Culture shocks as an American in Japan

Culture shocks as an American in Japan These are some of the culture shocks that I've had here in Japan. First things first is the Japanese people are so disciplined, so organised, so intentional. You'll be at the metro or the train station and everybody is literally lined up in a single file line like it's kindergarten. It's not like the stage where you go into a metro or train station and there's just crowds of people. Everyone is literally lined up accordingly and correctly. Second thing is that Japanese people eat a lot of raw food. I was not expecting this. Sushi I knew about, but I didn't know that they eat raw chicken, raw beef, and other raw food, like raw horse meat. Also wasn't expecting to get sick. Not sick, but, like, every time I ate sushi here, my stomach just didn't agree with it. And it wasn't the same sushi as in the United States. Because in the United States, when we make sushi, we put different, like, ingredients with the sushi. It's not just the fish. We put, like, cucumber, avocado, or, like, other things in the sushi. Here when you have sushi, there's no avocado or cucumber or any other, like, toppings inside the roll. They literally just put rice and then they put the raw fish on top of the rice. This breaks my heart, but I was not expecting so many Japanese people to be sad. Don't get me wrong, everyone here is so friendly, They have incredible hospitality, great customer service. But I noticed that when I was riding the train, I saw a lot of people crying on the train, and I told my friend, I was like, what's going on? Like, why are there so many people, like, crying? And we looked it up, and it's because a lot of Japanese people are very lonely. They live very disciplined lives. They're extremely hard workers, but they lack a lot of love and connection in their life. It's like a cultural. But another thing I wasn't expecting about their culture is they're extremely hard working. I was talking to the lady at the reception in my hotel, and she was like, even the maids, the people who clean the toilets, scrub the floors, they work hard. Doesn't matter what job they're doing. If they're doing a high level job, a low level job, everybody is extremely hard working. They do their job to the best of their capability, and I feel like that is such a good trait. Another thing I wasn't expecting is the food in Japan is totally different than Japanese food in the United States. I thought I was gonna be seeing hibachi restaurants everywhere. Like, they don't really eat hibachi like that. There's no Benihana. There's no Benihana in Japan. Okay. Eat a lot of food that I've never been exposed to. I've seen so many new dishes, and they're very culture rich. Like, the culture here is so rich. They have a diverse amount of different foods. Overall, if you're thinking about booking a trip to Japan, I feel like everybody should come to Japan at least once in their life. I definitely recommend