One of the things that I enjoy most about traveling is experiencing different cultures. That’s one of the reasons why I like to travel for at least two weeks. The first week is usually spent adjusting to time changes and picking up the local culture. After that then you finally get to experience the culture a lot more and attempt (most time unsuccessfully) to fit in. It’s interesting to note some of the different intricacies that I’ve noticed between the US and Japan. The first thing that I noticed when I got here was how people act on the train. No one really talks with each other, they just sit (or stand) staring straight ahead unless they are messaging on their cellphone or listening to music. It is a big no, no to be talking on your cellphone on the train. Due to not so clean air, you also see a number of people walking around with face masks on like a surgeon. This was common in China as well, which I completely understand there. It’s extremely odd to see all of these people walking around with their faces partially covered up. The craziest thing I experienced though was one morning when I was on my way to catch the train to work. All of these Japanese business men were coming out of the train station. Here I was trying to go into the station and having trouble because of these hordes of people coming out. I seriously felt like a salmon must feel when it’s trying to swim upstream. I’ve never seen this many people all dressed pretty much the same in their business suits walking around like robots. It is definitely one of the things that I’ll remember the most about my time in Japan.