10 things that can surprise you in Japan - part II

Without further ado, here is the second part of things which may surprise in Japan. (No pictures, because my laptop refused to work and the library computer refuses to upload the pictures up).   6. Prices Although we all know that Japan is expensive, looking at the prices from a very general point of view and comparing just the prices doesn’t tell us much. I don’t know what is the national minimum wage here, so I can’t compare against...

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10 things that can surprise you in Japan - part I

The halfway point of my stay in Japan has passed a while ago, and as of April 1st seventh month here has started. At first I wanted to post something “deeper”, some thoughts about all that Japan-jazz, but I quickly realised that I don’t have that many of them, pretty much just the realisation that Japan is not a place for me. And writing tons about that wouldn’t be the most positive...

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