Japan is seen for some people as a country of toys
and on the other side as suicide/hell location
well, let's talk about 10 reasons why to live in Japan is a good thing!
SAFETY
this is a well-known thing
also if there are always in every Neighbour hood, police stations and police officers
in the city you see not so many walking around
and the cities remain safe, without officers
well there are neighborhoods like Roppong in Tokyo and Amemura in Osaka
where you can see a more high percentage of criminality
but I need to say that these Neighboorhoods are full with foreign people
EFFICIENCY
That trains are always super-precise is another well-known fact
In reality there is a "but" that should be analyzed ... Trains are always on time, for example, in Osaka. Same thing in Kyoto and Nagoya.
You can not say the same thing in Hokkaido in the middle of winter, but not because the inhabitants of Hokkaido are "worse" than those of Nagoya,
but simply because when you happen to have a blizzard covering roads and tracks with meters of snow with all the good will you will also be able to allow the races,
but at least the delays, I would say that can be granted.
Same thing in Tokyo ... when you find yourself a train that has to make twenty stops and at each stop thausand of tourists go up
with suitcases, instead of taking care not to disturb, they create slowdowns
one stop after another the delay is guaranteed.
Same thing when some employee who unfortunately has a collapse ends up deciding to jump on the Yamanote Line
This is to say that the will of efficiency is there, as well as the constant effort and beyond the limits in some cases,
but we are still on Planet Earth and certain things like floods, landslides, snow and tourists can not be controlled.
But even if we always talk so often about the punctuality and cleanliness of trains, it is often said that all this would in fact be extended to all kind of public services
like post offices, the tax system, the bills
Anything that can somehow be bureaucratized and managed in a similar way has a degree of efficiency that sometimes seems really inhuman, beyond all limits
When you enter a post office, the maximum of the queue you find is three people who, moreover, hurry up in a few minutes.
QUALITY
The more you pay for it, the more it's worth,
so do the Japanese say and in fact do not think twice to drop money on two feet.
Furthermore, buying is a manifestation of economic security and therefore having a good job and, unfortunately,
often, in the mentality of some generations, having a good job is the most important thing in life.
But this is not the point. The point is that in Japan the focus is on quality.
Of course, there will always be someone who will say: ah but I bought a fridge in Japan and they pulled me a fraud"
and by that you can't speak for absolutism.
There will always be the shop that sells cheap goods and there will also be a fraudulent shopkeeper
but in most cases it is the same worker who makes a point of honor (and his superior makes it a point of duty!) the commitment to achieve excellence
CLEANING
Underground always clean, trains always clean, streets always clean
yes, it is true, sometimes there are rows of garbage bags that seem abandoned on the street
but this is related to the collection system that does not provide garbage bins, but there is a collection point and then the van pass
Surely it's thanks to the cleaning system of both transport companies and citizens
but I think everything starts from the base: if nobody goes to smear with the spray cans the train vagons, for example, cleaning them also becomes much simpler
if everyone, after eating an onigiri, put the paper in the pocket / bag and then throw it at the conbini where you bought it
cleaning the streets would be a quick and easy operation anywhere. In Japan, students, from the early school years, are required to clean their school
this immediately instills the concept of respect for the world around him (in terms of cleanliness),
because you know that every time that you will dirty then it will be more difficult for you to clean.
HONESTY
Even here there will be the argumentative "Mr. Obvious" that will say something like "eh but I was once cheated by a guy in Japan who ..."
In most cases, unless you go right in the worst shop, in Japan you can be assured and trust the honesty of those you meet:
this is because in Japan the good name of an activity is sometimes more worth, than the facade that can afford,
so as well as a factor of education , already intrinsically intrinsic to the Japanese people, is also a factor of convenience.
And when convenience and normality come together it goes without saying that the mix is only positive for everyone.
A State that supports you, protects you and facilitates you get back a population that does not need to do "mischief" just to survive but, indeed, well willingly pay all you need to pay.
ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY
A different way of approaching the physical structures linked to History does not imply either a wrong way,
nor deserves ridicule and offense.
Japan has always built structures such as castles and wooden temples, no wonder or criticize if today there are no 2,000-year-old structures,
as we are used to in Italy, but to wonder why this choice, study to find out that the wood was also chosen for religious reasons,
as it was considered a "living" material that sanctified the structure most.
Earthquakes, fires, typhoons and tsunamis have certainly not helped in the conservation of monuments (of any kind),
but Japan has never surrended to this and, despite not having (and have no way to have) a Colosseum or a Pyramid
they continue to live and feel their history first and foremost in the hearts, then in the traditions kept and remembered, in the lifestyle and in the teachings
I think this is a synonym of history, art and culture even higher than having the Trulli and then sell them
to the highest bidder or have beautiful statues that are periodically smeared.
LIVABILITY
there are working services, honesty and cleanliness and this in itself allows a good life but, obviously,
if you can't enjoy it because you are starving and do not arrive at the end of the month
you can also have a beautiful world around but you don't need it, if you can't enjoy it.
From this point of view, Japan is one of those places where livability is really well maintained:
taxes do not strangle shopkeepers, crime does not dominate the possibility of living well and the ratio between the salaries received
and the monthly expenses is a wide part of the population extremely positive or at least decent.
Are there the poor? Yes obviously. Does anyone live bad? Obviously.
But do not let me be insensitive if I tell you that, unfortunately, this happens everywhere
and often we can not really do anything about it because there are situations that are beyond control even in situations where there is
a basis that allows people to live with dignity.
Or better, for anyone who has the requisites to "request" this dignified life in the country. For example:
if I am a Japanese who never had legal problems, who has followed and respected the laws and I behave in a manner consistent with that "route"
that I know will give me at least a decent life, unless events happen out
of control (we see the tragedy that persists in the lands surrounding the Nuclear Power Plant, victim of the 2011 incident, no?)
An earthquake, a tsunami and the danger of an unstable nuclear power station ... everything has been managed and managed by a State present and active in this regard,
but when the media have fun making money by inventing radioactive areas, sea monsters and mutant boars ...
it's obvious that then who reads / listens to these stupid things and even more stupidly believes it will never want to buy something from those areas
and slowly but inexorably reduces in poverty those people who have been unlucky twice, despite the help and intervention of the whole country,
to be a victim first of nature and then of greed of men.
RESPECT
And here we come to a fundamental point, which is the respect factor in Japan! The Japanese have a social system based on respect, at least the formal one,
and if it is true that behind the smile and courtesy often there is a duty
as if it were really something so strange that a salesman treats his client only well for duty work,
it's still a system that allows you to go around relaxed and not always tensed, because the girl at the post office has treated me like fish in the face,
then the "cool ones" around the corner have offended me for free, then the bus driver has treated me badly and so on ...
smiles, bows, respect, friendliness and harmony between people make the day more enjoyable
and even the most unpleasant things but you still have to deal with are less heavy when you know that at least you'll be treated with respect
"You are a gaijin and you will always be" is a true sentence, but it's also false. Yes, you are a foreigner, and there is little to do on this point because it is also obvious
if you were born and raised in a another country you are a stranger. If your country has a totally different society,
culture and form, it goes without saying that your way of doing and thinking will be different and this could create some difficulties
And this is related to every single element of life in the country of the Rising Sun ... Country where you will be a stranger.
But this is not the end of the world!
FUN
There are fun things that pluck you, and it's a fact!
If you go to the Maid-cafe they pluck you, then it is obvious that if you go there once in a while to try the experience it will not be anything so serious,
but you know, however, they pluck you!
If you go to buy clothes in Harajuku or Ginza, they wil pluck you. If you go to the stores of action figures, they will pluck you.
But it's also normal, I would say. It is not Japan that is expensive (except for fruit ... that's really expensive!)
But that, as in all places in the world, products / styles are labeled according to how close they are to priorities
and how common they are and how far they go towards the "luxury good" (which, even the name that is of "luxury" says everything, right?
The average Japanese has a salary such that you can afford an average daily, a large number of economic things and some luxury
With the euro-yen exchange rate but above all with a difference in the average standard of living, you arrive in Japan and you find that some things you would like to buy / do cost a lot more!
And obviously it depends on you!
the options for fun are there, they are many and various, and not necessarily expensive!
UNIQUENESS
When you think of a given country, there is usually an aspect or a connected set of aspects that make it fascinating.
In Italy we have monuments (and food, obviously), in America we have the skyscrapers, in Egypt the Pyramids
then, obviously, a country is not limited only to that point, it would be really for blind people,
but let's say it has something of iconic which makes it fascinating.
Japan I believe it is the only place in the world that captivates and attracts completely different people for completely different reasons.
An example? I see it in tourists: the boy who comes to visit Akihabara and enjoy the Manga Paradise
and the lady who would never leave the streets of Kyoto and all that smells of an ancient tradition.
We can continue to infinity, with Zen Temples and modern art in architecture, robots and tea ceremony
These are the 10 reasons why I believe anyone can love living here in Japan.
and what about you? leave that in the comments!
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