Things Japan Does Extremely Well

Things You Can't Get at Home

"Holy Sh$t dude! This is kinda awesome!"  surprised gaijin

*For more posts similar to this one, see Life in Japan

Everyone has heard of the bullet train. This is an obvious thing that Japan does extremely well.

But what about the not so obvious things that Japan does surprisingly well? The Japanese absolutely NAIL some things that you probably never crossed your mind....

Here they are, in no particular order:

Food

• Cream Puffs (I love it when you call me beard pa-pa)
• Waffles/Hot Cake (Manekin)
• Dessert Crepes (any filling you desire)
• Deep Fried Food - Chicken, Kushi-katsu
• Hot as Hell Curry (Japanese style)
• Carbonara Sauce (bacon....yummmmm)
• Corn Dogs (American Dog to you sir)
• Canned Coffee (Boss? Did someone say Tommy Lee Jones?)

Non-Food

• Mega Book and Electronics Stores
• Massage Chairs
• Saunas
• Health Club / Gym (Doubters out there beware...I dare you to find cleaner gyms anywhere)
• Revisionist History (read a history book)
• Service (Obvious? Perhaps, but.......)
• Taxi Cabs
• All night drinking
• A picnic (see Hanami)
• Over-reacting to the delicious first bite of a meal or first amazing sip of a beer

Help me out if you can think of anything else.........

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