One of the perennial topics in Japanese business etiquette is the exchange of business cards. Getting this right is a key step in expanding your business connections in Japan.
You do not find any public buses with the dirty wheel in Japan.
They are cleaned and inspected by the driver everyday before they leave garage.
Next time you go to Japan, please take a look at buses to if they are clean.
I do not know why but there are more vending machines in Japan than any place else I know. Why do you think that is? May be because there will be less vandalizing in Japan.
No, it is not PoKe. PoKe is getting popular in the US, but this is Japanese style seafood bowl. You can get one in many places in Japan and the price ranges from 800 yen to 2,000yen. I think the one you are looking at is 1,200 yen in Ameyoko Tokyo.
From the left:
豆大福 Mame Daifuku
桜餅 Sakura Mochi
かしわ餅 Kashiwa Mochi
草餅 Kusa Mochi
大福餅 Daifuku Mochi
赤飯 Sekihan
Do you like Japanese sweets?
In Japan, (red) beans are cooked with sugar to make sweet paste.
So, when I came to the US and tasted salty beans, it was difficult to adopt.
Many of Japanese sweets are rice (mochi / rice cake) and sweet red means.
Do you like any of them?
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