Discover here a list of the oddest and craziest fact about Japan that you didn’t know and are going to surprise you for sure.
Each country has its own culture and traditions, and they differ so much from each one, and that’s why for some people other costums are too eccentric for them to even try, and this happens with this Asian country that has some really unusual facts that you are not going to believe, but you need know them for sure.
Your blood type is like your zodiac sign
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In Japan you often asked your blood type, just as if it is your zodiacal sign. It’s just that they believe that your blood type determines a personality and it might be true according to them.
In Japan there are no thieves
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In Japan there aren't thieves and is something really unusual, almost imposible, the country is really pacific and safe. You can even leave your bag open with an iPad and a phone, that nobody is going to take it. Also you can sleep anywhere without fearing that somebody is take your things away.
Places selling used panties...
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This is one of the strangest businesses in the world, and in Japan is a total success. There are places where people come to buy panties that have been already used, and the price is really cheap. Each one includes a dedication of the girl who used it and also informs the date of the last time it was washed...
It is forbidden to park bicycles on the street
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It is forbidden to park bikes outside, in few cities they have a specific place destined to this, but usually you need to pay for a private parking spot.
Japan has the highest suicide rate
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Unfortunately, Japan has one of the highest suicide mortality rates in the world. Many trains are delayed daily for this reason. Tokyo is a really frequent site of suicide, also, at the foot of Mount Fuji, there is a forest known as “the Suicide Forest " because many people go there to take their own lives.
In Japan, homeless people do not ask for alms.
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In the crisis of the 1990s, many people became unemployed and since then they have been living on the streets. A curious thing is that they do not ask for alms ever, instead they survive by doing small jobs for other people, because working for them is really important.
Beauty: Twisted Feet!
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It is not a strange thing that in Asia big eyes and smiles are synonyms of beauty, and that is why they even sell gadgets to improve these features and surgeries are also very common thing, but something really weird is that they consider beautiful to have twisted feet, and that is why many women there walk like that.
The is done out on the street!
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All the houses in Japan are very small, so it is normal to find washer machines and clothes outside the houses, specifically on the streets. Imagine watching your neighbor's underwear...how awkward!
Fruits are a luxury pleasure that not everbody can afford
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Fruits in America are a daily part of balanced diet and they are very cheap; however, in Japan eating a fruit is a luxury that not all people can afford. There are even days of the month in which auctions are held and people fight to buy some fruit. Imagine that!
Among the luxurious fruits there is the Square Watermelon!
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It is not a myth, square watermelons, and other strange fruits, do exist in Japan, but as we have said before they are really expensive and buying one can be a little impossible. If you can buy one of these watermelons, you will be paying around $ 90. 90 dollars!
RULE: You can not leave early from your office.
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We all have the idea that in Japan people are very hard workers, and it is true, but we do not know why they're always like that. There are protocol that makes people stay a little longer even if their shifts ends after 8 hours, they never leave the office until a couple of hours later, it is a rule that everyone follows.
You can smoke in establishments, but on the streets it's PROHIBITED
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Unlike many countries in America, Japan has this unusual rule that you can smoke in bars and restaurants, but don't ever do it on the streets, because it is forbidden for sure. They think it is rude to walk at the same time you are smoking.
Odd parking lot in Japan
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In Japan, which is really populated country, the parking lots must take advantage of the possible space available, so they are not distributed widely; they are distributed up in the heights.
Noise is prohibited in the streets
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We tend to have the idea that silence is only necessary for hospitals or funerals, but in Japan everyone has to be silent. It is forbidden to carry the mobile with sound and you cannot talk on the phone. Only two or three people with very little volume are allowed.
Pets are allowed per hour
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Since the space in the houses in Japan are very small, a new tendency has been developed and is based on renting pets per hour, days or weeks. If you like dogs or cats but you can't have one, then this is one of the easiest solutions.
Going to the bathroom can be really confusing
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All bathrooms in Japan are always very clean, although if you are new using these bathrooms it can get really confusing, they have a remote control that is used to activate the water, the dryer, and the cleaning part, as well, you can even activate the sound of falling water if you don't want to be heard.
Tattoos are PROHIBITED: Only the Mafia has them
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Although in many countries tattoos qre becoming more accepted each day, in Japan it's seen really badly, because they are related to the yakuza (the Japanese mafia). In many places you can find signs indicating you can't come inside if you have tattoos.
You can not dance after midnight.
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It doesn't matter if you are at a disco or a bar, nor even if you are in your own house, because dancing after midnight is something prohibited by the law, and everyone must respect it.
90% of cell phones are waterproof
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So far, waterproof phones are starting to appear in our country, but in Japan they have been around for many years, and 90% of mobile advices have this function because people take baths with their phones. That’s weird!
TITANIC: The Japanese survivor was considered a coward
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Masabumi Hosono, the only Japanese person that survived this tragedy in 1912, is considered a coward for his country for not having sunk with the ship. As a result he was forced to be isolated from everybody else to suffer.
