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... at business hotels they want all the guests OUT between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.), and the staff put up a little screen between them and me. Behind the screen, they were talking loudly to each other, very different from how they acted while ...

... to try, but even after eating we knew it was fish but that was as far as it went!! One of the Japanese eating at the stall offered us some of his gyoza (little parcels of chicken) and we enjoyed it so much that we ordered some of our own - we weren't expecting about 10!!! Absolutely stuffed and it ended up being the most expensive meal in Japan, ironic as it was a street stall, but the ...

... eingepackt.

Was ich noch vergessen habe zu erwähnen, wir haben hier den besten maguru (thunfisch) unseres lebens gegessen. Zugegeben es war nicht billig und eigentlich war es nicht der hauptgang sondern nur das Gedeck (das man hier auch zahlt wie in Italien, nur kriegt man hier noch ne kleine Vorspeise diese bestand eben aus besagten Maguru der eingelegt oder so war und etwas ...

... capsule once in a lifetime.. (just once)
8. They apologize several times a day for rudeness they haven't committed
9. When you speak English, nodding and smiling on their part does not mean they are understanding (their English is terrible)
10. The most reserved guy in the street can become the most gregarious one in a sake bar

Uniqueness of Japanese probably comes from their history of isolation, the crowded conditions imposed ...

... vimos el templo en la isla.
Cuando la marea empezo a bajar, diversos animales aparecieron entre la arena, como cangrejos y moluscos. Varias garzas blancas estaban al acecho para empezar a comer. Otros que tambien estaban al acecho de nuestra comida eran los ciervos. Tuvimos varias sorpresas con un par de ellos que se empenaron en perseguirnos y aparecer cuando menos lo esperabamos para agarrar la comida en nuestras bolsas. A uno de ellos, le lance un carton de zumo de ...

... bit there but was not feeling like I was going to accomplish talking to any Japanese girls. I left that bar/club and headed off to a club called Mars at about 2am. This is about the time when the real nightlife start in Japan, or at least this city. This club was about half females and half males, all Japanese. By this time I had met two Russian guys that decided to tag along to this place with me. We decided to hit ...

... seen them all (about 300), but this one was indeed very beautiful. After a few hours in Himeji I continued to Kyoto. In Kyoto I stayed 5 nights, and used it as a base to explore Kyoto itself and the surrounding area. The first full two days I occupied with sightseeing around Kyoto, which basically meant seeing a lot of temples and shrines. After China and South Korea, temples really cannot interest me that anymore, except for a few exceptions. I am just basically ...

... much much much cleaner than Korea (based on my experience) and has a very different feel to it... It's kind of hard to describe, but it's sort of like stepping out of Mississauga and into downtown Toronto. Fukuoka is not a big city either (by Japanese standards). It's about 1.5M or so. The fashion is pretty outrageous and the people there are all dressed so ostentatiously, it's hard not to stare. I felt like I had stepped into an anime... Once I was settled in my hotel I ...

... mostly to Josh since he understood far, far more than I did) a woman came up to me and asked me in perfect English where I was from and was I in Japan for sightseeing. I answered her and she thanked me and went on her way. As we left the Family Mart and headed towards a subway station, where we planned to take a train about an hour into the countryside to view a temple, we caught up to her and her two young daughters. Josh pointed out in Japanese that the elder of the two had her ...

... knew about Japan. The last thing that I think also surprised them positively, is that I already have a very good feel for how to bow correctly. When to just nod a head, when to bow slighlty and when to bow deeper. So when entering the house I bowed at a 20% angle, same as the mother, twice in a row, same as the mother. The father always bowed just a bit less that myself. Upon leaving the house at the end of the evening, I bowed ...