Land UseBefore this visit, my vision of Japan was influenced by photos of pedestran crossings in Ginza and the crowded trains in Tokyo. I envisioned to see lots of tall residential buildings and lots in traffic jams. To my big surprise, most people, other than Tokyo, live in two or three storied houses. While the trains and buses are crowded, I did not see the horrendous traffic jams common in China and the U.S. Furthermore, many people ride their bikes, even in Tokyo. But we found not much of that, not even in Tokyo. Japan (and Japanese) is much more relaxed and orderly than what I expected. Transportationhills forested no terrace, like in china the entire mountain was terraced from top to bottom. may be religion - many named with jama instead, rice fields inside towns.
Ritualssaying befor and after each sale transaction cf smiling in west vs east coast railway employees bow entering and leaving train cars of course the tea ceremony - a preset ritual two types of *** in matsuri - same dance, not much room for creativity cleanliness - few garbagge cans
The Peace Memorial and the Wa
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