Tips of the Day So Far

• Japanese vowel pronunciation = Spanish vowel pronunciation
  
  
• stand on one side of the escalator to let people walk by if you don't want people making tongue twittering sounds behind you to let you know they're annoyed
• Osaka - right side
• Tokyo - left side
  
  
• your normal speaking voice = Japanese yelling
• --> speak in a hushed voice when in public
• --> exception: if everyone is yelling around you, yell along
  
  
• ATM's are not free/functional 24 hours a day. plan your cash ahead.
  
  
• when you're drinking Japanese tea or eating udon/soba/ramen, it is totally acceptable to slurp