| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 04:04 - Nov 24 with 2294 views | Illinoisblue |
I need to find some Japanese friends and invite them over to my house. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 06:21 - Nov 24 with 2217 views | Lord_Lucan |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 04:04 - Nov 24 by Illinoisblue |
I need to find some Japanese friends and invite them over to my house. |
You should do what I do.
When the house has got completely cluttered I invite some friends over and then the Mrs cleans up.
If I need a deep clean I invite her brothers. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:07 - Nov 24 with 2102 views | ElephantintheRoom |
They also both make passably good whisky |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:13 - Nov 24 with 2094 views | GeoffSentence |
"In Japan, cleanliness is a part of the culture and is drilled into its people from early childhood."
My word how I wish we did this over here. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:18 - Nov 24 with 2090 views | Darth_Koont |
I’ll take transparent disinformation and lies about Scottish independence ... part and parcel.
But how bloody dare you besmirch the good name of haggis!!? You’re a cad and a barbarian 😥 |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:32 - Nov 24 with 2067 views | Churchman |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:18 - Nov 24 by Darth_Koont |
I’ll take transparent disinformation and lies about Scottish independence ... part and parcel.
But how bloody dare you besmirch the good name of haggis!!? You’re a cad and a barbarian 😥 |
Only had haggis once, made by a Scottish lady I knew at the time so it was ‘proper’. I actually enjoyed it. |  | | |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:36 - Nov 24 with 2060 views | DanTheMan |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:32 - Nov 24 by Churchman |
Only had haggis once, made by a Scottish lady I knew at the time so it was ‘proper’. I actually enjoyed it. |
I had it at a stag do in Glasgow and similarly enjoyed it. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:38 - Nov 24 with 2059 views | Lord_Lucan |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:32 - Nov 24 by Churchman |
Only had haggis once, made by a Scottish lady I knew at the time so it was ‘proper’. I actually enjoyed it. |
Haggis is tremendous but they can stick the parsnips or turnips (whatever they have with it) up your arse.
Best I ever had was in a pub in Aberdeen.
I'm off to Scotland in a couple of weeks, must make a mental note to score some. | |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:38 - Nov 24 with 2057 views | Darth_Koont |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:32 - Nov 24 by Churchman |
Only had haggis once, made by a Scottish lady I knew at the time so it was ‘proper’. I actually enjoyed it. |
Glad to hear it.
There are some very good veg ones too as it’s really all about the herbs and spices. | |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:42 - Nov 24 with 2041 views | Churchman |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:38 - Nov 24 by Darth_Koont |
Glad to hear it.
There are some very good veg ones too as it’s really all about the herbs and spices. |
Absolutely it’s about the herbs and spices. The veg one sounds interesting. | | | |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 09:29 - Nov 24 with 2002 views | Keno |
Are they both complete psycho mental nut jobs? |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 09:34 - Nov 24 with 1996 views | Swansea_Blue |
I never leave rubbish at a footie ground. Or almost never anyway. If I’ve put a cup down and it’s been kicked half way down the row I’m not going to go hunting for it. But other than that I take out and stick it in a bin. I blame all the anti-littering ads when I was a kid. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 09:41 - Nov 24 with 1960 views | clive_baker |
If they're clearing up after themselves, then by definition does that mean the vast majority of their fans just left their sh1t everywhere for a handful of them to tidy up?
I love haggis btw, I have it at least once a fortnight. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 09:48 - Nov 24 with 1939 views | Guthrum |
Haggis is lovely stuff! Tho the left-hand species is nicer than the right hand one. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 09:52 - Nov 24 with 1915 views | geg1992 |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 08:13 - Nov 24 by GeoffSentence |
"In Japan, cleanliness is a part of the culture and is drilled into its people from early childhood."
My word how I wish we did this over here. |
Honestly, if you've never been to Japan, I recommend you go.
The cleanest, safest, friendliest place I've ever been. The level of respect even with children is something I'd never seen before.
It's the kind of place that you can leave your bike unlocked (in fact no bikes I saw were locked up, people leave their phones/laptops at cafes whilst they go to the toilet etc as they know nobody will steal it.
Completely different world to here. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:07 - Nov 24 with 1884 views | WeWereZombies |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 09:52 - Nov 24 by geg1992 |
Honestly, if you've never been to Japan, I recommend you go.
The cleanest, safest, friendliest place I've ever been. The level of respect even with children is something I'd never seen before.
It's the kind of place that you can leave your bike unlocked (in fact no bikes I saw were locked up, people leave their phones/laptops at cafes whilst they go to the toilet etc as they know nobody will steal it.
Completely different world to here. |
Japan is certainly somewhere worth visiting although the Japanese reserve is even more marked than the English one, depending upon your nature I think you might find Jamaica, some African countries and Canada more friendly. Also, for an independent traveller, the language and different script can be a challenge when you go outside city centres and tourist areas - but they are ever helpful. At some point I will go back and travel north from Osaka rather than getting wrapped up in Kyoto, Himeji, Nara and the Sea of Japan which, along with a journey down through Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the island of Yakushima took up all of my month there. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:16 - Nov 24 with 1861 views | geg1992 |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:07 - Nov 24 by WeWereZombies |
Japan is certainly somewhere worth visiting although the Japanese reserve is even more marked than the English one, depending upon your nature I think you might find Jamaica, some African countries and Canada more friendly. Also, for an independent traveller, the language and different script can be a challenge when you go outside city centres and tourist areas - but they are ever helpful. At some point I will go back and travel north from Osaka rather than getting wrapped up in Kyoto, Himeji, Nara and the Sea of Japan which, along with a journey down through Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the island of Yakushima took up all of my month there. |
Yes they're certainly very reserved but they will always help the best they can. In Osaka, I asked a bouncer where a particular Karaoke bar was. He walked with me to show me for at least 10-15 minutes. In a lot of places, they certainly wouldn't do that and I felt bad!
I really like Osaka and recommend it. The people there are a lot more laid back and less reserved. | |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:23 - Nov 24 with 1838 views | KingsCrossBlue |
I believe they are also the only two countries where Coca-cola or Pepsi isn’t the number one selling drink! | | | |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:27 - Nov 24 with 1826 views | Swansea_Blue |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:16 - Nov 24 by geg1992 |
Yes they're certainly very reserved but they will always help the best they can. In Osaka, I asked a bouncer where a particular Karaoke bar was. He walked with me to show me for at least 10-15 minutes. In a lot of places, they certainly wouldn't do that and I felt bad!
I really like Osaka and recommend it. The people there are a lot more laid back and less reserved. |
We took our lad there when he was a toddler and he was the centre of attention everywhere we went. People couldn't have done more to help us, from carrying the pushchair at railway stations, giving up their seats, etc. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Me and the lad had a week to explore the south around Kagoshima while the Mrs was in a conference. And then we had a couple of weeks travelling around - Yakushima Island, Hiroshima, Osaka (great aquarium!), Kyoto, Nagoya and then back to Tokyo.
Amazing trip and I'd love to go back. | |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:34 - Nov 24 with 1818 views | geg1992 |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:27 - Nov 24 by Swansea_Blue |
We took our lad there when he was a toddler and he was the centre of attention everywhere we went. People couldn't have done more to help us, from carrying the pushchair at railway stations, giving up their seats, etc. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Me and the lad had a week to explore the south around Kagoshima while the Mrs was in a conference. And then we had a couple of weeks travelling around - Yakushima Island, Hiroshima, Osaka (great aquarium!), Kyoto, Nagoya and then back to Tokyo.
Amazing trip and I'd love to go back. |
Wow, sounds like you had an amazing trip! I'm really hoping to go back with my wife and (Hopefully) future child, but unfortunately she's from quite a traditional family that hasn't travelled outside of the UK so doesn't understand it and thus she has very little interest.
I visited Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Hiroshima. I hope to visit areas like Kagoshima.
Sounds like it's a good place to take a child by what you say with people helping all the time!
I still have on my bucket list to hire a 90s Japanese sports car like an RX-7 and drive around the roads by Mt Fuji. I got a bit too nervous last time and really regret it. It also rained on the day I planned to do it. | |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:39 - Nov 24 with 1801 views | ronnyd |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 04:04 - Nov 24 by Illinoisblue |
I need to find some Japanese friends and invite them over to my house. |
Just move to Norfolk opposite a house that's for sale. They will clean the windows at least.  | | | |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 20:00 - Nov 24 with 1600 views | WeWereZombies |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:27 - Nov 24 by Swansea_Blue |
We took our lad there when he was a toddler and he was the centre of attention everywhere we went. People couldn't have done more to help us, from carrying the pushchair at railway stations, giving up their seats, etc. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Me and the lad had a week to explore the south around Kagoshima while the Mrs was in a conference. And then we had a couple of weeks travelling around - Yakushima Island, Hiroshima, Osaka (great aquarium!), Kyoto, Nagoya and then back to Tokyo.
Amazing trip and I'd love to go back. |
I would recommend the aquarium in Osaka too, I used that as my day recovering from the flight and acclimatising to Japan and it worked a treat. Will take you the whole day to get around that place too, how many floors is it on ? Six, maybe and the enormous glass tank in the middle of it all. | |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 20:58 - Nov 24 with 1559 views | noggin |
Stovies is THE Scottish dish. Goes perfectly with beer. |  |
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| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 06:58 - Nov 25 with 1378 views | TeHuia |
Gonna buy a motel and cater only to honourable Japanese tourists. |  | | |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 07:35 - Nov 25 with 1333 views | bluelagos |
| What do the Japanese and the Scots have in common? on 10:34 - Nov 24 by geg1992 |
Wow, sounds like you had an amazing trip! I'm really hoping to go back with my wife and (Hopefully) future child, but unfortunately she's from quite a traditional family that hasn't travelled outside of the UK so doesn't understand it and thus she has very little interest.
I visited Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Hiroshima. I hope to visit areas like Kagoshima.
Sounds like it's a good place to take a child by what you say with people helping all the time!
I still have on my bucket list to hire a 90s Japanese sports car like an RX-7 and drive around the roads by Mt Fuji. I got a bit too nervous last time and really regret it. It also rained on the day I planned to do it. |
Just to add to the Japan love. 2002 world cup was something else.
The transport system is quite difficult for a visitor, I asked a random to let me know when I arrived at a station, showing him the name of the station I needed. Guy helpfully indicates we'd arrived, so happens it's his stop so at street level he kindly points me in the right direction too for my destination.
Only it wasn't his stop, after looking at my map and helping me he turns around and heads back to the tube. These stories happened all the time, so much so that to this day I will stop and offer help to Japanese tourists in London looking lost.
There were so many of these stories of extroadinary helpfulness, one guy desperately asking for help to get to Shizuka after missing a train and a local driving him the 2 hours to make kick off and refusing petrol money. After the game he was waiting to give him a lift back to Tokyo ffs.
For me I couldn't live there, society is far too ordered/sructured for my liking. But to visit and expereince,, absolutely. |  |
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