Reverse Culture Shock

When I returned to Japan, I felt two differences between America and Japan.  First, I felt Americans are friendlier than Japanese.  When I took a bus in Spokane, some Americans talked to me even though we didn’t know each other.  They often talked to me at restaurants, bus stop, department, on the street and so on.  At the first, I was surprised and afraid of them because I didn’t be good at speaking English and they were stranger, but I was getting used to it and I was happy to be talked by them.  After I came back to Japan, I felt Japanese is very shy and a little bit of cold for stranger.  It’s Japanese character, but I had felt lonely for them.  Second, I realized that Japan is cleaner than America.  In especially, Japanese toilet is the best cleanest.  I usually saw trash on the road and dirty shops in the America, but nobody cleaned them.  I was surprised at them because I have an opportunity to clear them if it happens to Japan, for example, my town has an event called clean campaign once a month.  I look like they’re care about them, but it’s also American character.  In short, Japan and America have many other differences, but we should understand and accept them each other because every difference have to respect in the world.

JAPAN AND AMERICA