296. A train station clerk going above and beyond to annotate my first-ever Shinkansen tickets to make sure I understood them.pic.twitter.com/xUUV6f5FR6
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At some point, I started going above and beyond to come back and say “thank you,” or to fix the shoes facing the wrong way, or to do whatever little I could to make things better in this culture I still understand so poorly.
Thank you to all for joining me in this big experiment. I loved your comments, and questions, and suggestions. Twitter didn’t make it easy for either of us, but we persevered!
If you’ve read this far, your goal is to take one of the above things, and bring it into your world. I know I’ll try.
But everything good needs to come to an end. I’m writing this, jetlagged, back at my San Francisco desk. It might be a trip that will change my life; the possibility of me moving to Japan is now bigger than zero. I don’t know how much bigger. I guess we’ll find out.
They are one of the most overwhelmingly kind nations I’ve ever travelled in.
I've had many such experiences while travelling in Japan for the last 10 years. I think it has changed me into a better person. That's why I keep going back every year. PS: this thread should be made into a book, or perhaps even an anime series. I'd call it 目を見張っての外人
Your fascinating series of tweets show how deeply they’ve built consideration for others into the UI of their culture. These subtly encourage and affirm this behaviour at what seems to be every turn. Not surprised it rubbed off on someone paying such careful attention
I’ve had many of the same experiences in Japan. Absolutely loved it and the people. #refreshing
So funny a lot of people come from their first trip to Japan wanting to help others more! I feel the same every time.
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