Thursday, November 5, 2026

Ten Things I Miss from America

Ten Things I Miss from America (in no particular order):
  • Wal-Mart! 
    • Ahh...to have so many choices of so many things in one place

  • large quantities 
    • (everything is in smaller portions in Japan)

  • green! 
    • The countryside is more green, but there's very little of it in the city

  • libraries 
    • as hangout, play spaces with events (not just quiet rooms with books to check out)

  • playgrounds 
    • (for all the things that Japan does well, playgrounds are not really one of them)

  • parks with grass 
    • (instead of just a dirt/sand combo)

  • ability to read labels and signs without Google translate
    • although I was proud of myself for reading in Japanese at a restaurant the option to order a dessert "now" or "later"

  • trash cans out and about 
    • (you have to carry all your trash home with you here)

  • benches 
    • (it is often difficult to find a place to sit)

  • space
    • Japan is very dense with people in the cities, especially on trains


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