Saturday, December 27, 2008

Minobu (Home of delicious manju [red bean treats])




I love the train ride.

On many of the trains in Japan the seats are upholstered.
Note the windows... they are clean (at least before Luca got to them): there's no snot, no fingerprints.

Note the windowpanes... they're shiny.

People take their jobs very seriously in Japan. Here the workers move quickly while they perform their tasks and even if they don't like their jobs they pretend to enjoy their employment by acting cheerfully while giving their best (or they can be "gone"). It's a far cry from the US where work is considered a right and stores hang "Help wanted" signs out front begging people to come and work. In Japan it is shameful to not work when you are able to do so. In the US it's a challenge to cheat the system and have other people pay for you to live a certain lifestyle (welfare/corporate welfare/etc.). Annnnnnnyhow, check out the nice clean train. Look at the blue seats. Butt warmers included.

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