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People typically get up very early and are on the move in the morning, but since there would still be people sleeping, there is a large respect to stay quiet and mindful of how other people are spending their time in the morning. So unlike how it…

In some of the more popular locations, people will be playing music in public locations, but it is not often that you will see people playing music in a public location. This public location would be right outside of one of the most popular Shinto…

Nintendo is one of the most popular gaming companies in Japan, so the pop up stores here are very popular to both locals and tourists alike. Because of the mall atmosphere, noise and loud discussions are more normalized here.

This temple is one of the Buddhist temples that believes that the hgihest form of reincarnation that will help you reach Nirvana is a man, and so every soul in Nirvana would be represented as a man. This is very interesting, because this denomiation…

Small bars can be found all over Japan, considering their prevalent drinking culture. It is common to drink alcohol with collegues and friends as a way of bonding after work, or to just to take the edge off after a long, taxing day. But people will…

The Orange Pub was another one of the lesbian bars. But unlike in the United States, when we will label the bar explicitly as a lesbian bar, they will label the bar as a women only bar, which will then either imply that it is a bar for lesbians, or…

The aquarium is full of a large array of species from around the world, bu they also put a bit of a focus on animals that can be found a little closer to their region, as all aquariums typically do. The aquarium mainly had adult visitors, but they…

The Osaka Castle is, to this day, also being used as a museum. Each level contains different information about how the castle was used, and it contains a large collection of letters, documents, and artifacts that recount the stories of the different…

Out of the two weeks in Japan, being awake for all hours of the day, there was only two times that I witnessed a street preformer. There is possibly either really high regulations for permits because it could be seen as a disturbance to the public…

Out of the two weeks in Japan, being awake for all hours of the day, there was only two times that I witnessed a street preformer. There is possibly either really high regulations for permits because it could be seen as a disturbance to the public…