Japanese Lessons Learnt

This the the last post for this blog, I promise. I thought I would impart some of the wisdom he and I have learnt over our last couple of Japanese trips, some are serious, some not so.

People sit next to each other when eating and drinking in bars and restaurants.

There is no stigma at all about eating or drinking on one's own.

Don't stay in business district and expect awesome nightlife.

Lots of feminine looking men who aren't actually feminine.

99% Japanese men are clean shaven.

Okonomiyaki is revitalizing, and moves.

Kids in any language are awesome.

Japanese toilets leave you squeaky clean.

There are lots of toilets in Japan.

There aren't many hand driers or paper towels to dry your hands in toilets, because Japanese people mostly carry round a little flannel sized towel with them for this purpose.

Typhoons although the same as hurricanes are not as worrying to friends and family back home, or indeed locals, or news channels.

When there is a typhoon due, do as the the locals do, go shopping.

Japanese rail network is reasonably easy to navigate.

You can walk for what feels like miles navigating between metro stations, so plan your exits ahead of time, Google is really helpful for this.

Some signs/adverts don't translate.

Amazon Fire Stick (or other similar devices) are really portable and handy for rainy days.

Salad dressing sachets are in the bottom of the salad here!

Sake is much nicer that I expected.

I can never get enough oom pah pah.

Trains can be sexy.

Health food shops are different in Japan, if you need supplements take enough with you.

Japanese bottled and tap water can give one a funny tummy, but some supermarkets sell Evian... in Disney bottles, it is not easy to find European water, and yes, I know this sounds so uppity and English, I don't care, it makes a difference.

The Revolut card is really bloody useful... no fees, and if you got the exchange rate right you end up saving a lot of money! Load them up before you go, and use them like a debit card.

Compression socks can be sexy.

They don't like Trump in Japan either!

One very rarely pays the bill at the table, unless the restaurant is really smart, you need to take it to the cashier.

Never tip.

My husband's sense of direction gets a bit rubbish when he is tired.

I have actually enjoyed writing this blog, I really hipe you have enjoyed reading it.