3 Things ONLY Foreigners do in Japan!

3 Things only foreigners seem to do in Japan.

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[Zaudejis]

I said "have a good day" in Japanese to a convenience store worker and his face lit up with a huge semi shocked smile.

[yushi]

My granny saw those go karts in a busy Tokyo street and she said “people these days came up with different ways to die” 💀

[MEU-wlnh]

Foreigners “Thank you” in Japanese always hits different because try to speak other language even they aren’t fluent is kinda cute and I think that is one of the way to show their respect to local people.

[henryviiifake]

Not the Yakuza getting all the drip banned. 💀

[anemone]

Foreigner: use sunglasses
Them: use the whole umbrella

[kingdorm]

*Some blonde, small white girl wearing sunglasses

Japanese People: *"Yakuza"*

[Hhhh-w]

99% of the things that you "Should Not Do in Japan" are due to Yakuzas.

[Krabnut]

Glad to know that my Midwest nice of "ope, sorry" and "thanks, have a good one" are seen as positive in Japan

[warlordshaxx]

at least the Yakuzas are smart enough to protect their eyes from the BRIGHT AFTERNOON *SUN*

[TheNAPSince]

Go-karts on public roads in Japan are heartily disliked. We Japanese call them " stupid cars.”

[puccaland]

Saying thank you isn't a casual conversation but an act of politeness and basic proper manners in many countries.

[vadelleharris]

Im just imagining some one being like why would you treat our roads like mario kart!?

"Sir, you supplied the Karts. You supplied the mario."

[lgrcen]

In my country you don't casually talk with service workers either but it would feel weird to not thank them.

[Orynae]

Saying "thank you" isn't casual conversation, it's just an automatic courtesy

[re-yoda]

Fun fact. In Japan, there's a saying that "eyes speak as loud mouths." People in Japan often feel more comfortable having conversations with others when they can see their eyes and not necessarily their mouths. It's the reason why western culture often has an allergic reaction for facemasks but not in Japan. It's also the reason why Japanese emoticons uses eyes for expressions while American ones use mouths like :( or :D

[TheMangazixy]

A lot of people don't understand the last point.
In fact, in Japan, it's the staff of the shop who thanks you.
Because in Japan, it's the opposite of the courtesy of other countries.
It's THE STAFF that need to thanks you for going to their store (you could have gone elsewhere). The client don't need to thanks someone for just doing his job.
I think it make sense, even if I don't come from Japan.

[aikonakashi]

The fault for the go karts isn't of the tourists, they're just trying a service, the fault is of who provides that service

[MFKraven]

me driving a go-kart wearing sunglasses as I thank people for letting me cut into traffic 😎

[nas]

No way I'm walking around in bright ass daylight without sunglasses. My eyes are sensitive. 😅

[princessreina.]

japanese people's eyes are expressive. when japanese people smile, their eyes 'smile' too. if they can't see the other person's eyes, they can't read or understand how the person's feeling or trying to express.