What? I always order Vietnamese coffee every day...
Why are tiny tiny cakes so expensive?
Eh what's that sound??
Hello everyone, this is Lindie! Now I live in Singapore but
5 years ago my family lived in Japan
and I was a uni student in South Africa so I would visit often.
I went there a lot so over the span of 4 years you could say that I lived in Tokyo for one full year.
When I think back about living in Tokyo there are some things that surprised me
This vid is both in English and Japanese so please turn on the subtitles!
Ok the first point is about Wi-Fi
Why is wi-fi so hard to find and use in Tokyo?
Like
Foreigners who travel to Japan, they really need to use Wi-Fi right?
But if you want to use wifi you need to register with your passport in some cases
and it's quite annoying
I guess what I want to say is it's hard to find free Wi-Fi
Of course we had wi-fi at home but if Ieft the house there was no connection
It's hard to have a connection and it's a bit frustrating heh
Especially when ordering desserts and cakes, I was always like "wow why is this tiny cake so expensive?"
I was surprised because it's so pricy
I was like what??
Number 4 is the 5PM bell
When I lived in Tokyo I heard a bell sound every day at 5PM
At first I was like wow what is that music?
When trying to look up what the bell is for
people said back in the day the 5PM bell was meant to signify the time to go home after work
but right now Japanese people work really long hours and probably don't go home at 5
I might be wrong so if you know, please let me know in the comments!
I'm really curious so do let me know hehe
Number 6 is putting tape on stuff. When you go to the convenience store
and you wanna buy water or bottled tea or coffee or something, you don't need a plastic bag
like if you JUST wanna buy that bottle
they will most certainly stick a piece of tape on the bottle
The reason for this is to just indicate that you've made the purchase
At first I was always wondering why they were sticking tape on my bottles
and I had no idea back then but now I'm like oh wow that actually makes sense!!
My dad used to go to a cafe near his office every day and order the exact same Vietnamese coffee each time.
He always always got the same coffee
to the extent that the staff were like "ah another Vietnamese coffee for you today?"
You know those point cards you get for buying stuff and you can redeem stamps?
When you get all the stamps you can get a free coffee
But when my dad collected all his stamps and was excited to show the staff that he filled his card so he could claim his free Vietnamese coffee,
the barista looked at the card and said
sorry, you can't get a Vietnamese coffee because this stamp card is only valid for regular coffees
And my dad was so surprised cause he always ordered the same thing
so why can I only redeem a latte or a regular coffee?
That's because the rules are written on the point card and there's no way you can go against that
If it says you can ONLY redeem a latte then so be it
Even if you drink the same thing every day and the barista knows your order
That's really how important they regard rules in Japan
The next one is face covers. Wow face covers~~
Each time I wanted to try on a dress or something in a store
I was always told "please use a face cover"
And I thought to myself, what is a face cover??
When I went in the changing room at first I was like "eh what is this thing"
Number 10 is no eating while walking
Good evening. My favorite drink is CC Lemon
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