan,                                                          The Ground                                                          Crew Bows And                                                          Waves Goodbye                                                          To The                                                          Departing                                                          Aircraft

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#28 Ordered This From Japan And It Came With A Little Note And Origami Crane

Ordered                                                          This From                                                          Japan And It                                                          Came With A                                                          Little Note                                                          And Origami                                                          Crane

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359points

 

#29 This Bedside Lamp At My Hotel In Japan Can Be Half Lit

This                                                          Bedside Lamp                                                          At My Hotel In                                                          Japan Can Be                                                          Half Lit

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#30 Japanese Airport Staff Sorted Luggages On The Belt By Their Colour

Japanese                                                          Airport Staff                                                          Sorted                                                          Luggages On                                                          The Belt By                                                          Their Colour

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#31 Toreiyu Tsubasa Train In Japan Is Equipped With Footbaths So You Can Enjoy A Relaxing Trip

Toreiyu                                                          Tsubasa Train                                                          In Japan Is                                                          Equipped With                                                          Footbaths So                                                          You Can Enjoy                                                          A Relaxing                                                          Trip

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#32 Children’s Seat On The Fujikyu Railway Line In Japan

Children's Seat On The Fujikyu Railway Line In Japan

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339points

 

#33 Almost Everyone In Japan Reverse Parks

Almost                                                          Everyone In                                                          Japan Reverse                                                          Parks

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#34 Japanese Often Line Up For Buses, Trains, Restaurants Or Shops And Can Wait In Lines For Long Periods Of Time. Kids Learn How To Line Up As Early As Kindergarten As It Teaches Self-Discipline, Cooperation And Respect

Japanese                                                          Often Line Up                                                          For Buses,                                                          Trains,                                                          Restaurants Or                                                          Shops And Can                                                          Wait In Lines                                                          For Long                                                          Periods Of                                                          Time. Kids                                                          Learn How To                                                          Line Up As                                                          Early As                                                          Kindergarten                                                          As It TeachesSelf-Discipline, Cooperation And Respect

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#35 Tokyo Train Company Tsukuba Express Apologized For 20-Second-Early Departure

Tokyo                                                          Train Company                                                          Tsukuba                                                          Express                                                          Apologized For20-Second-Early Departure

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#36 This Lift In Japan Has A Seat That Can Be Used As A Toilet In An Emergency

This Lift                                                          In Japan Has A                                                          Seat That Can                                                          Be Used As A                                                          Toilet In An                                                          Emergency

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#37 Restaurants In Japan Display Fake Food That Looks Just Like The Real One From The Menu

Restaurants In Japan Display Fake Food That Looks Just Like The                                                          Real One From                                                          The Menu

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290points

 

#38 Japanese ATM’s Have Cane Holders Due To The Aging Population

Japanese                                                          ATM's Have                                                          Cane Holders                                                          Due To The                                                          Aging                                                          Population

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288points

 

#39 There Are Over 300 Scramble Intersections In Japan Where You Can Cross A Street Diagonally

There Are                                                          Over 300                                                          Scramble                                                          Intersections                                                          In Japan Where                                                          You Can Cross                                                          A Street                                                          Diagonally

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#40 At Some Tourist Spots In Japan There Are Stands To Hold Your Smartphone So You Can Take Good Selfies

At Some                                                          Tourist Spots                                                          In Japan There                                                          Are Stands To                                                          Hold Your                                                          Smartphone So                                                          You Can Take                                                          Good Selfies

#49 In Japan They Sell Square Watermelons To Fit Better In The Refrigerator

In Japan                                                          They Sell                                                          Square                                                          Watermelons To                                                          Fit Better In                                                          The                                                          Refrigerator

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#50 Toothpick At A Mall In Japan Had A Mint Coated Tip

Toothpick                                                          At A Mall In                                                          Japan Had A                                                          Mint Coated                                                          Tip

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#51 This Urinal In Japan Is A Video Game You Play With Your Pee

This                                                          Urinal In                                                          Japan Is A                                                          Video Game You                                                          Play With Your                                                          Pee

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#52 Only In Japan Would Someone Leave These Out While They Sleep

Only In                                                          Japan Would                                                          Someone Leave                                                          These Out                                                          While They                                                          Sleep

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#53 Designated Smoking Rooms On Trains In Japan

Designated Smoking Rooms On Trains In Japan

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#54 This Japanese Handrail Bends With The Steps

This                                                          Japanese                                                          Handrail Bends                                                          With The                                                          Steps